Focus on plastic waste
The last plastic count (2024) revealed 1.7 billion pieces of plastic packaging was still being thrown away by households weekly!
Policy confirmation – Use of Artificial Intelligence
In summary we can categorically claim and reassure our clients that we DO NOT use AI in any way for the generation of our high-level reports such as DSEAR, Fire Risk assessments, COSHH risk assessments etc. these are some of the reasons:
Supporting local community sustainability
we are pleased to reveal we made a significant supporting contribution to the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust. Their ‘Big give’ initiative aimed at reintroduction of lost species (to the local area) of Pine Martens, Eurasian Elk and White Stork was something which caught our attention.
Small Change, Big Impact: How Ergonomic Risk Assessments Transformed a Manual Manufacturing Process.
When a company specialises in bespoke manufacturing, efficiency and flexibility are everything. But custom production often comes with a hidden cost: heavy reliance on manual work. That was exactly the case for one of our recent clients—a manufacturer producing a wide range of temperature sensors, many of them built to individual customer specifications in short […]
CDOIF competency
Recently I attended an Environmental Risk Tolerability CDOIF (Chemicals Downstream Oil Industry Forum) CPD refresher. A few more useful points to enhance my reporting and some impressive discussion in the Chemical Business Association. CBA workshop. I’m now at the planning stage of the next CDOIF project which will take me into 2026 and beyond. […]
HSE. New direction
The HSE have come up with a seven point plan for the immediate direction they are taking. These were the findings of a presentation I attended last week. Their number one item is regarding the central focus they will take towards occupational health as opposed to critical safety which has been the emphasis for most […]
Carbon footprint implication of emails.
My Email Signature will be changing! By Melissa Rose The internet, including email accounts for roughly 3.7% of global carbon emissions. Sources include to power up the device, for infrastructure and data centres (energy for processing, storing, and cooling). Emails may seem trivial individually, but globally they add up to a substantial carbon footprint. […]
The best electronic health and safety management system?
“Which electronic health and safety management system should we install?. We want something that will link ISO 9001, ISO14001, and ISO 45001, be easy to install and use and not cost a fortune in licenses”. From one of my clients. We couldn’t advise, so we opened it up to 12 of our other sympathetic and […]
Magical Mushrooms paving the way
More and more companies pledge their need to continually embrace sustainability. This includes supporting a circular economy, where we can reuse and remanufacture those technical elements. Our Train to Safety Ltd, delivered Foundation Management course on behalf IEMA (soon to become ISEP Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Practitioners) offers justification to and routes to sustainability. […]
CDOIF lacking at sea. By Melissa Rose
Just months after I have completed a CDOIF Environmental Risk Tolerability study for sites and activities posing a high risk to the environment. Months of research into the possibility of failures (in the Oil and Chemical industry), assessment of receptors, the severity of consequences and ways to mitigate those collective scenarios led me to rethink […]
