Regulation

Wabtec/LRQA IRIS certification case study

8th Nov 2010 by Alex Briggs

The Wabtec Corporation is a leading supplier of value-added, technology-based products and services for rail, transit and other global industries. Wabtec has about 50 manufacturing plants, service centers and sales offices in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Asia, Australia and South America and about 5,000 employees.

In this podcast, Bruce Thomas, Wabtec’s Quality Manager, talked to us about IRIS certification, how LRQA Business Assurance helps Wabtec meet stakeholder expectations and the importance of a robust assessment process.

How to secure international trade?

2nd Nov 2009 by Richard Gunawan

How do we balance the priorities between the government’s interests and organisational objectives?
With the proliferation of trade security initiatives showing no sign of abating, there is an urgent need to adopt a common architecture to manage the assurance requirements essential to the public and private sectors.

LRQA Business Assurance Risk Management Podcast Series, EPISODE 2

1st Oct 2009 by Alex Briggs

With the FERMA conference and exhibition coming up next month, we interviewed one of the world’s leading risk management experts, Marguerite-Soeteman Reijnen, AON’s Chief Broking Officer, Europe, Middle East and Africa. In Episode 2, Marguerite talks about AON’s GRIP approach to risk management. She also talks about the future of risk management.
LRQA and www.businessassurance.com will all be in Prague for the October 4-7, 2009 FERMA event.

LRQA Business Assurance Risk Management Podcast Series, EPISODE 1

28th Sep 2009 by Alex Briggs

With the FERMA conference and exhibition coming up next month, we interviewed one of the world’s leading risk management experts, Marguerite-Soeteman Reijnen, AON’s Chief Broking Officer, Europe, Middle East and Africa. In Episode 1, Marguerite talks about the financial crisis that led to the 2008/2009 recession. She also talks about the AON “Crystal Ball Report.”
www.businessassurance.com will be attending the FERMA event, October 4-7 in Prague.

LRQA Business Assurance Quote of the Day, August 12, 2009 FOOD SAFETY

13th Aug 2009 by Alex Briggs

Third-party recognition is important for many of USDA’s audit-based programs. We understand the value of this step as we continue working to strengthen the integrity of the NOP and to build the organic community’s trust in the program.

USDA deputy secretary Kathleen Merrigan on the importance of independent, third-party auditing.

LRQA Business Assurance “Trust and Transparency” Podcast Series

27th May 2009 by Alex Briggs

The What Assures Consumers in an Economic Downturn report 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 .

A Global Business Continuity Plan for Recovery and Reform

16th Apr 2009

The communiqué also seeks to establish and promote greater collaboration between nations to “guard against risk” and “discourage excessive risk-taking” by strengthening regulatory systems and supervision.

Business Continuity Awards: a decade of diligence

1st Apr 2009

“The trend towards globalisation makes business continuity more important,” says Caddick. “Fraud in the US affects UK businesses. Climate change has more of an immediate impact on British companies now they have outsourced many things to China.”

Are the new EU Risk Management Proposals beneficial?

5th Mar 2009 by Alex Briggs

The latest edition of Strategic Risk Magazine features an article by Andrew Williams on the benefits of new EU Directive proposals on Risk Management.
The article highlights the issues that organisations face in implementing EU Directives when they operate in multiple markets.

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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