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http://businessassurance.com/175-delegates-attend-lrqa-food-sector-webinar-view-the-recorded-version/ http://businessassurance.com/175-delegates-attend-lrqa-food-sector-webinar-view-the-recorded-version/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:18:46 +0000 BusinessAssurance.com Team http://businessassurance.com/?p=3967 http://businessassurance.com/175-delegates-attend-lrqa-food-sector-webinar-view-the-recorded-version/feed/ http://businessassurance.com/trust-comes-by-food-and-leaves-by-horse/ http://businessassurance.com/trust-comes-by-food-and-leaves-by-horse/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:36:41 +0000 BusinessAssurance.com Team http://businessassurance.com/?p=3965 http://businessassurance.com/trust-comes-by-food-and-leaves-by-horse/feed/ http://businessassurance.com/final-thoughts-from-the-global-food-safety-conference/ http://businessassurance.com/final-thoughts-from-the-global-food-safety-conference/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:23:08 +0000 Alex Briggs http://businessassurance.com/?p=3950 http://businessassurance.com/final-thoughts-from-the-global-food-safety-conference/feed/ http://businessassurance.com/gfsi-fssc-22000-and-washington-dc/ http://businessassurance.com/gfsi-fssc-22000-and-washington-dc/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:04:57 +0000 Cor Groenveld http://businessassurance.com/?p=3948 http://businessassurance.com/gfsi-fssc-22000-and-washington-dc/feed/ http://businessassurance.com/supply-chain-distinction-awards-2010/ http://businessassurance.com/supply-chain-distinction-awards-2010/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:34:13 +0000 BusinessAssurance.com Team http://businessassurance.com/?p=3946 http://businessassurance.com/supply-chain-distinction-awards-2010/feed/ http://businessassurance.com/cor-groenveld-global-food-safety-podcast/ http://businessassurance.com/cor-groenveld-global-food-safety-podcast/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:10:13 +0000 Alex Briggs http://businessassurance.com/?p=3940 http://businessassurance.com/cor-groenveld-global-food-safety-podcast/feed/ http://businessassurance.com/lrqa-food-assurance-podcast-day-two-global-food-safety-conference/ http://businessassurance.com/lrqa-food-assurance-podcast-day-two-global-food-safety-conference/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:16:36 +0000 Alex Briggs http://businessassurance.com/?p=3932 our food blog throughout the month of February for more information from the event.]]> http://businessassurance.com/lrqa-food-assurance-podcast-day-two-global-food-safety-conference/feed/ http://businessassurance.com/global-food-safety-conference-live-on-day-one-podcast/ http://businessassurance.com/global-food-safety-conference-live-on-day-one-podcast/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:55:44 +0000 Alex Briggs http://businessassurance.com/?p=3916 daily blogs, podcasts and news stories. On day one, we interviewed Cor Groenveld, LRQA's leading global food sector expert, Andrew Smith, LRQA's Senior Vice-President, Americas and Martin Brown, LRQA's Vice-President for the Americas.. Visit our blog throughout February 2010 for daily blogs on issues affecting the food sector.]]> http://businessassurance.com/global-food-safety-conference-live-on-day-one-podcast/feed/ http://businessassurance.com/lrqa-food-assurance-blog-live/ http://businessassurance.com/lrqa-food-assurance-blog-live/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:36:07 +0000 Alex Briggs http://businessassurance.com/?p=3913 Food Assurance Blog is now live! Managing Director Mike James started it off on day one, with Senior Vice-President of the Americas, Andrew Smith blogging on day two. Day three featured a series of live blogs from the Global Food Safety Conference in Washington, D.C. ]]> http://businessassurance.com/lrqa-food-assurance-blog-live/feed/ http://businessassurance.com/lrqa-food-assurance-podcast/ http://businessassurance.com/lrqa-food-assurance-podcast/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:30:13 +0000 Alex Briggs http://businessassurance.com/?p=3903 http://businessassurance.com/lrqa-food-assurance-podcast/feed/ http://businessassurance.com/environmental-management-systems-for-small-businessess/ http://businessassurance.com/environmental-management-systems-for-small-businessess/#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:34:45 +0000 BusinessAssurance.com Team http://businessassurance.com/?p=3897 http://businessassurance.com/environmental-management-systems-for-small-businessess/feed/ http://businessassurance.com/applying-iso-9001-and-iso-9004/ http://businessassurance.com/applying-iso-9001-and-iso-9004/#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:31:42 +0000 BusinessAssurance.com Team http://businessassurance.com/?p=3895 http://businessassurance.com/applying-iso-9001-and-iso-9004/feed/ http://businessassurance.com/the-decade-of-climate-change-and-peak-oil/ http://businessassurance.com/the-decade-of-climate-change-and-peak-oil/#comments Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:28:31 +0000 BusinessAssurance.com Team http://businessassurance.com/?p=3893 http://businessassurance.com/the-decade-of-climate-change-and-peak-oil/feed/ http://businessassurance.com/business-risk-assessment-surveys-strengthen-your-risk-management-process/ http://businessassurance.com/business-risk-assessment-surveys-strengthen-your-risk-management-process/#comments Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:24:23 +0000 BusinessAssurance.com Team http://businessassurance.com/?p=3891 http://businessassurance.com/business-risk-assessment-surveys-strengthen-your-risk-management-process/feed/ http://businessassurance.com/improving-mbas-after-economic-downturn/ http://businessassurance.com/improving-mbas-after-economic-downturn/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:18:51 +0000 BusinessAssurance.com Team http://businessassurance.com/?p=3888 http://businessassurance.com/improving-mbas-after-economic-downturn/feed/ http://businessassurance.com/are-risk-managers-doing-unpaid-overtime/ http://businessassurance.com/are-risk-managers-doing-unpaid-overtime/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:11:11 +0000 BusinessAssurance.com Team http://businessassurance.com/?p=3886 http://businessassurance.com/are-risk-managers-doing-unpaid-overtime/feed/ http://businessassurance.com/low-expectations-on-the-future-of-the-copenhagen-accord-on-climate-change/ http://businessassurance.com/low-expectations-on-the-future-of-the-copenhagen-accord-on-climate-change/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:09:42 +0000 BusinessAssurance.com Team http://businessassurance.com/?p=3884 http://businessassurance.com/low-expectations-on-the-future-of-the-copenhagen-accord-on-climate-change/feed/ http://businessassurance.com/india-should-not-sign-the-copenhagen-agreement-say-leading-green-pressure-group/ http://businessassurance.com/india-should-not-sign-the-copenhagen-agreement-say-leading-green-pressure-group/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:06:03 +0000 BusinessAssurance.com Team http://businessassurance.com/?p=3881 http://businessassurance.com/india-should-not-sign-the-copenhagen-agreement-say-leading-green-pressure-group/feed/ http://businessassurance.com/latest-food-scare-raises-call-for-traceability/ http://businessassurance.com/latest-food-scare-raises-call-for-traceability/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:51:35 +0000 Alex Briggs http://businessassurance.com/?p=3877 Food Safety News article highlights the seriousness of the issue.]]> http://businessassurance.com/latest-food-scare-raises-call-for-traceability/feed/ http://businessassurance.com/lrqa-food-webinar-assurance-in-the-food-supply-chain/ 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http://businessassurance.com/leeds-environment-secretary-says-we-must-all-take-responsibility-for-our-food/feed/ http://businessassurance.com/china%e2%80%99s-food-safety-policy-under-scrutiny-again/ http://businessassurance.com/china%e2%80%99s-food-safety-policy-under-scrutiny-again/#comments Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:49:58 +0000 BusinessAssurance.com Team http://businessassurance.com/?p=3837 http://businessassurance.com/china%e2%80%99s-food-safety-policy-under-scrutiny-again/feed/ http://businessassurance.com/food-safety-summit/ http://businessassurance.com/food-safety-summit/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:21:38 +0000 BusinessAssurance.com Team http://businessassurance.com/?p=3849 http://businessassurance.com/food-safety-summit/feed/ http://businessassurance.com/food-industry-too-secretive/ http://businessassurance.com/food-industry-too-secretive/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:48:19 +0000 BusinessAssurance.com Team http://businessassurance.com/?p=3835 http://businessassurance.com/food-industry-too-secretive/feed/ http://businessassurance.com/lloyds-register-copenhagen-podcast-series-episode-11-interview-with-karin-sjolin-frudd-imo/ http://businessassurance.com/lloyds-register-copenhagen-podcast-series-episode-11-interview-with-karin-sjolin-frudd-imo/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:15:43 +0000 Alex Briggs http://businessassurance.com/?p=3814 http://businessassurance.com/lloyds-register-copenhagen-podcast-series-episode-11-interview-with-karin-sjolin-frudd-imo/feed/ http://businessassurance.com/lloyds-register-copenhagen-blog-december-18-2009-ngos-shipping-and-a-company-turns-250-years-old/ http://businessassurance.com/lloyds-register-copenhagen-blog-december-18-2009-ngos-shipping-and-a-company-turns-250-years-old/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:03:14 +0000 Alex Briggs http://businessassurance.com/?p=3800 The mood has definitely changed over the course of today, with optimism on both funding and the possibility of a deal being done creeping back into people's thoughts.]]> http://businessassurance.com/lloyds-register-copenhagen-blog-december-18-2009-ngos-shipping-and-a-company-turns-250-years-old/feed/ http://businessassurance.com/lloyds-register-copenhagen-audio-blog-december-17-2009-energy-efficiency-and-the-rebound-effect/ http://businessassurance.com/lloyds-register-copenhagen-audio-blog-december-17-2009-energy-efficiency-and-the-rebound-effect/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:55:30 +0000 Alex Briggs http://businessassurance.com/?p=3781 Today's blog was phoned in by Sean Cuthbert, the Lloyd's Register Energy's leading climate change expert. The blog post is available as an audio file or as the transcript below.]]> http://businessassurance.com/lloyds-register-copenhagen-audio-blog-december-17-2009-energy-efficiency-and-the-rebound-effect/feed/ http://businessassurance.com/lloyds-register-copenhagen-cop-15/ http://businessassurance.com/lloyds-register-copenhagen-cop-15/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:15:19 +0000 Alex Briggs http://businessassurance.com/?p=3244 Lloyd's Register COP 15 blog LRQA Copenhagen links of the day: December 17, 2009 December 16, 2009 Copenhagen Podcast Series Episode 10, Interview with Paul Genoa, Nuclear Energy Institute Episode 6 Final episode with Dr Anne-Marie Warris Episode 5, Standards and Schemes interview with Madlen King, LRQA ]]> http://businessassurance.com/lloyds-register-copenhagen-cop-15/feed/ http://businessassurance.com/skeptics-standards-and-peak-%e2%80%9ceverything-lloyds-register-copenhagen-link-of-the-day-december-16th-2009/ http://businessassurance.com/skeptics-standards-and-peak-%e2%80%9ceverything-lloyds-register-copenhagen-link-of-the-day-december-16th-2009/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:47:27 +0000 Alex Briggs http://businessassurance.com/?p=3770 Today's Lloyd's Register Copenhagen COP 15 blog post is from Sean Cuthbert, one of our leading climate change experts. Sean attended an oil industry meeting at the COP 15 conference and here are his thoughts. Skeptics, Standards, and Peak “Everything”]]> http://businessassurance.com/skeptics-standards-and-peak-%e2%80%9ceverything-lloyds-register-copenhagen-link-of-the-day-december-16th-2009/feed/ http://businessassurance.com/5-tips-leverage-internal-auditing-to-reduce-costs-streamline-business-processes/ http://businessassurance.com/5-tips-leverage-internal-auditing-to-reduce-costs-streamline-business-processes/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:44:52 +0000 BusinessAssurance.com Team http://businessassurance.com/?p=3764 http://businessassurance.com/5-tips-leverage-internal-auditing-to-reduce-costs-streamline-business-processes/feed/ http://businessassurance.com/new-iso-90012008-standard-published-what-does-it-mean-to-you/ http://businessassurance.com/new-iso-90012008-standard-published-what-does-it-mean-to-you/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:12:42 +0000 BusinessAssurance.com Team http://businessassurance.com/?p=3758 http://businessassurance.com/new-iso-90012008-standard-published-what-does-it-mean-to-you/feed/ http://businessassurance.com/free-on-demand-food-safety-webinar-introducing-pas-220-fssc-22000/ http://businessassurance.com/free-on-demand-food-safety-webinar-introducing-pas-220-fssc-22000/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:26:41 +0000 BusinessAssurance.com Team http://businessassurance.com/?p=3752 http://businessassurance.com/free-on-demand-food-safety-webinar-introducing-pas-220-fssc-22000/feed/ http://businessassurance.com/lloyds-register-copenhagen-podcast-series-episode-10-interview-with-policy-director-nuclear-energy-institute/ http://businessassurance.com/lloyds-register-copenhagen-podcast-series-episode-10-interview-with-policy-director-nuclear-energy-institute/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:19:19 +0000 Alex Briggs http://businessassurance.com/?p=3738 http://businessassurance.com/lloyds-register-copenhagen-podcast-series-episode-10-interview-with-policy-director-nuclear-energy-institute/feed/ http://businessassurance.com/changing-climate-change-behaviour-lloyds-register-copenhagen-link-of-the-day-december-15-2009/ http://businessassurance.com/changing-climate-change-behaviour-lloyds-register-copenhagen-link-of-the-day-december-15-2009/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:45:58 +0000 Alex Briggs http://businessassurance.com/?p=3729 His insightful post takes a look at what can be done to influence human behaviour in regards to climate change. May be the best post in the series yet?]]> http://businessassurance.com/changing-climate-change-behaviour-lloyds-register-copenhagen-link-of-the-day-december-15-2009/feed/ http://businessassurance.com/lloyd%e2%80%99s-register-copenhagen-blog-december-14-2009/ http://businessassurance.com/lloyd%e2%80%99s-register-copenhagen-blog-december-14-2009/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:46:06 +0000 Alex Briggs http://businessassurance.com/?p=3725 writes about the rapid changes that are happening at the Bella Centre, the home of the COP 15 Global Climate Change Conference negotiations. Start of week 2 and reports indicate the waiting times at Bella centre have been getting longer. Late afternoon indications are that they have closed registration and will reduce NGO’s to 7000 individual max tomorrow, so the queues should be interesting…]]> http://businessassurance.com/lloyd%e2%80%99s-register-copenhagen-blog-december-14-2009/feed/