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SGS ANNOUNCES MENTAL HEALTH IN THE WORKPLACE CONFERENCE
SGS, a specialist in inspection, verification, testing and certification organisation, has announced its exclusive sponsorship of this year’s Mental Health in the Workplace conference, which takes place on 23 April at London’s Millennium Gloucester Hotel.
This unique event will bring together human resources and health and safety professionals, who will gain insight and practical advice from a range of experts on the strategies, policies, law, employer responsibilities and methodologies relating to this important issue.
Employee wellbeing has risen up the corporate agenda and in 2017 the Thriving at Work report made 40 recommendations for businesses, regulators, the government and the public sector, after it found one worker in six suffers from a mental illness. Poor employee mental health also has severe repercussions for employers in terms of staff turnover, decreased productivity and sickness absence.
The Centre for Mental Health states the financial cost to British business of mental ill-health is an estimated £26bn per annum, with 11.7m working days lost.
As part of the conference Kate Breslin, product specialist at SGS, will host a breakout session on how to incorporate a mental health strategy within an ISO 45001 management system. She stated: “Human resources and health and safety professionals must proactively address work related stress and, in doing so, reduce the likelihood of employees suffering from it. I firmly believe that one of the most effective ways to achieve this is via certification to ISO 45001.”
Kate Breslin will be joined on the speaker panel by Sharon De Mascia, Managing Director at Cognoscenti Business Psychologists, who has worked closely with SGS to develop courses that help organisations become psychologically safer and more productive environments.
“When we think of health and safety it is usually physical protection that springs to mind, however, ensuring good mental health ranks as one of the most important elements of an organisation’s operational strategy,” commented De Mascia. ‘The Mental Health in the Workplace conference brings together thought leaders who will impart practical advice that delegates can implement within their own businesses. This will include looking at developments such as the Health & Safety Executive’s Management Standards, which address six areas of work design that must be properly managed to maintain wellbeing.”
www.mhw-conference.com/2020.
DUPONT SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS ACQUIRES LODESTONE PARTNERS
DuPont Sustainable Solutions (DSS) has acquired the assets of Lodestone Partners, a global consulting firm recognised for helping companies in the resource industry achieve sustainable improvements in operating performance. The acquisition, which was effective 29 February, deepens DSS’ knowledge and capability in the area of operations excellence, particularly in the natural resource and mining industry.
Davide Vassallo, Chief Executive Officer of DuPont Sustainable Solutions said: “Combining Lodestone’s highly respected operational improvement expertise with DSS’ risk management capabilities will now enable us to deliver an integrated operations transformation capability that is not currently available in the marketplace. This acquisition significantly expands DSS’ ability to help our clients protect their people and improve operations and is a significant step forward in our strategy to accelerate growth in
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select geographies and industries since becoming an independent company in September.”
Robin Schleich, former Director of Lodestone Partners said: “DSS is an acknowledged world leader in helping companies protect their people and manage risks, with incredibly strong capabilities in operations risk management, capability development, data analytics and digital technology integration. We are excited to join with DSS and contribute an enhanced operations excellence offering to the portfolio of services DSS offers to its clients.”
Lodestone Partners is based in Toronto, Canada and has worked at clients’ operations around the globe, including Canada, the United States, Australia, South Africa and Saudi Arabia. Its clients include many of the world’s largest resource companies as well as commodity-specific mid-tier mining companies. Robin Schleich, former Director of Lodestone Partners, has assumed the new role of Director for Operations Excellence practice within DSS. The addition of Lodestone Partners’ experienced senior consultants means that DSS will now have more than 900 consultants operating out of 40 global offices.
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