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56 min 13 sec
Health & Safety
For EHS teams, the challenge is rarely defining the right processes, but ensuring they work together to support confident, real-time decision-making in complex, operational environments.In many organisations, safety, risk, competency, and wellbeing data still sits across disconnected systems. This limits visibility, creates inefficiencies, and delays the identification of emerging risks, even where robust processes exist.This webinar explores how leading organisations are taking a more connected, digital-first approach to compliance, one that better reflects how work is actually carried out. We will look at how bringing data together across safety, risk, and workforce systems creates a clearer, more actionable picture of operational risk.We will also touch on the growing role of AI in helping teams surface insights sooner, reduce administrative burden, and support more confident, real-time decision-making, without adding unnecessary complexity.
57 min 47 sec
Fire Safety
Most of you will be aware of The Building Safety Act 2022 and the subsequent amendments to Building Regulations 2023 put in place requirements for both individuals and organisations to prove competence.I will cover:What is FESS UK Employers Forum structure and how it is leading the way.What the challenges facing companies, associations, institutions, inspectorates and the impact proof of competence it will have on them and individuals.What is the FESS Sector competency card structure and how individual’s competence can be demonstrated against it.What are the experienced worker routes for assessment and do you need retraining.Where do you get your competence assessed and what is involved. What is the cost and will you need to get it renewed?How you keep yourself up to date on all of this– the FESS UK web site.
60 min 38 sec
Health & Safety
The risks faced by frontline and lone workers continue to evolve, yet many organisations still rely on controls that no longer reflect the realities of modern work.In this webinar, Hugh Maxwell, independent safety consultant and senior HSE leader, is joined by James Skipper, Manager of Client Success at Blackline Safety, to unpack the findings of the Keeping People Safe report and examine what they reveal about today's critical safety challenges.Drawing on incident data, emerging trends and operational experience, the session will explore:• What this means in high-risk operations — translating global findings into the realities of frontline work.• Where organisations are getting it wrong — why traditional approaches are falling short and where the gaps lie.• What "good" looks like in practice — how leading organisations are closing the gap between policy and real-world outcomes.Combining independent regulatory insight with frontline implementation experience, the webinar is aimed at health and safety professionals looking for practical, evidence-based perspectives they can apply within their own organisations.Attendees will leave with a clearer understanding of the risks shaping worker safety today, the warning signs organisations commonly miss, and the steps that can be taken to build a more resilient, proactive approach to keeping people safe at work.
60 min 39 sec
Health & Safety
Selecting the right mask is only the beginning. Are you confident your equipment is being worn correctly, maintained, and stored safely? Is training up to date?This session will guide you through a practical step-by-step RPE audit, helping you turn your RPE provision into a RPE Programme that is structured and robust enough to enable you to demonstrate both protection and compliance.
57 min 38 sec
Health & Safety
EHS software is often justified on efficiency, compliance, or digitisation. But leading organisations are using it for something far more strategic. When implemented effectively, EHS platforms become a source of risk intelligence – providing visibility into exposure, control effectiveness, behavioural trends, and organisational resilience.The challenge? Many safety teams still struggle to translate system data into strategic value.In this panel discussion, senior safety and operational leaders will learn:* How EHS software can move from record-keeping to risk governance* What metrics demonstrate true organisational impact* How to link system data to financial and operational outcomes* How to position EHS technology as essential infrastructure to reduce harm
58 min 21 sec
Health & Safety
Audit readiness should not begin when a regulator arrives. For experienced EHS leaders, it’s about designing systems that continuously demonstrate control across inspections, workforce competency, contractor oversight, corrective actions, and compliance workflows.In complex, multi-site environments, critical safety data often sits across fragmented systems. Training records in one place, inspections in another, corrective actions tracked manually. These disconnects create blind spots that weaken defensibility and increase exposure, even when documentation appears complete.This webinar explores how organisations are embedding audit-ready principles into daily EHS operations. We’ll examine how aligning role-based competency, inspections, reporting, and compliance processes into a cohesive framework strengthens oversight without increasing administrative burden.We’ll also discuss how improving data integrity and connecting operational insights across sites supports earlier identification of emerging risks, reinforcing both regulatory confidence and internal assurance.
