Articles

Waste Management in Food Industry

Health, Safety, and Environment / 2014.10.17

In the last hundred years, the steadily increase in world population has contributed in the growth of global food production. Food is one of the most consumed goods worldwide, thus waste produced from it is of large quantities. This significant increase of food waste generation has become a gl...

Modern-Day Slavery in the Developing Countries

Health, Safety, and Environment / 2014.10.02

The word “slavery” may sound ancient for many, but forms of contemporary slavery still exist. Even today, in many parts of the world, people are pushed to work against their free will. This phenomenon is mostly associated with developing countries. Thes...

The Role of Legal Requirements in Environmental Management System

Health, Safety, and Environment / 2014.09.18

As global industrialization continued to grow, its impacts on environment became more evident. Transition from manual labor to modern machinery, introduction of steam engines used in different industrial sectors, uncontrolled use of natural resources, generation of wastes and emissions have le...

Industrial Initiatives in Social Responsibility

Health, Safety, and Environment / 2014.08.14

Social responsibility, also known as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), has become the center of attention for many organizations. In particular large companies, as they have necessary resources and capacities, are increasingly taking social responsibility initiatives. Some companies see t...

The Role of ISO 20121 in the Events Industry

Health, Safety, and Environment / 2014.07.07

Tourism is among rapidly growing industries and activities today. Developments in tourism during the last decades are considered between the most profitable processes in the history of humanity. Notably popular events have obtained a paramount importance in this in...

SRMS: Why Should Organizations Have Certified ISO 26000 Lead Implementers?

Health, Safety, and Environment / 2014.07.04

For organizations of any type or size, having purposes beneficial to the community is an outstanding marketing tool, for sure of great help to many global issues that societies are concerned of as well. As heard before from Howard Schultz, a famed American business...

Benefits of Integrated Management System

Health, Safety, and Environment / 2014.07.04

Latter-day growing regulatory environment has emerged organizations to deal with managing of several compliance frameworks simultaneously. The fulfilment of legal obligations is only one factor that shove the organizations to robust their management systems. A management system is the framewor...

What is Extended for Producer Responsibility (EPR)?

Health, Safety, and Environment / 2014.05.22

Many countries around the world have recognized the need to address these environmental problems and have launched new approaches for solving them. One of these environmental protection initiatives includes the concept of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR).

Protecting Young Workers from Workplace Hazards

Health, Safety, and Environment / 2014.04.28

As young people reach the minimum age for employment, they are eager to find a job, and start making and earning money. Most of the young workers undertake their first work experience in the retail sector; working in sales and customer service.

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How to Become ECO-Friendly?

Health, Safety, and Environment / 2014.04.22

The beginning of Earth Day dates back in 1968 when the Human Ecology Symposium was held. With the U.S. Public Health Service, Morton Hilbert organized an environmental conference for students where they could learn more from scientists about the effects of environmental degradation on human he...