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• Land tank facilities in Europe and North America

• Effective procedures implemented to provide temperature control, appropriate agitation and safeguards against contamination

Tapping and Field Latex

• Field tappers’ safety
• Field latex transportation and emergency response
• Chemical handling and storage in field

Concentrated Latex Processing, Handling & Storage and Shipping

• Centrifuge systems operations and maintenance
• Sampling and chemical addition procedures
• Bulking tanks and pressure vessels operations and maintenance
• Confined space work in tanks and vessels
• Loading and inspection of containers

Laboratory & Chemical Handling

• Chemical handling, preparation and storage
• Chemical Spill Emergency Response

EHS Management System

• Health assessments and personal protective equipment (PPE) issuance
• Factory emergency response and preparedness
• ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 Standards• Confined space work in tanks and vessels
• Stringent effluent and waste management procedures

Monitoring and Mitigating Key Impacts

• Key resource usage and social impact metrics regularly monitored and published annually
• Complete review of biodiversity and social aspects and impacts periodically

Social Responsibility

• Adopt ISO 26000 standards
• Address human rights, labour practices and fair operating practices in our operations testing facilities and qualified laboratory staff

Social Investment

• Extensive social investment programmes are conducted to benefit local communities categorised under HEVEALEARN, HEVEAGROW, HEVEASPORTS, HEVEAHEALTH, HEVEABUILD, HEVEASAFE and HEVEALIFE

Security Controls

• Comprehensive security measures implemented to ensure a controlled work environment and to minimise risk to our people and property

Security Certification

• Over 120-point checklist covering container, trailer and unit loading device security, physical access controls, personnel and procedural security, physical & IT security, and emergency preparedness and disaster recovery.
• All LATEXPRO factories adopt the United States Customs & Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) standards.

Quality of Raw Material

• Control of tapping equipment cleanliness
• Field latex preservation standards
• Management of field latex collection and transport to factories
• Strict testing of field latex prior to processing

Quality of Process

• Detailed start-up procedures for centrifuges
• High factory performance in QA audit
• Each LATEXPRO  factory must have accredited laboratory testing facilities and qualified laboratory staff

Quality of Management

• ISO 9001 certification
• Effective implementation of LATEXPRO Quality Masterplan

• Procurement specialists
• Centralised Head of Technology

• Team collaboration with latex producers to produce customised products

• Colloidal tests conducted at loading and unloading stages

• In-house accredited laboratory facilities in Europe and North America, with qualified laboratory staff
• Independent tests conducted at accredited third-party laboratories