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Tork® Site Safety Guide Shares Hygiene and Safety Recommendations for Manufacturers


Hygiene and health company Essity has developed the Tork Site Safety Guide for Manufacturing to share best practices.


Global health and hygiene company, Essity¹, the global manufacturer of Tork², has published the Tork Site Safety Guide for Manufacturing. This guide offers insights from Essity’s first-hand experience confronting the pandemic and its role in advising the U.K. government on safer policy. It serves as a case study for other manufacturers to develop their own go-forward strategy for resuming operations. This comprehensive


approach was created through collaboration with trade unions, industry bodies, as well as public health officials, and is designed to mitigate infection spread and keep workers, customers and the public safe.


The best practices featured in the guide outline strategies on how to effectively exercise social distancing within a confined manufacturing environment, navigate high-traffic areas and people flow, and achieve critical hygiene and surface cleaning protocols among employees. It also


provides recommendations on properly training employees on key COVID-19 information such as the virus symptoms, the importance of hand hygiene and appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE).


“The safety precautions we have taken in our facilities were introduced to protect and maintain the well-being of our employees,” said Jenny


Turner, Marketing Director, Essity, Professional Hygiene. “Implementing these strict protocols in our facilities has enabled our global operations to continue delivering critical hygiene supplies and other products worldwide, including healthcare workers on the front lines, without


disruption. We believe other manufacturers – our peers and customers across the sector – can find value from our experience, and we would like to share our learnings to help uphold safe work environments on the road to recovery.”


Manufacturing serves a critical role in stabilising and maintaining global supply chains. As facilities secure the new hygiene standard across the globe, these safeguards are integral to reinforce best practices and implement preventive measures to slow the spread of infection.


To download the Tork Site Safety Guide for Manufacturing, visit: www.tork.co.uk/cleancaremanufacturing


¹: https://www.essity.com/company/essity-in-the-world/uk-roi/ ²: https://www.tork.co.uk/


Kathleen Fontana Becomes RICS President 2020-21


Kathleen Fontana has become President of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).


Her inauguration as President took place on Friday 20


November after the RICS Annual General Meeting 2020, chaired by Tim Neal, the outgoing RICS President.


Kath is Managing Director, Critical Infrastructure and Projects at Mitie PLC. With a range of senior roles in property, construction and outsourcing across a range of sectors, Kath is a highly influential leader. She is active in driving engagement and inspiring change in the built environment and is a


passionate promoter of technology, social impact and diversity as drivers of long-term value.


Speaking following her inauguration, Kath Fontana, RICS President 2020-21 said,


“For all of us in the profession this has been an extraordinary year with many challenges. I am exceptionally proud of the way that surveyors have supported and led their communities, colleagues and customers. The RICS resilience stories have proved to be a real source of pride and inspiration. Across the globe, RICS professionals are delivering resilient responses to the current challenges impacting our industry and wider society. As we start to think about emerging from this crisis I would urge us all to be


focused not only on the short-term recovery and regain, but also on the once in a lifetime opportunity to reset and to ‘build back better’ – to continue to address the global challenges of digitalisation, sustainability and social impact. With this strategic focus we can ensure that the assets in the natural and built environment assets are harnessed to truly promote a better future for all.”


Kath will be supported during her term as RICS President by President Elect, Clement Lau and Senior Vice President Ann Gray. 04 fmuk


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