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Protecting health, post-COVID

Thursday 1st April 2021
COVID-19 has drastically altered the way we live, but might it also have shown us potentially positive culture changes for the future?
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OSH Content Developer John Allen on why OSH practitioners should embrace the opportunity to expand their remit and engagement in sustainability.

How the OSH profession can lead us out of the pandemic

Friday 11th September 2020
OSH content developer John Allen on why OSH practitioners should embrace the opportunity to expand their remit and engagement in sustainability.
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The evolution of OSH sustainability

Monday 11th November 2019
Sustainability and human capital are indelibly linked with safety and health. Development of the first concept started to emerge in the 1970s. Initially concerned with environmental sustainability, it gathered pace in 1987 with the publication of the United Nations' (UN) Brundtland Commission report, Our Common Future (bit.ly/30LjLQs). Although sustainability is commonly described under the headings of social, economic and environmental, the focus has been on the last one. Safety and health issues, which can be considered to sit under the social heading, have not received the same level of…
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