International Health and Safety:
Global Compliance, Local Delivery

Every country has its own health and safety legislation, its own enforcement regime, its own documentation requirements, and often its own language. What is compliant in the UK may not be compliant in France. What satisfies an inspector in Germany may not satisfy one in Singapore. A risk assessment format that works in the Netherlands may be legally inadequate in India.

Most UK health and safety consultancies cannot help with this because they only operate in the UK. They can advise you on the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 but have no knowledge of the French Code du Travail, the German Arbeitsschutzgesetz, the Spanish Ley de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales, or the occupational safety laws in any other jurisdiction.

Arinite solves this by maintaining a network of locally qualified consultants in every country where we operate. Each consultant knows the local legislation, speaks the local language, and has practical experience with local enforcement expectations. They report through Arinite's central compliance platform, giving your UK headquarters a single view of compliance across all countries.

Arinite's locally qualified consultants navigate these differences for you. You do not need to become an expert in every country's legislation. You need one provider who already is.

Arinite delivers the full range of health and safety services internationally, not just audits. The services available in every country where Arinite operates include health and safety audits conducted by locally qualified consultants against local legislation, risk assessments compliant with local documentation requirements and format expectations, competent person or equivalent appointment (the legal requirement varies by country but the principle is universal), health and safety policy and documentation created in the local language and compliant with local law, fire risk assessments following local fire safety legislation and standards, training delivery in the local language covering locally required topics, and health and safety software access with documentation maintained in the relevant language.

All services are coordinated from the UK. Your named Chartered consultant at Arinite headquarters manages the programme, commissions local consultants, reviews their work, and consolidates reporting through the compliance platform. You deal with one contact, not one per country.

The entire programme is managed by your named Chartered consultant at Arinite UK. You have one point of contact, one platform, and one consolidated view of compliance.

ISO 45001:2018 is the international standard for occupational health and safety management systems. It provides a common framework that can be applied across all jurisdictions. Many multinational businesses adopt ISO 45001 as their baseline and layer local compliance requirements on top.

However, ISO 45001 is not a substitute for local legal compliance. Holding ISO 45001 certification does not mean you are compliant with French, German, or Singaporean occupational safety law. It means you have a management system that can be adapted to meet those requirements. The local compliance work still needs to be done.

Arinite is certified to ISO 45001:2018 and helps clients achieve and maintain certification as part of the international programme. Our approach: use ISO 45001 as the governance framework, then ensure each country's specific legal requirements are satisfied within that framework.

Most health and safety consultancies are UK-only operations. They can advise on British legislation but have no capability beyond the border. The few that claim international coverage typically subcontract to firms they have never met, with no quality control and no integration.

Arinite is different in three ways. First, our locally qualified consultants are vetted, managed, and quality-controlled by Arinite's UK team. Your Chartered consultant reviews every piece of work before it reaches you. Second, all documentation flows through Arinite's compliance platform, giving you one dashboard for every country rather than a folder of PDFs from different providers. Third, our team includes consultants fluent in English, French, and German with 40 years of experience building health and safety management systems across Europe.

International health and safety programmes are priced based on the number of countries, the number of locations per country, the complexity of activities, and the scope of services required.

A baseline compliance assessment for a single international office is scoped and priced individually, taking into account the jurisdiction and the availability of locally qualified consultants.

Ongoing international programmes (multiple countries, rolling assessments, central platform management) are priced as a monthly retainer on top of the UK service. The international component is bespoke quoted by country, depending on complexity and visit frequency.

For comparison: hiring a local health and safety consultant independently in each country, managing multiple relationships, and trying to consolidate reporting yourself will cost significantly more in both money and management time.

Contact us with your international footprint and we will provide a detailed scope and quote within 48 hours.