Compliance

Lloyd’s Register Copenhagen Podcast Series, Episode 10, Interview with Policy Director, Nuclear Energy Institute

15th Dec 2009 by Alex Briggs

Episode 10 in the Lloyd’s Register Copenhagen Podcast Series is an interview with Paul Genoa, Policy Director for the Washington D.C. based Nuclear Energy Institute. The interview was conducted at the Bella Centre in Copenhagen, Denmark during the COP 15 Global Climate Change Conference. Lloyd’s Register Energy’s leading climate change expert, Sean Cuthbert, is the interviewer.

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Business Assurance Thought and Link of of the Day, March 26, 2009: Business Continuity and Six Sigma

26th Mar 2009

“Business continuity, security and emergency management are all process-driven activities. As such, it makes sense to ensure that those processes are constantly being reviewed and improved. Six Sigma is a process that ought to be considered for these disciplines, as it deals with process improvement.”

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Using BS 25999 to reduce risk and lower compliance costs

27th Feb 2009

A recent research report, comprising of interviews conducted by IBM, with over 1200 chief financial officers from 79 countries, concluded the following points mentioned in the article.

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Aviation soon to enter the EUETS

21st Jan 2009 by Madlen King

Aircraft operators will be brought into the EUETS as of 2010. As progress continues with the European Commission and the European Parliament in the agreement of the Monitoring and Reporting Requirements (MRG) to be placed on aircraft operators within the scheme, the dates for implementation are looming.

The directive sets out basic requirements for aircraft operators.

Technical reports on baseline Tonne-Kilometer (TKM) data and annual emissions data have been drafted for the Commission, to advise them on issues requiring clarification within the MRG . Furthermore application formats have been drafted for applying for a TKM Monitoring Plan, an Annual Emissions Monitoring Plan and for TKM and Annual Emissions Reports. However, until such time as a draft MRG is issued many operators are unclear of the requirements.

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Revised Machinery Legislation for 2009

Event: 5th Jan 2009 by Simon Emeny

A product which currently complies with MD 98/32/EC may overnight become non-compliant. Unless you are proactive in ensuring compliance, the new MD could have a significant impact upon your business.

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UK Anti-Corruption Summit 2009

Event: 2nd Feb 2009 – 4th Feb 2009

Attend the UK Anti-corruption Summit 2009 and engage in thought provoking, challenging, interactive debate led by senior experts in the field. Network with your peers and take advantage of this valuable learning platform.

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Business Continuity Management Using the BS 25999 Standard

28th Nov 2008

BS 25999 Standard

The BS 25999 standard is intended to provide assistance to the person responsible for implementing business continuity management within an organization.It is broken into two parts.

For more information please click on the following link Business Continuity Management using BS 25999

The Emergence of BS25999
In November 2006 an official standard was published to replace PAS56. This was BS 25999 part 1.

Part 1: describes a framework and process for the Business Continuity practioner to use and offers a range of good practice recommendations.

It was produced through a Subcommittee comprising of British Standards Institution, representatives from a number of organizations and industry bodies.

A year later, in November 2007, a second part was published, stemming from the same subcommittee.

Part 2: can be used to assess an organization’s ability to meet regulatory and other requirements, and as such is the basis for certification.

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Business Continuity Tool: Delivering Upon your Stakeholder Promises

25th Nov 2008

ASIS International (ASIS) have developed a business continuity checklist as a tool to allow organizations to consider the factors and steps necessary to prepare for a crisis (disaster or emergency). It is designed to assess an organisation’s resilience to manage and survive the crisis and take all appropriate actions to maintain critical operational viability.

The checklist has applicability in both the private and public sector environments. and can assist in creating, testing, and maintaining an organization-wide plan for use in the event of a crisis that threatens the viability and continuity of the organization.

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US Department of Homeland Security Selects ANAB for Preparedness Program

27th Oct 2008

According to the ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has named ANAB to operate a new program to accredit and certify private sector entities for emergency preparedness.

Through formal certification businesses and non-profit organisations will be able to demonstrate their compliance with voluntary preparedness and business continuity standards and requirements.

“This program recognizes the importance of up-front planning to ensure business continuity even when calamitous events occur,” said Connie Conboy- Chair of ANAB’s Board

“It will facilitate the application of national and international standards in support of U.S. private sector homeland security preparedness requirements. The awarding of the contract to ANAB is consistent with our existing operations as an accreditation body for various management systems standards.”

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Business Continuity Planning and Pandemic Influenza in Europe

29th Sep 2008

According to recent research conducted by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on Business Continuity Planning and Pandemic Influenza in Europe“, it was identified that by far, most strategic and operational efforts have been directed towards building resilience in public health systems, and have overlooked the challenge of ensuring business continuity in independent [...]

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