industry ACCREDITATIONS

BASIS

Independently raising professional standards.

BASIS is a charitable organisation committed to raising professional standards across land management and food production by supporting people and businesses with our industry leading qualifications, professional registers and auditing schemes.

Over the past 40 years, BASIS has expanded its remit from specialising in the pesticide, fertiliser and allied industries to encompass the amenity, industrial, public health, food production and plant nutrition sectors.

AMENITY STANDARD

A significant UK wide development designed to reassure the public of the safety and effectiveness of methods used for weed, pest and disease management.

The Amenity Standard is designed to provide that reassurance and is a major step forward in the sector. If operators can demonstrate that they hold the Standard, there can be confidence that processes and products used are safe and meet legal requirements and staff are fully trained and certificated.

The Amenity Forum is the UK’s Voluntary Initiative fully recognised by Government, and its main objective is to promote best practice across the sector. It seeks to do this by advocating a fully integrated approach to weed, pest and disease management, tailoring solutions to meet specific situations and making use of the correct techniques, using approved chemical and non chemical, to produce the most effective and efficient outcome whilst seeking to create safe and healthy amenity spaces fit for purpose. The Amenity Forum has taken the lead in introducing the UK wide Amenity Standard, a major step forward in highlighting the importance of amenity management and the need to use professionally approved operators in any public space.

industry standards

Environment Controls is part of Japanese Knotweed Ltd (JKL) which holds these industry standard accreditations.