The impartiality policy statement applies to all employees, associates, and members of the Board of Directors of Forefront Certification Limited.

Business conduct
The top management of Forefront Certification will commit to the safeguard and protection of impartiality and conflicts of interest within our management system certification activities. We will not allow commercial, financial or other pressures compromise impartiality.

Our business conduct is periodically reviewed by members that are respected within the community to conduct independent impartiality assessments of our operational activities. This is completed annually to include aspects of open book review of our internal audits, code of conduct processes, including audit report reviews.

All such professionals used sign our confidentiality agreements.

It is essential that our activities remain impartial to ensure integrity of our certification body activities. A conflict of interest and impartiality register is retained incorporating potential and perceived impartiality risks.

Threats to impartiality can be based on ownership, management, personnel, shared resources, finances, contracts, marketing and payment of sales commission or referral of new clients. We will endeavour to maintain impartiality and conflicts of interest in all cases.

Forefront directors will protect from self-interest, self-review, familiarity (or trust) and intimidation. The directors of the business will maintain total integrity and impartiality at all costs. In the event of conflicts of interest or impartiality, the directors of the business will update the conflicts of interest/impartiality register. Under no circumstances will there be any connection to other organisations whereby the same person is part of the upfront planning assessment or report reviews

Responsibilities

The directors have the responsibility to maintain impartiality.