BUS operator Transdev is celebrating after being awarded three globally-recognised benchmarks for quality, sustainability and safety.

The Harrogate-based company’s engineering and operations teams across its seven depots in Yorkshire, plus two in Lancashire, have won recognition from the ISO, the International Organisation for Standardisation, an independent body which works across 171 countries to ensure consistent delivery in technology, management and manufacturing.

Transdev now holds three ISO standards marks, including for quality, which recognises efficient working and reducing waste; for environmental, for being more sustainable, and for health and safety, showing its commitment to health,m safety and wellbeing of staff and stakeholders.

Transdev Blazefield operations director Vitto Pizzuti said: “ISO standards are agreed internationally by experts to act as a formula which sets out the best way for us to provide a safe and efficient service to our customers, from our engineering workshops to the end of a customer’s journey with us.

“ISO encourages the highest standards across our business, giving our customers the confidence that when they choose to travel with us, they can be assured that every aspect of what we do has been measured against a globally-recognised set of benchmarks that are all about making things better, easier and above all, safer.”

Transdev will now implement its three ISO standards across its business over the next year.