What are your company’s biggest risks to sustaining its growth and profits, people and the planet?

Compliance with laws and internal and industry policies is part of doing business.  Compliance doesn’t just happen in an organisation. It requires planning, processes and commitment. Compliance systems are essential to Good Corporate Governance and are part of a Corporate Social Responsibility strategy. Compliance programs are also an effective a risk management tool.

How can our corporate risk and compliance programs help you?

Identify and Assess Risks

Risk Management 

Compliance Programs

Environmental Risk Management 

Consumer Protection and Trade Practices

Intellectual Property

Whistle blower

Complaints handling

In business, like it or not, there are internal and external rules and regulations that we need to follow or choose to follow. These can appear too controlling and seem to involve miles of red tape.

We make it easier for your company to know what to do and do it successfully, avoiding being penalised for non-compliance and benefiting from doing “the right thing”.

Developing a culture of compliance in an organisation is the key and its easier when everyone concerned not only understands what to do, but why they are being asked to do something.  The company, its employees and customers benefit from managers and staff participating in corporate training programs and workshops

When should you talk to us at Ascentia to avoid unnecessary costs and trouble?

• When you are developing or designing a new product, before you tell anyone about it

• When considering a new name or trade mark for your products or business before you go too far down the track of developing promotional and branding materials

• When engaging contractors to design logos, websites, packaging, marketing material etc

• When preparing employment agreements

• Before selling your branded products or services  online or overseas

• When developing packaging and marketing materials

• Before your staff engage with customers

• Before advertising prices of goods or services and discounts

• If engaging in telephone sales or door to door sales

• Before you receive complaints

• Before you need to recall a product

• If you don’t know the difference between a warranty and consumer guarantee

• If you want to save money and reduce  power, water and waste

• If you want to sell your products to ethical buyers

• If you want to attract the best employees

• If you are an ethical manufacturer or seller

• If you generate waste and toxins through the manufacturing  process

• If you do not want customers and environmental groups to retaliate against you because of the products you sell or where they come from

• If you want to manage the effects of climate change on your business

Read more about how we work and who we work with.

Contact us today to find our how we can do for you.