Mission and Values
Northern Institute for Research in Environment and Occupational Health and Safety
Mission
INREST, the Nordic Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety Research Institute, strives to:
L’Institut nordique de recherche en environnement et en santé au travail (INREST) is an environmental science and occupational health and safety research institute.
Develop innovative, applied projects with an emphasis on sustainable development.
Preserve water quality, ecosystem health, and food resources.
Encourage resource pooling in order to find solutions to the challenges of Nordic development.
Bring together researchers from across environmental and occupational health and safety fields.
Promote in-region education for research professionals.
Create a team of local specialists, universities and research centres for each project.
Measure the impact of each project on the population’s health and on workers’ health and safety.
Provide scientific evidence to support decision-making.
Publish research findings for the general public.
Preserve water quality, ecosystem health, and food resources.
Onboard college and university (bachelor’s, master’s and Ph.D.) students, and lead research projects for government organizations, private enterprises, industries, etc., and all from Sept-Îles.
Values
Four principles form the foundation of INREST’s activities:
Excellence: continuous improvement of our practices, promotion and enhancement of our employees’ occupational health, safety and well-being through ongoing training, and constant evolution of our client approach;
Integrity: ensuring ethical and honest conduct within the Institute and towards its partners, collaborators and citizens;
Neutrality: absence of external influence on the integrity of scientific data, from collection to interpretation of results, and consideration of current scientific studies;
Traceability: recognizing the rightful intellectual property of data and information gathered from Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities and organizations.
These principles are reflected in a set of values adopted by the Institute’s management and employees in their activities:
Client focus: listening to clients’ needs and expectations, involving professional rigor in the precise identification of needs and exhaustive search for solutions;
Quality of services: honoring commitments and continuous improvement of practices;
Innovative mindset: development of ambitious and adaptive solutions in ideas, approach to problems and decision-making;
Openness: establishing partnerships to optimize the use of reciprocal expertise and maximize project outcomes;
Respect and inclusion: kindness and consideration for the diversity of profiles and life paths;
Loyalty: co-construction of projects and orientations for the long term;
Transparency: ensuring clarity of information and guaranteeing its accessibility to our partners.
Environnement
Learn more about our environmental services: analysis, sampling, studies and monitoring.
Occupational Health and Safety
Learn more about our occupational health and safety services: analysis, sampling and bespoke training.