We are Veriforce CHAS
Since 1997, Veriforce CHAS has been a trusted provider of health and safety (H&S) assessments. Today, we are the UK’s leading provider of compliance and risk management services, helping contractors (suppliers) and clients (buyers) demonstrate compliance with our award-winning supply chain and risk management services.
As a co-founder and pioneer of the Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) and the Common Assessment Standard, Veriforce CHAS leads the way in setting compliance benchmarks that raise supply chain risk management standards across the country.
Our mission is simple: to help bring workers home safe.
Our compliance and risk management accreditation services and supply chain management solutions aim to:
- Simplify prequalification for contractors across a wide range of risk management areas, from health and safety to environmental impact among others
- Support organisations in managing their supply chains
- Deliver a full suite of supply chain management tools.
Become a CHAS member today by exploring our accreditation packages or requesting a callback with one of our advisors.
Our Credentials
Veriforce CHAS works with leading organisations worldwide to advance safe and sustainable business practices and set benchmarks for supply chain compliance.
In 2023 we joined forces with Veriforce to deliver a global platform of technology and services, empowering 3,200+ leading companies in more than 130 countries with over 80,000 contractors and millions of individual workers to drive safety and compliance practices throughout their supply chain.
We demonstrate quality management to ISO 9001 standard and environmental management to ISO 14001. Our health and safety assessments comply with the stage 1 health and safety prequalification, as defined by CDM 2015.
Veriforce CHAS works with over 100 assessors, NEBOSH-qualified practising health and safety professionals who attend CHAS-specific training.
Our Mission
Our mission is to help bring workers home safe. With over 25 years of leadership experience in health and safety compliance and supply chain risk management, Veriforce CHAS is invested in helping businesses work safer and more efficiently.
Our members get access to our simplified prequalification services and comprehensive supply chain management solutions.
Through schemes such as SSIP, PAS 91 and the Common Assessment Standard, our services streamline the accreditation process, reduce duplication and save your business time and money.
We are committed to improving your organisation’s compliance procedures and policies, creating business opportunities, driving the industry forward and making your world of work safer.
The Common Assessment Standard
Veriforce CHAS is a founding member of the Common Assessment Standard — the construction industry’s pre-eminent prequalification scheme backed by Build UK and CECA.
The Common Assessment Standard streamlines and standardises accreditation across 13 areas of risk management, making it easier for your business to demonstrate compliance through a single annual audit from one assessment body.
CHAS Elite members get access to our personalised risk assessments. We will guide you through your prequalification journey from beginning to end.
SSIP Co-Founder
Veriforce CHAS is a founding member of SSIP (Safety Schemes in Procurement), the UK’s leading membership body for health and safety assessment schemes.
With over 82,000 registered members and counting, SSIP reduces health and safety assessment costs and duplication by facilitating cross-recognition between multiple assessment bodies.
All CHAS Standard members get access to our personalised assessment services, allowing you to fast-track your SSIP accreditation process.
Latest Insights
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