At Devcos, we believe in humanity and the collective power of diversity. We recognise and respect the value of all individuals. We foresee a future in which global society supports basic human belief that people who identify differently from one another regardless of race, gender, age or social call are worthy of equal representation and respect. As a corporate citizen, we are committed to creating a space for all; while promoting an environment of cultural competency, and actively practicing inclusions - signifying the worth for all human beings..
This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.
We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy has been created with the help of the Privacy Policy Generator.
The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:
Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to Devcos International, Level 1, 716-718 High Street, Armadale, VIC 3143.
Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
Country refers to: Victoria, Australia
Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
Service refers to the Website.
Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.
Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
Website refers to Devcos, accessible from https://www.devcos.com
You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.
Personal Data
While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
Email address
First name and last name
Phone number
Usage Data
Usage Data
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.
Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.
Tracking Technologies and Cookies
We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:
Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.
Flash Cookies. Certain features of our Service may use local stored objects (or Flash Cookies) to collect and store information about Your preferences or Your activity on our Service. Flash Cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as those used for Browser Cookies. For more information on how You can delete Flash Cookies, please read "Where can I change the settings for disabling, or deleting local shared objects?" available at https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/disable-local-shared-objects-flash.html#main_Where_can_I_change_the_settings_for_disabling__or_deleting_local_shared_objects_
Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).
Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser. You can learn more about cookies here: All About Cookies by TermsFeed.
We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:
Necessary / Essential Cookies
Type: Session Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.
• Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.
• Functionality Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.
For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy.
The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.
To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.
For the performance of a contract:the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.
To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
To provide Youwith news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.
For other purposes:We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.
For other purposes:We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.
We may share Your personal information in the following situations:
With Service Providers:We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, to contact You.
For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company.
With Affiliates:We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.
With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside.
With Your consent:We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.
The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.
Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.
The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.
Business Transactions
If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
Law enforcement
Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).
Other legal requirements
The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
Comply with a legal obligation
Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
Protect against legal liability
The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.
If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information.
Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.
We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:
By email: devcos@devcosinternational.com
By visiting this page on our website: https://devcos.com/contact
By phone number: +61 3 9509 4511
By mail: Level 1, 716-718 High Street, Armadale, VIC 3143
Conditions of Contract DEV501
1. General In these Terms and Conditions, the “Company” means Devcos International Pty. Ltd. ABN 971 06 775 259 and the “Client” means the addressee on the reverse hereof. These Terms and Conditions shall apply to and form part of any contact arising from the acknowledgement of the order of the Client and from any repeat or further orders for the same or similar goods whether generally or otherwise and not the subject of a further acknowledgement. The contract and these Terms and Conditions may only be varied or modified hereafter if expressly agreed to in writing by the Company.
2. Orders (a) Any order placed by the Client is deemed to incorporate these Terms and Conditions notwithstanding any inconsistencies which may be introduced in the order of the Client unless the same are expressly agreed to in writing by the Company. (b) The quotation by the Client either by its conduct or orally or in writing of an order number will constitute the placing of an order and the acceptance of these Terms and Conditions and the order once having been placed cannot be cancelled unless expressly agreed to in writing by the Company.
3. Price The prices quoted are:- (a) Subject to revision by the Company in the event of any variation (adverse to the Company only) in exchange rates duties primages freights insurance material labour carriage or other costs incurred by the Company after the receipt of any order such revised prices as notified to the Client on the invoice are thereafter binding on the parties; (b) In the event of a contract payable in AUD any revision caused by an adverse movement in exchange rates from the AUD rate used such revision will be calculated on the basis the full contract price is deemed payable in the currency other than AUD that has been used for the contract price and the revised price will reflect the increase due to the exchange rate variation; and (c) Exclusive of GST sales tax excise duty and all other governmental imposts of a like nature becoming payable because of the sale of the goods and the delivery thereof to the Client and all such taxes duties and other imposts shall accordingly be to the account of the Client.
4. Dispatch and Delivery (a) Times quoted for dispatch or delivery are estimates only. (b) The Company shall not be liable for failure to dispatch or deliver or delay in dispatch of delivery arising from any cause whatsoever. (c) The Client shall not be relieved of any obligation to accept or pay for goods by reason of any delay in dispatch or delivery. (d) The Company shall arrange for dispatch of the goods for delivery to the delivery address as stated on the reverse hereof or as notified by the Client to the Company within 7 days of the placement of the order. (e) The Company reserves the right to deliver by instalments and each instalment shall be deemed to be sold under a separate contract. Failure by the Company to deliver an instalment shall not entitle the Client to rescind or repudiate the contract.
5. Acceptance (a) If the Client fails to give written notice pursuant to clause 15 herein the goods shall be deemed to be in all respects in accordance with the contract or order and the Client shall be deemed to have accepted same. (b) The Client shall accept deliveries within 10% of the contract quantity provided that the Company shall invoice and the Client shall pay only for the actual quantity delivered. (c) When delivery is to be made as and when required or when no date or dates are specified the Client shall accept delivery of the whole order within twelve calendar months from the date on the reverse hereof unless otherwise expressly agreed to in writing by the Company. (d) If any stipulated date or period for dispatch has expired goods remaining in the care or control of the Company may be invoiced whereupon payment shall forthwith become due together with storage charges (including insurance) if applicable and the goods held at the risk of the Client. (e) The first 2% of defects per delivery shall be to the account of the Client.
6. Payment (a) The Client shall pay to the Company within seven days of the date of the invoice from the Company (or such time as otherwise notified by the Company to the Client in writing) the amount of the invoice unless otherwise expressly agreed to in writing by the Company. (b) Default by the Client in payment of any invoice shall entitle the Company to treat any outstanding contracts with the Client as repudiated by the Client. (c) The Company reserves the right without limiting any other right or remedy it may have either to terminate the contract or to suspend deliveries if the Client fails to pay for any one delivery on the due date. (d) If in the absolute and unfettered discretion of the Company the financial status of the Client is or becomes unsatisfactory to the Company the Company reserves the right to require payment of the price in full in cash in advance or security for the price in respect of all future deliveries and for goods previously delivered. (e) The Client shall pay interest on any overdue payments from the date the payments become overdue at the Benchmark Rate as published by National Australia Bank Limited from time to time plus 1.875%.
7. Returnable Packaging All pallets returnable wooden packing cases skids drums and other re-usable articles provided by the Company for the purposes of delivery of the goods may be charged extra by the Company but a credit may be allowed in favour of the Client if such items are returned free of charge to the Company in good condition within twenty-eight days of dispatch from the Company and accepted by the Company.
8. Risk From the time of dispatch of the goods or delivery to a carrier ex factory or warehouse the risk of any loss or damage to or deterioration of the goods and the new goods as that expression is defined in clause 9 herein from whatever cause arising shall be borne by the Client.
9. Property Notwithstanding anything contained in clause 8 herein property ownership and title in the goods both legal and equitable shall remain with the Company until payment in full of the invoice value by the Client to the Company (each order being considered as a whole) or if a running account is kept with the Company until payment in full of the balance of the account by the Client to the Company and until such payment :- (a) the Client shall store the goods in such a manner as to indicate that they are clearly the property of the Company; (b) if the Client shall make new goods from the goods mix the goods with other goods or if the goods in any way whatsoever become constituents of or be converted into other goods (“the new goods”) as security for the payment of the price property ownership and title in the new goods whether finished or unfinished shall be deemed to have been transferred to the Company at the moment of the single operation or event by which the new goods are created and the Client shall thereafter hold the new goods for and on behalf of the Company and shall store the new goods in such a manner as to indicate that they are clearly the property of the Company; (c) at the unfettered discretion of the Company the Client may be permitted to sell the goods or the new goods as the case may be for and on behalf of the Company and upon receiving payment on such sale shall hold the proceeds thereof upon trust for the Company and shall forthwith transfer such sum on trust to the Company in reduction of the invoice value of the goods or the new goods as the case may be.
10. Description Any description of goods contained in the contract is given by way of identification only and the use of such description shall not constitute the contract a sale by description.
11. Designs and Tools (a) Any designs sketches proofs or other material of the Company are submitted to the Client in confidence and unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Company they and the copyright in them remain with the Company. (b) Tools moulds dies printing plates screens negatives blocks engravings and samples provided by the Company remain the property of the Company whether or not a charge is made by the Company to the Client towards their cost. (c) Any patterns moulds dies materials goods or other tooling supplied by the Client to the Company shall be and remain the property of the Client and will be kept and maintained in good order and condition by the Company provided that : (i) the Company accepts no responsibility for any loss or damage arising thereto; (ii) the same will not be maintained for the Client beyond three years from their most recent use for supply of the goods to the Client.
12. Other Conditions (a) When goods not manufactured by the Company are contained in the contract the general conditions of sale between the manufacturer or supplier and the Company will be deemed incorporated in the contract so far as they are applicable and except in so far as they may be inconsistent herewith. (b) The Client shall be responsible for any printed matter design shape or construction to the Client's specifications and shall indemnify the Company against any claims arising therefrom.
13. Warranties (a) Subject to paragraph (b) hereof the Company makes no representation or warranty of any kind as to the merchantability fitness for any particular purpose or any matter with respect to the goods whether used alone or in conjunction with other substances. (b) Any express or implied conditions statements or warranties statutory or otherwise in respect of the goods are hereby expressly excluded to the maximum extent permitted by law.
14. Patent and Trade Marks (a) The Company makes no representation or warranty of any kind expressed or implied that the goods sold hereunder or the use of such goods or articles made therefrom either alone or in conjunction with other substances will not infringe any patent or trade mark rights. (b) The Client shall forthwith notify the Company of any claim or suit involving the Client in which such infringement is alleged and if the Company considers itself to be affected it shall be entitled to completely control the defence or compromise of any such allegation or infringement the cost thereby incurred will be to the account of the Client.
15. Marketing The company at its sole discretion can use the clients branding, designs and tools to promote and advertise the company. For the avoidance of doubt, this includes but is not limited to product imagery, stylised logos and writing.
16. Claims (a) The Company shall not be responsible for any claims by the Client in conjunction with the goods whether in respect of short delivery delay unsuitability defective quality or any other cause whatsoever (and all such claims shall be deemed absolutely waived by the Client) unless the same are notified in writing by the Client to and received by the Company within seven days after the date or expected date of delivery. (b) The liability of the Company for any and all loss or damage including interest and costs resulting from any cause whatsoever including alleged negligence shall in no event exceed AUD 2,000.00 or the contract price of the goods in respect of which the claim is made (which ever is the lesser amount) or at the election of the Company the cost of repair or replacement of such goods. Any damage in excess thereof shall be borne by the Client. (c) All goods alleged to be defective or otherwise subject to a claim shall be returned to the Company if requested by the Company in writing and any expense associated with the return and storage thereof shall be to the account of the Client.
17. Liability Except as expressly provided herein the Company is not liable to the Client or any person deriving benefit under the contract for any loss injury expense or damage of any kind whatsoever (including any economic or consequential loss injury expense or damage) however wherever and whenever occurring whether arising out of or in connection with the performance of the contract or the goods (including any patent or latent defect in them) or any other action matter statement or thing connected therewith or incidental thereto whether or not arising by negligence or under statute.
18. Indemnity The Client shall indemnify the Company against:- (a) all claims in respect of any loss or damage sustained by a third party howsoever caused in connection with the goods; (b) all royalties or other such payments in respect of any patented or registered designs or other rights which may be claimed as a result of goods being made to any design or specifications supplied by the Client; and (c) all claims expenses and costs in connection with any infringement or alleged infringement or any patent copyright or registered design trade mark trade name or other rights in the manufacture of such goods.
19. Force Majeure (a) Where the Company is unable wholly or in part by reason of force majeure to carry out any of its obligations under the contract it may determine or vary the contract as it may deem necessary and the Client shall not in consequence thereof have any claim for damages. (b) In the contract “force majeure” means: (i) an Act of God war declared or undeclared blockade riot disturbance accident sabotage lightening fire earthquake storm flood or other elements explosion legislation regulations orders or action governmental or quasi-governmental restraint expropriation prohibition intervention direction or embargo scarcity inability to obtain unavailability or delay in availability of labour equipment materials supplies fuel power or transport inability or delay in obtaining governmental or quasi-governmental approvals consents permits licences authorities or allocations and any other cause whether of the kinds specifically enumerated above or otherwise which is not reasonably within the control of the Company; or (ii) any strike lockout ban injunction or other interference or dispute with work or labour whether or not such event is within the reasonable control of the Company.
20. Lien In addition to any right of lien to which the Company may be statute or otherwise be entitled the Company shall in the event of the insolvency suspected insolvency bankruptcy suspected bankruptcy or winding up of the Client be entitled to a general lien in respect of all property or goods belonging to the Client in the possession or control of the Company (although such goods or some of them may have been paid for) for the unpaid invoice value of any other goods sold and delivered to the Client by the Company under this or any other contract.
21. Liquidation Receivership or Bankruptcy If the Client in the case of a Company enters into liquidation (whether compulsory or voluntary) receivership or otherwise compounds with its creditors or takes or suffers any similar action in consequence of a debt or in the case of a natural person or a partnership of natural persons the Client or any of the members of his firm becomes bankrupt or enters into any arrangement with his creditors or takes or suffers similar action in consequence of a debt the Company shall be at liberty; (a) to cancel any order of the contract forthwith and the Client shall not in consequence thereof have any claim for damages; or (b) to give any liquidator receiver or other person the option to carry out the order of the contract; and the exercise of any of the rights granted to the Company under this clause shall not prejudice or affect any right of action or remedy which shall have accrued or shall accrue thereafter to the Company.
22. Waiver The failure by the Company to insist upon strict performance of any Term or Condition of the contract shall not be deemed a waiver thereof of any rights or remedies the Company may have and shall not be deemed a waiver of any subsequent or continuing breach of any Term or Condition.
23. Time The time hereinbefore mentioned within which the Client is to pay for the goods shall be of the essence of the contract.
24. Assignment (a) The Client shall not assign or transfer or purport to assign or transfer any of its rights under the contract or delegate its performance under the contract without the prior written consent of the Company. (b) The Company may in its discretion without notification to the Client sub-contract the whole or any part of the production or supply of the goods hereby agreed to be sold.
25. Insurance The Company shall not effect any insurance over the goods except upon express request in writing as to the risk or risks to be insured against and the value or values to be declared given in writing by the Client and all insurances effected by the Company shall be subject to the usual exceptions and terms and conditions of the open or general policies of the insurance company or underwriters accepting the risk. The Company in its absolute discretion may decline and or refuse to accept or act upon the said request. Should the insurers dispute their liability for any reason the Client shall have recourse against the insurers only and the Company shall not be under any responsibility or liability in relation thereto.
26. Severance (a) If any provision of the contract is void or voidable by either party or unenforceable or illegal but would not be void or voidable or unenforceable or illegal as aforesaid if it were read down and it is capable of being read down it shall be read down accordingly. (b) If notwithstanding paragraph (a) hereof any provision of the contract is still void or voidable or unenforceable or illegal :- (i) if the provision would not be void or voidable or unenforceable or illegal as aforesaid if a word or those words (as the case may be) were omitted that word or those words are hereby severed; and (ii) otherwise the whole provision is hereby severed – and the remainder of the contract has a full force and effect.
27. Interpretation (a) In the contract unless the contrary intention appears :- (i) “person” and words importing persons include bodies corporate; (ii) words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa and words importing the masculine include the feminine and neuter; (iii) a reference to any Act of Parliament or section thereof or schedule thereto shall be read as if the words “or any statutory modification or reenactment thereof or substitution therefor” were added to the reference; (iv) where a phrase is given a particular meaning other parts of speech and (v) “writing” includes typewriting printing lithography photography and other modes of representing or reproducing words in visible form; and “written” has a corresponding meaning. (b) Each party includes its successors and permitted assigns. (c) Any marginal notes or headings are included for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation of the contract. (d) If any day appointed or specified by the contract for the payment of any money falls on a Saturday Sunday or a day appointed under the Bank Holidays Act 1958 as a holiday for the whole day the day so appointed or specified shall be deemed to be the day preceeding the day so appointed or specified which is not in turn a Saturday Sunday or a day so appointed as a holiday for the whole day.
28. Governing Law The contract shall be deemed to have been entered into the State of Victoria Australia and shall take effect be governed by construed enforced and performed in accordance with the laws from time to time in force in that State. Any dispute action or other legal process alleged to have arisen out of or in connection with the contract howsoever arising shall first be subjected to a mediation between the CEO of each of the Company and the Client (and or their representative who is not a lawyer) before an independent mediator agreed by the parties and in default of such agreement appointed by the President of the Victorian Bar Inc, and only in the event that the said mediation is unsuccessful in resolving the dispute in writing between the parties arising out of or in connection with the contract, then and only then may such dispute arising out of or in connection with the contract be instituted heard and determined only in the appropriate court or tribunal in the State of Victoria.
We have established this QHSE policy to be consistent with the purpose and context of our organisation. It provides a framework for setting and reviewing Quality and Environmental objectives in addition to our commitment to satisfy applicable customers', regulatory and legislative requirements as well as our commitment to continually improve our management system.
Customer focus: As an organisation, we have made a commitment to understand our current and future customers' needs; meet their requirements and strive to exceed their expectations. As part of this we follow ISO 22716 the Guidelines for Cosmetics Good Manufacturing Practices, and maintain Australian Certified Organic status.
Leadership: Our Top Management have committed to creating and maintaining a working environment in which people become fully involved in achieving our objectives.
Engagement of people: As an organisation, we recognise that people are the essence of any good business and that their full involvement enables their abilities to be used for our benefit.
Process approach: As an organisation, we understand that a desired result is achieved more efficiently when activities and related resources are managed as a process or series of interconnected processes.
Improvement: We have committed to achieving continual improvement across all aspects of our quality and environmental management systems; it is one of our main annual objectives.
Evidence-based decision making: As an organisation, we have committed to only make decisions relating to our IMS following an analysis of relevant data and information.
Relationship management: The Company recognises that an organisation and the relationship it has with its external providers are interdependent and a mutually beneficial relationship enhances the ability of both to create value.
Environmental Performance: We are committed to protecting the environment, including preventing pollution, to using resources sustainably, to minimising greenhouse gas emissions and to protecting biodiversity and ecosystems.
Our policy is also to meet the requirements of other interested parties and in meeting our social, environmental, charitable, regulatory and legislative responsibilities.
We have produced Quality and Environmental objectives which relate to this policy.
This policy is available to all interested parties as well as being made available to the wider community through publication on our Website, Company Noticeboard and Intranet and upon request.