A demanding, people-focused QHSE consulting firm
A multidisciplinary team united by one conviction: no organisation should have to choose between economic performance and the safety of its people.
Protecting people, facilities and buildings, and sustaining organisations.
“To drive a genuine culture of prevention, where people’s safety and business performance move forward together.”
Our mission: to support companies in Africa and Europe in building robust QHSE systems, tailored to their context and delivering real added value.
Our Integrated Management System (IMS) approach unifies quality, hygiene, safety and environment in a coherent architecture, avoiding duplicated effort and maximising the impact of every QHSE action.
Building your Quality, Health, Safety, Security, Energy and Environment (QHSE) management system: IFECARM GROUP is committed to driving the safety culture of your organisation.
What does IFECARM stand for?
Our name brings together the seven founding dimensions of our work.
The letter R stands for “Risks”.
A study, consulting and certification-support firm
IFECARM GROUP aims to be an organisation of diversified poly-competencies built around a block of competencies unique in Africa, working with collective intelligence around shared core values. Our ambition is to strengthen our role as a study, consulting and certification-support firm, without standing in for accredited certification bodies.
From a personal initiative to a structured firm
Founded as a sole proprietorship
Sergio S. G. DOSSOU, Eng., founds IFECARM in Benin. Mission: to bring quality QHSE expertise to local and sub-regional companies.
Expansion of the training offer
Structured INRS SST, FORPREV, ATEX and SSIAP 3 qualifications. First engagements with major industrial accounts in Benin.
Established in France
Opening of a branch in France to support French companies and create a natural bridge between the two continents.
Incorporation as a limited company
IFECARM GROUP becomes a limited liability company. Structuring of the multidisciplinary team and strategic expansion of the service offering.
Africa & Europe: a presence across two continents
Operational hub for all of West Africa, with a multidisciplinary team rooted in the reality of Beninese and sub-regional companies.
Branch established in France. Supporting French companies with their QHSE obligations and classified ICPE (Facilities Classified for Environmental Protection) & SEVESO sites, and a natural bridge for groups operating in Africa and Europe.
Six core values
IFECARM GROUP sets a course and an ambition for all its stakeholders around six essential values.
An essential asset for the success of our communication and the sincerity of our reports and deliverables; a matter of ethics that strengthens the efficiency and accountability of our teams.
Through our attitude and our expertise, excellence drives the versatility, diversity and inclusion within IFECARM GROUP’s block of competencies.
People at the heart of everything we do is a virtue that guides the intellectual humility and leadership of our teams.
Through listening, closeness and respect, benevolence rules out any form of aggressiveness in our client relationships, for a lasting relationship of trust.
The key that unlocks the power of diversity, solidarity reflects the commitment of IFECARM GROUP’s block of competencies to technically support our clients towards achieving efficient objectives.
The authenticity of our IFECARMERS is a guarantee of trust and serenity in the integrity of their values.
Principles for action, distinct from our values
They guide how we act and take responsibility.
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Rigour
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Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
Our areas of specialisation
A multidisciplinary block of competencies, from industrial-risk engineering to industrial IT and research & development.
Setting course for West and Central Africa
From Cotonou, IFECARM GROUP is progressively rolling out its QHSE expertise across the sub-region. Our next targeted locations:
An expansion driven by a single standard: building the safety culture of African organisations, everywhere.
Let’s meet
Let’s assess your QHSE situation together and define the next steps.