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 […]
Major client struggling to satisfy HSE with COSHH assessments
This week sees Sustainable Solutions return for the third time, to a relatively large metal foundry. The client is keen to update their COSHH risk assessment for the site which they consider is not fully suitable for their type of activities. The client came to us after we explained that our COSHH risk assessment process […]
