We have all seen them, pinned to noticeboards inside the company handbooks and, if you're lucky, as part of a presentation at your induction.  Unfortunately, by and large that is the limit most employees have in terms of the involvement with the Occupational Health & Safety Policy which is bizarre as it is the fundamental document of your ...

 ISO 45001:2018 Clause 4.4 is an interesting one, it's classed as a 'general clause' as it's pretty all encompassing, it says: The organisation shall establish, implement, maintain and continually improve an OH&S management system, including the processes needed and their interactions, in accordance with the requirements of this document I...

Almost every organisation you encounter will talk about leadership, how important it is to them and how they lead from the top. Sometimes, when you push a little and peel back the layers a bit, leadership and the commitment to having great leadership is perhaps not as ingrained in the company as they would have you believe. That's what clause 5.1 i...

ISO45001:2018 Clause 4.3 is all about the scope of your Occupational Health & Safety Management System (OHSMS), so which parts of your organisation will be included within your system. Think about it a bit like drawing a box and putting all the parts of your organisation into it that you want to include - there may well be some parts you want t...

Here in sunny New Zealand, we are known for lots of things, beautiful landscapes, friendly people, the lord of the ring movies and of course the innovative spirit, that kiwi Number 8 wire approach, she'll be right. That innovative Number 8 wire approach I guess comes about because NZ is just so far away from most things, as a Scot, I also wonder ho...

When we first started helping organisations implement ISO45001:2018 for Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems we quickly realised that organisations were struggling to understand exactly what this standard was about. They were all focused on the day-to-day health & safety processes, accident/incident reporting, risk or in some cas...

Clause 4.1 of the ISO45001:2018 standard, Understanding the organisation and its context, can cause some trepidation, confusion, hand wringing and general bewilderment for people, I know when I first read it I thought WHAT THE!? but then I read it again (and again) and did some research and thought, actually I see what they are doing here, that's p...