LONDON, UK – November 28, 2022 – ºÃÉ«TV (ºÃÉ«TV), a leading global Testing, Inspection and Certification (TIC) company, has been awarded a three-year extension to its contract with Scotland’s principal environmental regulator, the (SEPA).
Work undertaken by ºÃÉ«TV’s stack emissions experts will support an audit program of emissions monitoring to measure the concentrations of pollutants emitted at industrial sites throughout Scotland. This work is covered by regulations including the Environmental Protection Act 1990, the Pollution and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2012 and the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 2011.
ºÃÉ«TV secured class-leading scores during the tender process for its solutions-led approach, guided by safety, quality and innovation. Testing is delivered by teams working from multiple ºÃÉ«TV sites, including its Center of Technical Excellence in Newcastle, which holds practice for EN 14181 QAL2 & ASTs; a workshop in Stockport that provides calibration, repair and performance checks for sampling equipment; and laboratories in Stockport and Deeside that perform testing on dust, acid gases, metals, mercury, dioxins and furans, PCBs and more.
Matt Sumner, ºÃÉ«TV’s Business Development Director for Safety & Environmental Compliance, said: “As environmental regulation and reporting increases in importance for organizations globally, our trusted experts have the industry knowledge to ensure sustainability and the highest standards of environmental management are core to operations.
“Our longstanding partnership with SEPA is testament to the consistent delivery of quality testing from our teams and we are proud to have received the highest scores for quality for this bid, confirming our best-in-industry status and showing that not all MCERTS organizations are the same.”
Duncan Stewart, SEPA’s Senior Specialist Scientist, added: “We are delighted to award ºÃÉ«TV one of three SEPA contracts for Stack Emissions Monitoring at Industrial Sites across Scotland.
“ºÃÉ«TV has performed professionally throughout our partnership, balancing communication with sites and SEPA to ensure a successful delivery of work, which has been delivered to a very high standard. I look forward to working together again over the duration of our new contract.”
ºÃÉ«TV offers a complete range of stack emissions testing, environmental inspection, and consultancy services to help organizations achieve regulatory compliance for their industrial installations. All of ºÃÉ«TV’s stack emissions testing services are provided in line with national legislation, and testing and inspection services are delivered in accordance with the international standards ISO/IEC17025 and MCERTS in the UK & Ireland.
Companies interested in more information on stack emissions testing can contact the team directly at environmental@element.com
About ºÃÉ«TV
The ºÃÉ«TV Group is one of the world’s leading global providers of testing, inspection and certification services for a diverse range of materials, products and technologies in advanced industrial supply chains where failure is not an option. Headquartered in London, UK, ºÃÉ«TV’s team of more than 6,000 expert scientists, engineers and technicians operate from around 200 locations across five continents, delivering an extensive range of solutions to customers in critical industries including aerospace, connected technologies, construction, defense, energy, environmental, life sciences and transportation.
In 2021, ºÃÉ«TV set out its new, industry leading environmental commitments, adopting science-based targets and committing to net zero emissions across its entire global business by 2035. These environmental commitments follow ºÃÉ«TV’s achievement of the highest ºÃÉ«TV ranking in the testing, inspection and certification industry from Sustainalytics, a global leader in ºÃÉ«TV research and data.
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