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Companies are being urged to have a say in shaping the future strategy for Great Britain’s health and safety system. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) today published six themes that the five-year strategy will cover. The six themes for the strategy are: Promoting broader ownership of workplace health and safety Highlighting and tackling the burden of work-related ill-health Supporting...

Following a consultation last year, the Sentencing Council has now published definitive guidelines covering health and safety, corporate manslaughter and food safety and hygiene offences. The publication of the guidelines means that for the first time, courts in England and Wales will have comprehensive sentencing guidelines covering the most commonly sentenced health and safety offences and food...

Companies holding ISO 14001 should begin the process of planning for the changes required under the new ISO14001:2015 standard.  The major changes under the new standard are summarised below: • Strategic Leadership - The Environmental Management System (EMS) should be integrated with business processes and compatible with business strategy. Top management should demonstrate their involvement...

The eagerly awaited revision of ISO 14001:2015 has been published by the International Organization for Standardisation. ISO 14001:2015, which sets out the requirements for an environmental management standard, is one of the world’s most widely used standards and a key business tool for many organisations. With more than 300 000 certificates currently issued around the world, it ranks high on...

The NEBOSH Environmental Awareness at Work Qualification, was formally launched at the Safety Health Expo event in London this June. The new qualification is a one day multiple choice assessed programme, which aims to raise awareness of environmental impacts and the risk control measures available. Peak HSE Ltd were involved in the pilot courses. Nearly 900 people took the qualification during its...

Provisional annual data released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reveals 142 workers were fatally injured at work between April 2014 and March 2015 (a rate of 0.46 fatalities per 100,000 workers). This compares to last year’s all-time low of 136 (0.45 fatalities per 100,000 workers). Fatal injuries at work are thankfully rare events and as a consequence, the annual figures are subject...