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21st May 2009 by Alex Briggs
The LRQA Business Continuity in an Economic Downturn Podcast Series starts with global BC expert, David Austin. Following on from his Video Podcast, 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.
12th May 2009
Many Chinese food companies lag behind foreign firms in ensuring food safety, partly because consumers do not trust safety certification, said experts yesterday.
23rd Apr 2009
The report ‘What Assures Consumers in an Economic Downturn: Reviewing the agenda in the global economic crisis’ from the think-tank AccountAbility investigates what enables consumers to trust in a business’s integrity and fairness.
17th Apr 2009 by Alex Briggs
With Food Safety at the top of the agenda for governments, organisations and individuals, the risk to brands that get it wrong has never been greater. The costs of assuring the food supply chain have been seen by some as “too high” or “not necessary.” The example of the Plainview Peanut Company’s $14.6 million fine highlights once again the true costs of “getting it wrong.”
19th Mar 2009 by Alex Briggs
In the LRQA Business Continuity Video Podcast, David Austin, one of the world’s leading business continuity experts, talks about the importance of business continuity planning during the current economic downturn.
4th Mar 2009 by Cor Groenveld
ISO 22005 is the new international standard for traceability in the food and feed supply chain. Traceability is a must throughout the whole feed and food supply chain, in particular as a part of the emergency management process when quality or food safety problems with raw materials or finished products occur. When an organisation is able to rapidly trace back ingredients or finished products, risks and costs involved with quality and food safety defects will be reduced. The standard is part of the ISO 22000 family and it provides tools to implement an effective traceability system as part of a food safety / quality management system.
2nd Mar 2009 by Alex Briggs
Consumer confidence in the safety of the US food supply has dropped sharply in the wake of the current salmonella outbreak, with fewer than one in five now saying that they feel the supply is safer now than a year ago.
With only 22.5 percent saying that the nation’s food supply has become safer, confidence in American food is the lowest it has been.
16th Feb 2009 by Alex Briggs
In this video interview, Joe Goasdoué, the CEO of the BQF, talked to www.businessassurance.com about helping organisations through these difficult economic times. We talked to him during the BQF Awards Ceremony, held at the Lloyd’s Register HQ in London.
He also talked about the importance of certification and of Business Continuity for organisations during the credit crunch.
28th Jan 2009
Brendan May, Managing Director of Planet 2050, offers 10 eco-marketing tips.
14th Jan 2009 by Alex Briggs
Dell, Zara, Victoria’s Secret and Dyson are all household names. Professor Richard Wilding,one of Europe’s leading supply chain experts,
talked to www.businessassurance.com about what these brands did to get it right in their supply chain and about how they have set
examples that have changed the way that global supply chains operate today.
Here is a link to the case study video.
Here is a link to the entire 5-part Supply Chain video podcast series.
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