Management standards

Most health and safety programmes tend to default to safety because they are more often seen as a business priority, especially in higher-risk sectors. Safety is driven by legislation and regulation and organisations find it easier to show their commitment to safety because it is tangible and visible -- you can see hard hats, inspect records, documents and equipment. When you talk about health it tends to be the smaller component -- health programmes are sometimes included but they are not given equal measure. It is fair to say that some industries are more focused on health than others,…

OSH professionals can wield more influence at board level if they take heed of a new report from the not-for-profit organisation, International SOS Foundation. 

It has been little more than a year since the international management standard ISO 45001 was launched to great fanfare.