Sustainability

Bold new initiative will empower each training provider to become a ‘Vision Zero Hero’

IOSH is driving efforts to put people at the centre of business, highlighting the place of human capital and safety and health in corporate sustainability, and OSH professionals’ role in promoting this.

A damning new report indicates workers were put at increased risk of infection by remaining open during lockdown

If businesses are like football clubs, then COVID-19 has just moved the goalposts. Duncan Spencer CFIOSH asks how firms should change their playing style to avoid relegation.

As economies, organisations and workers strive to recover from the downturn caused by the public health crisis of COVID-19, there are calls for long-term investment, prevention plans and to revitalise and ‘build back better’, writes Richard Jones, head of policy and regulatory engagement.

At last, change comes to the sector, led by a surge in urban population and streamlined by technology.

Megatrends are slowly and profoundly reshaping the world: how we do business, where we work and what we care about. What does the future look like in a world where technology holds sway?

Ockert Dupper on how the Vision Zero Fund’s strategy on ‘shared responsibility’ and strengthening institutions can lead to safer and more sustainable supply chains.

#MyFreedomDay is a timely reminder that the UK needs to act more decisively to help eradicate the global scourge of modern slavery.

A new competency framework to guide the development of occupational safety and health professionals and meet the needs of employers for a broader set of competencies, has been launched by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).