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Sentencing guideline: five years on

2nd February 2021
Following the implementation of The Sentencing Council's Health and Safety Offences, Corporate Manslaughter and Food Safety & Hygiene Offences Definitive Guideline, on 1 February 2016, the average fine handed out by courts increased from just over £54,000 in 2015-16, the year before the guidelines were introduced, to over £150,000 in 2018-19.
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Is OSH in Bangladesh wearing thin?

13th January 2021
A Dhaka factory collapse in 2013 threw the international spotlight on the working conditions in Bangladesh garment factories. Thankfully, concerted efforts to clean up the sector are now making a real difference.
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Vision Zero: proactive leading indicators

13th January 2021
Gerard Zwetsloot, ISSA consultant on Vision Zero metrics, explains how to check you are on the right track for Vision Zero.
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IOSH announces Vision Zero training with ISSA

6th October 2020
Bold new initiative will empower each training provider to become a ‘Vision Zero Hero’
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People, planet, profit

9th September 2020
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.
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A damning new report indicates workers were put at increased risk of infection by remaining open during lockdown

Leicester garment factories in the spotlight over slavery claims

14th July 2020
A damning new report indicates workers were put at increased risk of infection by remaining open during lockdown
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Safer supply chains

18th May 2020
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.
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Counting the cost of modern slavery

6th March 2020
#MyFreedomDay is a timely reminder that the UK needs to act more decisively to help eradicate the global scourge of modern slavery.
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IOSH unveils new competency framework

5th December 2019
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).
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The evolution of OSH sustainability

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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