ISO 45001 is the international standard for occupational health and safety management systems. It sets out how an organisation should identify workplace hazards, assess and control risks, and prevent work-related injury and ill health.
Certification is granted by an independent body after an audit and is maintained through regular surveillance audits. Health and safety is a central issue in recycling: workers handle heavy bales, moving machinery, hot extrusion lines and waste of unknown origin. ISO 45001 requires documented procedures, training, protective equipment, incident reporting and worker participation. It complements social-audit programmes such as SEDEX. Lucro is certified to ISO 45001, together with ISO 9001 for quality management and ISO 14001 for environmental management.
