Executive Due Diligence Pack
Governance rhythm that lets directors show due diligence: what they review, decide and verify, and when.
What it proves at audit
Heavy Vehicle Accreditation criteria this document produces evidence for. Check your readiness.
Why operators use it
We use this pack to make executive transport-safety oversight active and visible: executives receive the right information, ask meaningful questions, resource safe work, verify controls and retain a record of the decisions they make.
Executive due diligence is not achieved by signing a policy, relying on a compliance manager or assuming that no incidents means the system is working. Executives need a regular, practical way to understand what the operation does, what its risks are, whether people have what they need to work safely, what safety information is saying and whether controls are actually effective. LEAD-04 provides that governance rhythm.
From the companion guide that comes with this document.
Related documents
Map of your whole safety management system: what each part does, who owns it and which document controls it.
One-page safety policy where leadership commits to safe transport, fitness to drive, no-reprisal reporting and resourcing.
Sets who decides what in transport safety, with delegations, backups and accountability.
Position descriptions with safety duties, competence needs and escalation built into every role.
Step-by-step plan to implement the SMS with owners, dates, evidence and decision gates.
Register of every transport activity, site and interface the business actually runs, so nothing is missed.