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A brand new qualification from NEBOSH is already proving to be an excellent way for companies to improve employee awareness of environmental impacts and risk controls. The NEBOSH Environmental Awareness at Work qualification is suitable for all industry sectors and has been specifically designed to improve environmental awareness among the general workforce. We have found that employers are finding...

The draft new 14001 standard should be available around September 2014. There will be an opportunity to comment on and help shape the standard. The final revised standard should be available mid 2015. Over 250,000 organisations are certified to ISO 14001 and while it continues to be as relevant as ever, the revision will take into consideration a number of issues to ensure organisations are able...

We have a NEBOSH National General Certificate course running 2 days a week in June/ July 2014 - places available! The NEBOSH National General Certificate provides an excellent foundation in occupational safety and health for all types of organisations. It helps its holders manage risk effectively by covering a broad range of topics, and is ideal for: Managers, supervisors, employee representatives. Those...

 We have a forthcoming 1 day IOSH Safety for Senior Executives Course on 30th April 2014 The course aims to provide Senior Executives of organisations with an understanding of their health and safety role and how this should influence their strategic thinking and holistic risk management systems/procedures.  The course covers: Overview & update on Health & Safety Senior...

The Health and Safety Executive has opened a 10 week consultation on proposals to replace the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM 2007). Key changes being proposed include: Replacement of the CDM co-ordinator role with a principal designer role within the project team Introducing a duty on information, instruction, training and supervision to replace the duty to assess competence Removal...

Reforms to environmental legislation could save businesses up to £300m a year, according to Environment Secretary Owen Paterson. Government plans published on 10th April outline 336 regulatory reforms covering agricultural, water and marine regulation, as well as environmental standards, as part of the government's Red Tape Challenge to remove "unnecessary regulatory burden" on companies...