With the increasing availability of big data and sophisticated software analytics, such as machine learning, modern risk assessment are automated and easy to use for people who have limited technical knowledge on risk management. The outcome of risk assessment will become more accurate due to the access to large-size samples. For example, Deloitte has developed a continuous risk assessment tool as an enhancement of its traditional risk assessment processes through the inclusion of quantitative metrics i.e. key risk indicators, to better assess the risk universe. ORM has moved away from traditional risk assessment towards risk-based strategic decision making.
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Topics:
Risk management,
risk methodologies,
risk
Our Market Researcher, Jiaqi Sun, has put together research to provide an overview of commonly-used risk assessment approaches and processes to manage hazard, operational and strategic risks. Over the next series of blogs, we will drill down into:
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Topics:
Risk management,
risk methodologies,
risk
Risk management is usually the responsibility of risk managers/professionals in separate business units working with different risk management systems. This contributes to a lack of risk information sharing and a lack of understanding of the organisation’s key risks, which prevents optimum results from being achieved. Although business units may function in isolation, risks certainly do not.
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Topics:
work safety,
Risk management,
HSE,
integrated,
software,
SHE,
Incident Investigation,
Reporting
As a corporate leader, global competition and razor-thin margins can pressure your employer to make financial decisions that conflict with health and safety standards. As health and safety professionals, it can become tiresome, having to constantly justify necessary spend. Let’s be honest – we know the safety training our company needs, and perhaps in the interests of getting that training, we’ll opt for the ‘discount’ option in order to please our employers and their bottom lines while still meeting our HSE legal requirements.
In reality, however, current safety statistics show that improving work site safety practices reduces both direct and indirect employee costs in the long run, saving money and even the company itself. Here’s how paying cheap now can cost you dearly later.
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Topics:
Career in Health and Safety,
Occupational Health and Safety,
Risk management,
training,
Fatalities in the workplace,
Budget
You might say, ‘I’m just a safety officer – not a leader’. ALL safety professionals are leaders, as you are responsible for guiding your entire organisation when it comes to adopting, implementing and following sound safety practices.
And as a leader, the following nine qualities are key to fulfilling your role successfully.
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Topics:
Career in Health and Safety,
Risk management,
HSE
Every year, the Minister of Transport laments the horribly high road death statistics, always calling for greater awareness and care from South African drivers.
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Topics:
Risk management,
HSE,
road safety
There is a continuous demand for identifying new and creative ways to mitigate hazards in the workplace. In face, workplace health and safety risks not only have a tremendous impact on the livelihood and wellbeing of emplyees accross all industries, but they can be exceptionally costly to companies that need to address on-the-job injuries. A significant number of employees suffer from a slip, trip or fall injury every year, sometimes costing employers hundreds of thousands of rands for each incident.
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Topics:
Risk management,
HSE trends,
HSE,
Global Trends
Prior to 2016, substantial improvements have been made in terms of achieving zero harm in the mining industry in South Africa. The Chamber of Mines (in 2016), indicated that “the mining industry has made significant progress over the past two decades to improve safety and occupational health in the mining sector, with an 87% reduction in the number of fatalities between 1993 and 2015. Unfortunately, the Chamber of Mines’ 2016 statistics show a 14% increase in fatalities.
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Topics:
Risk management,
Mining,
Modernised
The efforts you make in lowering your company’s carbon emissions don’t rest entirely with you – how your suppliers conduct their business activities will also have an impact on your overall carbon footprint. An effective way to ensure they are responsible suppliers is to use the following checklist when you begin working with them. Remember, a supplier that appreciates its obligations to the environment will carry ethical corporate responsibility across its entire operations.
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Topics:
Suppliers,
Risk management,
Contractor management
