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Compliance & Certifications.

Compliant With All Levels of Regulation

Global Compliance

Management Systems

Curvature maintains a wide variety of management systems and programs to ensure that we are following best practices and are compliant with all levels of regulation relevant to our business.

Legal and Other Review

Central to Curvature’s compliance programs is a system of proactive legal reviews to ensure that we adhere to regulations that are applicable for all product lines in all of our global markets. In addition, Curvature adheres to all guidelines and requirements put forth by customers and internal requirements.

Continual Improvement and Investment

Curvature is committed to meeting customer requirements by delivering an enriched product/service that is forever evolving through our continual improvement systems.

  • Always deliver to customer expectations
  • Never settle and continually strive to do better

Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity

All management systems are addressed in Curvature’s disaster recovery and business continuity plans to ensure that compliance is maintained throughout any event. Business continuity and disaster recovery plans are tested on a regular basis and verified by third-party audits.

Code of Ethics and Business Conduct

Modern Slavery Statement, provided here. Curvature believes in and follows good code of ethics and business principles, which include:

  • Honesty
  • Integrity
  • Promise-Keeping and Trustworthiness
  • Loyalty
  • Fairness
  • Respect and Concern for Others
  • Law Abiding
  • Commitment to Excellence
  • Leadership
  • Reputation and Morale
  • Accountability

Quality

Quality Policy

Curvature is committed to meeting customer requirements by delivering an enriched product/service that is forever evolving through our continual improvement systems.

Scope

The scope of Curvature’s QMS is “Procurement and refurbishment services for network and server hardware”.

Quality Objectives

  • Always deliver to customer expectations
  • Never settle and continually strive to do better

Quality elements are ingrained into every department and position. In short, we strive for Customer Focused Processes.

ISO 9001 Certifications

Curvature maintains a robust quality management system (QMS) under its ISO 9001 certifications. Curvature is among an elite class of networking equipment providers that have achieved this level of quality control. The International Standards Organization is the governing body for these certifications. This prestigious recognition serves to validate Curvature’s demonstrated ability to provide the highest quality levels of procurement and refurbishment services for the telecommunications industry worldwide.

Environmental Health and Safety

Curvature EHSMS Policy

Curvature is committed to assuring that our business operations are performed alongside our goal of acting as responsible environmental stewards, by staying in compliance with legal and other requirements relating to health, safety, and the environment, achieving OHS objectives, participation, and consultation of our workforce in EHSMS related matters, and continually improving our operations in these areas.

We are committed to pollution prevention, and recycling and responsible waste management are engrained into our processes as a result. In addition, Curvature recognizes the importance and criticality of both employee safety and health and is committed to the prevention of injury and ill health.

ISO 14001 Environmental Certification

Curvature maintains ISO 14001 Environmental Management System (EMS) at the 7410 Hollister Avenue Suite 110 Headquarters and Distribution Center in Santa Barbara. With our long history of refurbishing and reselling IT equipment, environmental responsibility is a fundamental principle at Curvature. Our commitment to the environment drives us to develop programs that encourage green IT practices by making them financially beneficial as well as environmentally friendly.

ISO 45001 Safety Certification

Curvature maintains ISO 45001 certified Occupational Health And Safety Management System at the 7410 Hollister Avenue Suite 110 Headquarters and Distribution Center in Santa Barbara. Curvature provides a safe and healthful workplace, by following all health and safety best practices and requirements for all operations. The 45001 standard guides all realms of safety in Curvature’s EHS program. Following the guidelines of this program ensures that Curvature identifies all safety risks, reduces the potential for accidents, adheres to legal regulations, and continually improves safety performance.

R2v3 Responsible Recycling Certification

Curvature maintains R2v3 certification at the 7410 Hollister Avenue Suite 110 Headquarters and Distribution Center in Santa Barbara, California.

The R2v3 Standard provides a common set of processes, safety measures, and documentation requirements for businesses that repair and recycle used electronics. R2v3 is rigorously and independently audited, emphasizing quality, safety, and transparency. This certification is particularly applicable to our ITAD Asset Recovery business line—customers can be assured that their assets are handled properly and Curvature is following the proper data destruction practices.

Curvature’s R2v3 scope includes downstream vendor management, logical and physical data sanitization, and testing and repair of IT assets.

GoGreen Climate Neutral Services

EMEA
Curvature Amsterdam’s GoGreen Certificate showcases our leadership in delivering sustainable IT solutions. We prioritize pre-owned hardware, prolong the lifespan of IT assets, ensure responsible hardware disposal, and offer climate-neutral shipping services in Europe. With Curvature, businesses can have a significant positive impact on the environment by embracing sustainable consumption and carbon neutrality, while offsetting greenhouse gas emissions through registered climate protection projects. This enables customers to contribute to environmental preservation through their purchases.

Import/Export

Import/Export Policy

It has always been and will continue to be the policy of Curvature LLC to comply fully with both the letter and the spirit of U.S. export control laws and regulations.

C-TPAT Certification

Curvature is a Certified C-TPAT Importer (Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism). Led by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, C-TPAT is focused on improving global supply chain security with respect to terrorism.

Information Security

ISMS Policy

The Information Security Management System (ISMS) and the Management Committee at Curvature are committed to preserving the integrity, confidentiality and availability of all its information assets throughout the organization. This is in order to protect customer data, preserve our reputation, gain client competitiveness, and maximize return on business opportunities. Information security requirements will continue to be aligned with Curvature’s goals and business objectives.

Curvature has established a high-level information security committee, referred to as the ISMS Committee. This committee includes a mixture of our company executives tasked with supporting the ISMS framework and periodically reviewing the security policy to ensure continuous, systematic review and improvement.

ISO 27001 Certification

ISO 27001 certification is for Information Security Management Systems and is one of the most widely recognized and prestigious security standards available. By achieving this certification Curvature has confirmed that our ISMS is compliant and in line with the latest industry standards and best practices.

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