17 May 2019
9th May 2019 …. SGS, a leading inspection, verification, testing and certification organisation, has announced that it will be present at Safety & Health Expo, which takes place on 18-20 June at ExCeL, London. At what is now one of Europe's largest health and safety events, on Stand SH2082 experts from SGS will be available to discuss how its services can help companies become more efficient, sustainable and productive.
The main focus for SGS at Safety & Health Expo will be
occupational mental health and wellbeing. 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
and 300,000 people with long-term mental health problems lose their jobs every
year. Furthermore, according to Mental Health First Aid England,
depression, stress and anxiety are the most common causes of sickness absence,
costing UK businesses around £35bn every year.
‘When we think of health and safety it is usually physical
protection that springs to mind’, explained Kate Breslin, product manager at
SGS. ‘While this is obviously important, so too is the psychological wellbeing
of employees. At Safety & Health Expo we will be able to demonstrate how
ISO 45001:2018 sets out a framework that all UK employers, no matter what their
size or vertical sector, can implement to quickly address any issues in this
area. We will also be able to highlight how certification can make positive
difference to how a business operates.’
ISO 45001:2018 defines a set of requirements for an
occupational health and safety management system (OH&SMS) and builds on the
established foundations of OHSAS 18001. It is designed to integrate with other
ISO management systems standards to create an all-encompassing certification
that not only protects workers from workplace related injury and ill health but
also helps ensure provision of tailored in-house mental health support.
Visitors to Safety & Health Expo will also be able to
find out more about a new portfolio of courses that the SGS Academy has
developed in conjunction with Cognoscenti Business Psychologists Ltd, the
leader in business psychology-based services. Focusing on three key levels –
corporate, management and individual – the courses have been designed to help
organisations be psychologically safer and more productive environments. The
content of each course is based on the latest research and explains how to
develop a tailored wellbeing strategy, select initiatives that complement a
corporate culture and how to train employees to become more emotionally
resilient and cope better with pressure.
Sharon De Mascia, managing director at Cognoscenti,
commented, ‘Investment in employee wellbeing is gaining momentum in the
workplace and as well as improving attendance, increasing motivation levels and
enhancing productivity and engagement, it significantly improves occupational
mental health. A programme of courses will take place around the country, but
we can also develop bespoke training that can be held at a client’s premises
and I’m delighted to be working closely with SGS in helping clients improve
their OH&SMS strategies.’
Kate Breslin of SGS concluded, ‘Health and safety ranks as
one of the most important elements of an organisation’s operational activities.
I would therefore encourage visitors to Safety & Health Expo to come along
to Stand SH2082 to find out how SGS can help create safer working environments
and protect employees against the possibility of injury and mental ill-health.’
For
further information please email [email protected] or visit http://www.sgs.co.uk
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Note to Editors:
SGS is the world’s leading
inspection, verification, testing and certification company. SGS is recognized
as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. With more than 97,000 employees,
SGS operates a network of over 2,600 offices and laboratories around
the world.
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information, please contact Freddie Wright-Jones, Tel: +44 (0)1276 687881, or E: [email protected]
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contact Linda Tyrrell, The Henley Group, t: +44 (0) 1491 570972, or
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