Health and Safety, such a wide term it covers all walks of life and technologies. It’s like a religion, it has existed since the beginning of time. It has a number of names, absent from harm, risk management, risk protection,…
In these uncertain and unsettling times, there are many elements of your organisation that will change and adapt to make sure you keep running. If you have an ISO Certification, one of those elements is your external audit arrangements. So…
Updates: Returning to Work? Check the Government Guidance [13th May 2020] Managing Coronavirus Risks at Work [13th May 2020] Emerging Business Risks from the Coronavirus Lockdown. [20th April 2020] Introduction This blog was posted 4th March 2020, see above for…
Guest blog written by Liz O’Brien at Terra Firma 360. When you have tons to do, lots of paperwork, people, meetings and just general everyday work things, it can be so easy to put things on the back burner. Everything…
Guest blog written by Russell Corlett at Peninsula. All problems in a business are a leadership problem. Success begins with leadership. Communication begins with leadership. Health and safety starts with leadership. For some of your employees your commitment to protecting…
The final part, and perhaps the most nerve wracking part, of your ISO Certification Journey – External Audits can cause anxiety and tension in the workplace. What is an External Audit? An external audit is the final stage before you…
The international standard for occupational health and safety ISO 45001, was a long time coming, with organisations using British Standard OHSAS 18001 as a governance framework for many years. But in 2018 the Project Committee ISO/PC 283 managed to co-ordinate…
Internal Audits can provide a valuable insight in to the performance of your management system and are a requirement of most systems under Annex SL Clause 9.2. However, not all internal audits are conducted equally and you can find a…
ISO 45001:2018 is an Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS) which is going to supersede ISO 18001 in the next 2-3 years. ISO 45001 is an international standard that is globally agreed/recognised as the same as 14001 & 9001,…
