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		<title>Protected: Economic Downturn Podcast Series, Interview with Robert DuPuy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Briggs</dc:creator>
		
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		<title>Food Safety Webinars Engage Large Global Audience</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The second LRQA Food Safety Webinar, “FSSC 22000 Certification” brought some of the world’s largest global brands and LRQA together, with LRQA’s Global Food Expert, Cor Groenveld, delivering two interactive 90 minute web-based seminars.]]></description>
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		<title>Episode 3 LRQA Business Assurance Trust and Transparency Podcast Series</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Episode 3 of the 10-part LRQA Business Assurance Trust and Transparency Podcast Series, Solitaire Townsend, co-founder and Chief Executive of Futerra Communications, offers insight into what businesses need to do to rebuild consumer trust, as well as the role that 3rd parties have in consumer decision making. Solitaire is one of the UK's leading experts on environmental communications. In recognition of her work on environmental and sustainability issues, Solitaire was named as <a href="http://www.londonsdc.org/londonleaders/documents/pdfs/Solitaire_Townsend.pdf">one of the original 15 "London Leaders" </a> by then Mayor Ken Livingstone. ]]></description>
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		<title>Risk Managers crucial to restoring Trust</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Briggs</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Association of Insurance and Risk Managers (AIRMIC) next chairman, Paul Howard, was recently interviewed by Sue Copeland for <a href="http://www.strategicrisk.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=23&#038;storycode=379023&#038;c=2">this article in Strategic Risk Magazine</a>.
<blockquote>At a time when resources are even scarcer, risk managers are going to have to be much smarter in the solutions we offer and really review the cost benefit of any situation.</blockquote>]]></description>
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		<title>Food Safety Requirements making life difficult for smaller organisations</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/8574110">This Guardian article</a> highlights the pressures that new food safety regulations and standards are putting on smaller organisations.
The three main findings of the article are:
New food safety rules could encourage mergers
Added standards benefit big producers, hurt small players
Smaller processors, exporters, handlers under pressure]]></description>
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		<title>Business Assurance Link of the Day, June 29, 2009 Ethical Behaviour is Good For Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Briggs</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.strategicrisk.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=23&#038;storycode=379020&#038;c=2">This article in Strategic Risk Magazine</a> highlights the importance of Ethical Corporate behaviour during times of increased scrutiny and consumer distrust of organisations.]]></description>
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		<title>Upcoming Food Safety Webinar - FSSC Certification</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last few days to register onto the Free Food Safety Webinar hosted by LRQA.]]></description>
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		<title>Business Assurance Thought of the Day, June 26, 2009 - Reputational Risk</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Briggs</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Andrew Tunnicliffe, chief operating officer at Aon Global Risk Consulting, had a very clear message for delegates at a recent conference:

<blockquote>Even in the heartland of corporate capitalism there is a realisation that they must embrace a sense of responsibility to the individuals, communities and even the global markets they serve. <blockquote>]]></description>
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		<title>Danisco sees Sustainability leading Triple Bottom Line</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.foodnavigator.com/Financial-Industry/Danisco-expects-sustainability-effects-on-bottom-line/?c=NMDbkE0rTJjHpFH6YjIwQg%3D%3D&#038;utm_source=newsletter_weekly&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=Newsletter%2BWeekly">According to this FoodNavigator.com article</a>, Danisco’s new sustainability chief, Jeffrey Hogue, will look to build more value from company policies and seeing results on the bottom line – as well as for the environment and local communities. ]]></description>
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		<title>Business Assurance Links of the Day, June 24th 2009 - Social Media</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Briggs</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Follow Business Assurance at <a href="http://youtube.com/user/businessassurance">our YouTube! page</a>, on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/lrqa">our Twitter page</a> , <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/channels/26932">on the video sharing site, Vimeo</a> and <a href="http://www.veoh.com/group/businessassurance">another video sharing site, Veoh </a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Verification Program Manual - a standardised approach for independent and rigorous verification of GHG emissions</title>
		<link>http://businessassurance.com/verification-program-manual-a-standardised-approach-for-independent-and-rigorous-verification-of-ghg-emissions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Climate Action Reserve has released the final version of the Verification Program Manual. This document provides verification bodies with a standardized approach for the independent and rigorous verification of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions and removals.]]></description>
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		<title>Business Assurance Thought of the Day, June 23, 2009 - Supply Chain Planning during the Economic Downturn</title>
		<link>http://businessassurance.com/business-assurance-thought-of-the-day-june-23-2009-supply-chain-planning-during-the-economic-downturn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Briggs</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This <a href="http://www.infosysblogs.com/supply-chain/2009/05/is_supply_chain_planning_still.html">Infosysblogs post</a> takes a closer look at where organisations are investing across their supply chain, breaking it down by location and sector.Interestingly, over 50% of organisations that took part in a recent poll inidated that forward planning was their focus, not maintenance.]]></description>
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		<title>FSSC 22000 Certification and what it means to you</title>
		<link>http://businessassurance.com/fssc-22000-certification-and-what-it-means-to-you/</link>
		<comments>http://businessassurance.com/fssc-22000-certification-and-what-it-means-to-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BusinessAssurance.com Team</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LRQA launch the second FREE Food Safety Webinar which will cover, the new Global Food Safety Scheme for Food and Food Ingredient Manufacturing, FSSC 22000]]></description>
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		<title>Business Assurance Thought of the Day, June 22, 2009 - Dubai and ISO 10002</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Briggs</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Increasingly, organisations are communicating their third party certification as a competitive advantage and as proof of improved stakeholder engagement. The recent communications of two Dubai organisations is a case in point.
<a href="http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/business/2009/March/business_March6.xml&#038;section=business">DP World</a> and <a href="http://www.mywire.com/a/AlBawaba/Dubai-Customs-first-governmental-department/6202176?extID=10051">Dubai Customs </a>are both promoting their recent ISO 10002 (Customer Complaints) certification. Both organisations were certified by LRQA.]]></description>
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		<title>Business Assurance Link of the Day, June 19, 2009 (Food Safety) - Half of over 60&#8217;s do not take &#8220;use by&#8221; food labels seriously</title>
		<link>http://businessassurance.com/business-assurance-link-of-the-day-june-19-2009-food-safety-half-of-over-60s-do-not-take-use-by-food-labels-seriously/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Briggs</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.tenby-today.co.uk/tn/news.cfm?id=24475&#038;headline=Food%20safety%20warning%20for%20over%2060s]]></description>
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		<title>Episode 2 LRQA Business Assurance Trust and Transparency Podcast Series</title>
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		<comments>http://businessassurance.com/episode-2-lrqa-business-assurance-trust-and-transparency-podcast-series/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Briggs</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.vimeo.com/4964995">Episode 2 </a>of the 10 part LRQA Business Assurance "Trust and Transparency" Podcast Series.  This episode focuses on the "Accountability Gap" that was highlighted in the <em>What Assures Consumers in an Economic Downturn</em> Report. The research for the report was conducted in the UK by YouGov, commissioned by <a href="http://www.accountability21.net">AccountAbility</a> , sponsored by the Co-operative and supported by LRQA. The "AccountAbility Gap" refers to the difference between what consumers think an organisation's responsibility is and how well they are at living up to that responsibility.]]></description>
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		<title>Business Assurance Thought of the Day, June 17, 2009 - WHO estimates 10% of all global medicines are counterfeit</title>
		<link>http://businessassurance.com/business-assurance-thought-of-the-day-june-17-2009-who-estimates-10-of-all-global-medicines-are-counterfeit/</link>
		<comments>http://businessassurance.com/business-assurance-thought-of-the-day-june-17-2009-who-estimates-10-of-all-global-medicines-are-counterfeit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Briggs</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Supply Chain Security is not just about terrorism or on-time delivery. The growing and potentially deadly threat of counterfeit products is the feature of <a href="http://realdanger.co.uk/">this website</a>. The video brings home the potential dangers in very clear terms.
]]></description>
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		<title>LRQA Webinar - Food Safety Series, Part 2 - FSSC 22000 Certification</title>
		<link>http://businessassurance.com/lrqa-webinar-food-safety-series-part-2-fssc-22000-certification/</link>
		<comments>http://businessassurance.com/lrqa-webinar-food-safety-series-part-2-fssc-22000-certification/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BusinessAssurance.com Team</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Following on from the initial LRQA Food Safety Webinar in April, 2009, the second FREE webinar features an update on: The new Global Food Safety Scheme for Food and Food Ingredient Manufacturing, FSSC 22000.]]></description>
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		<title>Business Assurance Thought of the Day - Guardian Climate Change Summit Notes</title>
		<link>http://businessassurance.com/business-assurance-thought-of-the-day-guardian-climate-change-summit-notes/</link>
		<comments>http://businessassurance.com/business-assurance-thought-of-the-day-guardian-climate-change-summit-notes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a collection of notes and thoughts from Guardian Climate Change Summit 2009 in London yesterday, most of which were posted yesterday on our www.twitter.com/lrqa page.

<em>First session thoughts and notes</em>
Quote from Gavin Neath, Senior VP Unilever "Organisations need to learn humility.For the past 30 years, environmental groups were right, businesses were wrong."
Mars looking to work with PAS 2050 the carbon Footprinting for products, according to Fiona Dawson, Managing Director, Mars, UK
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		<title>ISO 14001 and Stakeholder Credibility</title>
		<link>http://businessassurance.com/iso-14001-and-stakeholder-credibility/</link>
		<comments>http://businessassurance.com/iso-14001-and-stakeholder-credibility/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Briggs</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISO 14001, the environmental management systems standard, is increasingly being seen as a tool to help organisations engage with their stakeholders.
VWS has been working since 2006 with a project team drawn from all of the their divisions to implement ISO 14001 and achieve certification.  This was awarded following a detailed audit of all five of VWS’s UK sites by Lloyds Register Quality Assurance (LRQA). 
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		<title>Live Twitter updates from the Guardian Climate Change Summit 2009</title>
		<link>http://businessassurance.com/follow-our-editor-on-twitter-and-get-live-updates-from-the-guardian-climate-change-summit-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://businessassurance.com/follow-our-editor-on-twitter-and-get-live-updates-from-the-guardian-climate-change-summit-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BusinessAssurance.com Team</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Businessassurance.com editor is at the Guardian Climate Change Summit in London today and will be providing live updates from the event on Twitter.  Follow the editor here: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/lrqa">www.twitter.com/lrqa</a>
Businessassurance.com is there as an official media partner.]]></description>
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		<title>Guardian Climate Change Summit</title>
		<link>http://businessassurance.com/guardian-climate-change-summit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Briggs</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We will be attending the Guardian Climate Change Summit in London on next Monday (June 15th) as an official media partner.
Here is a list of speakers scheduled.
The complete agenda and further information can be found on the event website.
We will be reporting on the event afterwards, including blogs and possibly some podcasts.
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		<title>Aviation in the EUETS.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madlen King</dc:creator>
		
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With effect from 2010 the aviation industry will be brought in to the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS).Each aircraft operator will be administered by one Member State only (the state where an operating licence was issued OR the state in which the aircraft operator&#8217;s emissions in the base year are most attributable).
·         From [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Management Systems in Not-for-Profit Sector</title>
		<link>http://businessassurance.com/management-system-in-not-for-profit-sector/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Gunawan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Siingapore Zoo (part of WRS) is an example of a not-for-profit organisation in Asia that successfully deployed ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 to achieve its objectives. 
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		<title>Process Safety Conference 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BusinessAssurance.com Team</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This seminar will provide you with insight into selecting the best methods and background in
which to perform the methodology, in addition to addressing issues related to the timing
of the PHA sessions, and proper and timely management of the recommendations. Moreover,
you will feel more confident about performing your next PHA, and the subsequent
follow-up, on the way to realising a safer production plant.]]></description>
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		<title>Episode 1 LRQA Business Assurance Trust and Transparency Podcast Series</title>
		<link>http://businessassurance.com/episode-1-lrqa-business-assurance-trust-and-transparency-podcast-series/</link>
		<comments>http://businessassurance.com/episode-1-lrqa-business-assurance-trust-and-transparency-podcast-series/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Briggs</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The 10 part "Trust and Transparency" podcast series is here! Harriet Lamb of The Fairtrade Foundation starts the series with her insight on what it takes for organisations to rebuild consumer trust. She also talks about Fairtrade and how they have done during the current economic downturn. She also shares her thoughts on the What Assures Consumers in an Economic Downturn report, the latest in a series from AccountAbility, sponsored by the Co-operative and supported by LRQA.]]></description>
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		<title>June 8, 2009 Thought of the day - Climate Change</title>
		<link>http://businessassurance.com/june-8-2009-thought-of-the-day-climate-change/</link>
		<comments>http://businessassurance.com/june-8-2009-thought-of-the-day-climate-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BusinessAssurance.com Team</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The recession will be big, but climate change will be bigger." Nicholas Stern.]]></description>
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		<title>New research shows recession is forcing rethink of supply chain strategies</title>
		<link>http://businessassurance.com/new-research-shows-recession-is-forcing-rethink-of-supply-chain-strategies/</link>
		<comments>http://businessassurance.com/new-research-shows-recession-is-forcing-rethink-of-supply-chain-strategies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BusinessAssurance.com Team</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent article on supplychainstandard.com reports on the results from a new survey PRTM conducted following the collapse of the credit markets. The new survey results and analysis reflect the views of more than 75 global manufacturing and service companies. ]]></description>
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		<title>TOMAL® identifies QMS certification as a key business strategy during major economic changes</title>
		<link>http://businessassurance.com/tomal%c2%ae-identifies-qms-certification-as-a-key-business-strategy-during-major-economic-changes/</link>
		<comments>http://businessassurance.com/tomal%c2%ae-identifies-qms-certification-as-a-key-business-strategy-during-major-economic-changes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BusinessAssurance.com Team</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[New LRQA and TOMAL® Case study looks at how the Quality Management System (QMS) implemenetd by TOMAL with the support of LRQA's Business Assurance approach helped them get through a difficult time.]]></description>
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		<title>BPA Debate highlights need for Trust and Transparency</title>
		<link>http://businessassurance.com/bpa-debate-highlights-need-for-trust-and-transparency/</link>
		<comments>http://businessassurance.com/bpa-debate-highlights-need-for-trust-and-transparency/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Briggs</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The current BPA debate that is raging around the world is an example of how quickly consumer trust can be destroyed, and how difficult it can be to regain it.
Currently, both sides of the debate (the critics who believe the evidence clearly shows that BPA leads to significant health problems and the regulators around the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LRQA Business Continuity Podcast Series, Episode 2</title>
		<link>http://businessassurance.com/lrqa-business-continuity-podcast-series-episode-2/</link>
		<comments>http://businessassurance.com/lrqa-business-continuity-podcast-series-episode-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:40:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Briggs</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The LRQA Business Continuity in an Economic Downturn Podcast Series continues with Episode 2. This episode also features global Business Continuity expert, David Austin. Following on from his Video Podcast series, this is the second episode of the audio series.
In this episode, David talked to us about integrating BS 25999, the business continuity management system standard into your existing management systems framework. He also talked about the ease with which business continuity works with an organisations environmental, quality, health and safety and security management systems]]></description>
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		<title>Consumer behaviour to change if British refineries are to reduce carbon emissions</title>
		<link>http://businessassurance.com/consumer-behaviour-must-change-if-british-refineries-are-to-reduce-carbon-emissions/</link>
		<comments>http://businessassurance.com/consumer-behaviour-must-change-if-british-refineries-are-to-reduce-carbon-emissions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 11:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BusinessAssurance.com Team</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr Holmes said that the major refineries could probably reduce their emissions by 60% while remaining commercially viable, but further cuts would only be made if demand dropped. ]]></description>
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		<title>New Report - What Assures Consumers in an Economic Downturn?</title>
		<link>http://businessassurance.com/new-report-what-assures-consumers-in-an-economic-downturn/</link>
		<comments>http://businessassurance.com/new-report-what-assures-consumers-in-an-economic-downturn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 10:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BusinessAssurance.com Team</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This latest research report 'What Assures Consumers in an Economic Downturn?' highlights that consumer attitudes to corporate responsibility have remained fairly stable during the early days of this downturn, comments Barry Clavin, Ethical Policies and Sustainability Reporting Manager, The Co-operative Group.  He also says in the foreword of the report that, issues that mattered to consumers back in 2006 remain important today.  Download the Full Report.]]></description>
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		<title>LRQA Business Assurance &#8220;Trust and Transparency&#8221; Podcast Series</title>
		<link>http://businessassurance.com/lrqa-business-assurance-trust-and-transparency-podcast-series/</link>
		<comments>http://businessassurance.com/lrqa-business-assurance-trust-and-transparency-podcast-series/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 10:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The <a href="http://www.accountability21.net/publications.aspx?id=4016">What Assures Consumers in an Economic Downturn report</a> was commissioned by AccountAbility, sponsored by the Co-operative, supported by LRQA, with the online research being conducted by YouGov.  In early June, we will be launching a 10-part audio and video podcast series from interviews and presentations from the launch event. Sign up to our subscription updates or our iTunes podcast link at the top right hand corner of www.businessassurance.com .
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		<title>eMagazine focused on global strategic supply chain management</title>
		<link>http://businessassurance.com/emagazine-focused-on-global-strategic-supply-chain-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 09:43:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Whitworth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This free eMagazine, Supply Chain Standard is a new section within Logistics Manager and it focuses on global strategic supply chain issues]]></description>
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		<title>The Two Most Important Lists You&#8217;ll Ever Keep</title>
		<link>http://businessassurance.com/the-two-most-important-lists-youll-ever-keep/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 07:25:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Briggs</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://blogs.bnet.com/harvard/?p=2171&#038;tag=nl.e713">This BNET blog post</a> talks about the issues that all organisations and their senior management are currently facing.

<blockquote>1) Things That Keep Me Up At Night 
2) Reasons I Get Up In The Morning</blockquote>

In getting started with your own lists, this quote from Alan M. Webber should help you get started]]></description>
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		<title>May 22, 2009 Thought of the Day - Food Safety</title>
		<link>http://businessassurance.com/may-20-2009-thought-of-the-day-food-safety/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 08:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Briggs</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Our Business Assurance Thought of the Day today helps bring the US Food Safety situation into perspective. According to Ohio.com, 

<blockquote>The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the US government agency solely responsible for auditing food manufacturing locations across the US did not conduct any audits at all in 2007-2008 in California, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Wyoming.</blockquote>]]></description>
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		<title>Business Assurance Thought and Link of the Day, May 21st 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 12:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Briggs</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Today's thought of the day comes from one of the world's leading climate change influencers, Yvo de Boer, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC):

<strong><blockquote>Failing to recognise the urgency of climate change and acting on it would be nothing less than criminally irresponsible.</blockquote></strong>

At <strong>The Guardian Climate Change Summit on 15 June 2009,</strong> Yvo de Boer is just one of the leading thinkers from the climate change community who will be sharing insight, solutions and strategies to ensure your business can actively reduce impact on our climate. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatesummit?">Click here</a> for further info and a speaker programme. 
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		<title>LRQA Business Continuity Podcast Series, Episode 1</title>
		<link>http://businessassurance.com/lrqa-business-continuity-podcast-series/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 11:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Briggs</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The LRQA Business Continuity in an Economic Downturn Podcast Series starts with global BC expert, David Austin. Following on from his Video Podcast series, this is the first episode of the audio series.
In this initial episode, David introduces BC and discusses its origins. He also talks a bit about his personal experience in BC over the past 30 years.
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		<title>The 9 Foodborne Illnesses in Detail</title>
		<link>http://businessassurance.com/the-9-foodborne-illnesses-in-detail/</link>
		<comments>http://businessassurance.com/the-9-foodborne-illnesses-in-detail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 15:18:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Briggs</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This <a href="http://calorielab.com/news/2008/06/23/foodborne-illnesses/">CalorieLab </a>story takes a look at the most dangerous and common 9 foodborne illness. The story takes a look at each illness, where it comes from and even which groups are the most susceptible.]]></description>
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		<title>China urged to increase food safety in the supply chain</title>
		<link>http://businessassurance.com/china-urged-to-increase-food-safety-in-the-supply-chain/</link>
		<comments>http://businessassurance.com/china-urged-to-increase-food-safety-in-the-supply-chain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 09:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BusinessAssurance.com Team</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Many Chinese food companies lag behind foreign firms in ensuring food safety, partly because consumers do not trust safety certification, said experts yesterday.]]></description>
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		<title>Business Continuity planning for small businesses in a pandemic</title>
		<link>http://businessassurance.com/business-continuity-planning-for-small-businesses-in-a-pandemic/</link>
		<comments>http://businessassurance.com/business-continuity-planning-for-small-businesses-in-a-pandemic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 08:56:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BusinessAssurance.com Team</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This article on WTOL 11 provides great tools for small businesses to use to be able to keep ahead of the possible effects of the current pandemic]]></description>
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		<title>Carbon Disclosure Project - Supply Chain Report 2009</title>
		<link>http://businessassurance.com/carbon-disclosure-project-supply-chain-report-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://businessassurance.com/carbon-disclosure-project-supply-chain-report-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 10:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BusinessAssurance.com Team</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This Carbon Disclosure Project - Supply Chain Report 2009 looks for the first time at how businesses are responding to the call for action and transparency in managing carbon and climate change in their supply chain.]]></description>
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		<title>Climate Change Corp weigh up the competition around carbon labelling</title>
		<link>http://businessassurance.com/climate-change-corp-weigh-up-the-competition-around-carbon-labelling/</link>
		<comments>http://businessassurance.com/climate-change-corp-weigh-up-the-competition-around-carbon-labelling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 09:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BusinessAssurance.com Team</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[For companies looking to get their products carbon labelled, three carbon labels are currently up and running. But which are the most credible and what do you get for your money?]]></description>
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		<title>LRQA Management Systems Audio Podcast Episode 1</title>
		<link>http://businessassurance.com/lrqa-management-systems-audio-podcast-episode-1/</link>
		<comments>http://businessassurance.com/lrqa-management-systems-audio-podcast-episode-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 09:08:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Briggs</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Sandy Sutherland is widely recognised as one of the pioneers of Quality Management Systems. He was a part of the team that developed 9001, and currently chairs the drafting group for OHSAS 18001, the Health and Safety Management System standard. In the latest episode of our Management Systems Podcast Series, he talked to www.businessassurance.com about the importance of robust management systems to help organisations survive the current economic downturn. ]]></description>
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		<title>Business Assurance Thought of the Day, May 5, 2009 - Asia</title>
		<link>http://businessassurance.com/business-assurance-thought-of-the-day-may-5-2009-asia/</link>
		<comments>http://businessassurance.com/business-assurance-thought-of-the-day-may-5-2009-asia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 10:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Briggs</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Today's quote focuses on the potential of Asia. A book released by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and ADB Institution on Monday at the 42nd ADB annual meeting in Bali provides us with our Business Assurance Thought of the Day:

<blockquote>"Asia has enormous untapped economic potential," said ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda, adding "Connecting its diverse economies and peoples through seamless infrastructure will help in achieving an integrated, poverty-free, prosperous, and peaceful Asia and the world." </blockquote>]]></description>
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		<title>www.businessassurance.com launches new Asia specific section</title>
		<link>http://businessassurance.com/wwwbusinessassurancecom-launches-new-asia-specific-section/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 09:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Briggs</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We now have 9 sections in total, with the <a href="http://businessassurance.com/asia/">Asia specific section</a> joining <a href="http://businessassurance.com/climatechange/">Climate Change</a>, <a href="http://businessassurance.com/food/">Food</a>, <a href="http://businessassurance.com/supplychain/">Supply Chain</a>, <a href="http://businessassurance.com/csr/">CSR</a>, <a href="http://businessassurance.com/productconformity/">Product Conformity</a>, <a href="http://businessassurance.com/risk">Risk</a>, <a href="http://businessassurance.com/managementsystems/">Management Systems</a> and <a href="http://businessassurance.com/businesscontinuity/">Business Continuity</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>The real cost of health - occupational health and safety system</title>
		<link>http://businessassurance.com/the-real-cost-of-health-occupational-health-and-safety-system/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 10:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Gunawan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Most companies seem to focus on the measurable aspects of an occupational health and safety system (OHS). This means they rely on LTIs, incident reports, accident reports or other such tangible measures. 

Companies may overlook the health of their employees and its impact on the organisation in this process.  While the consequence of an injury is high - directors and management may be prosecuted for neglience in some countries like Australia and Singapore, health and wellbeing is equally important to the success of the organisation.
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		<title>Construction Project Risk Management Asia 2009</title>
		<link>http://businessassurance.com/construction-project-risk-management-asia-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BusinessAssurance.com Team</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Country: Singapore
City: Singapore
Event website: Construction Project Risk Management Asia 2009
Overcome risk, uncertainty and exposure in your project
What risks will you face in your next project? Project risks do come in many shapes and sizes, but one thing is for sure, an unconsidered risk is a threat to project success.
You will agree that in the current [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supply Chain Asia Forum 2009</title>
		<link>http://businessassurance.com/supply-chain-asia-forum-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BusinessAssurance.com Team</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Country: Malaysia
City: Singapore
Event website: Supply Chain Asia Forum 2009
Supply Chain Asia Forum continues to maintain its informal and open platform of open discussions and deliberations of issues and challenges affecting the industry here in Asia. In 2009, the event will be held at Sheraton Towers Singapore from 7-9 July 2009.
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