Category / Quality Management / Sustainability
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The Cost Of Inaction – Can You Afford Not To Invest In HSEQ?
This article is the last one in a series of three blog posts covering HSEQ. In my first article, I introduced five steps needed to create a sustainable supply chain, while in…
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When Your Response Gets In The Way Of Safety Performance
Health and safety management should embrace the interactions between the working environment, equipment, systems and procedures, and the people in the organization. Since effective risk management depends partly on the behavior…
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Create A Sustainable Hazardous Goods Supply Chain In 5 Steps
Designing a sustainable liquid bulk and hazardous goods supply chain will translate into trust. When you want to manage the safety performance of your business in the liquid bulk and chemical industry,…
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Why Should Tank Terminals Review Their Emergency Response Preparedness?
Tank terminal operators often tell me that they are well prepared to handle chemical emergencies. But should tank farms be so confident about their emergency response preparedness? Before accepting to store any…
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Who Is Answering Chemical Emergency Calls In Asia?
During a recent tour in Taipei, together with the NCEC, we asked a dozen of local companies in the petrochemical and specialty chemical industry the following question: Who is answering your chemical…
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Covid-19, Coronavirus Preparedness And Containment
The coronavirus has now spread to more than 120 countries and claimed more than 5,000 lives. This article was last updated on 15 March 2020. Whereas the vast majority of known cases…
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A Well Executed Supply Chain Strategy Results In Value Creation
A supply chain strategy defines how the supply chain should operate to compete. While a business strategy constitutes the overall direction that an organization wishes to go, the supply chain strategy constitutes…
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12 Questions To Review Your Chemical Emergency Response
Companies involved in the chemical and hazardous goods supply chain have to put in place a chemical emergency response plan. Since many organizations do not know where to commence, we have written…
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What You Should Know About IMO2020
In 2020 the international marine bunker fuel markets are in for a big change with IMO2020. For environmental concerns the International Maritime Organization will implement a new policy that limits the sulphur…
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Emergency Response For The Bulk Logistics & Transport Sector
The bulk transport and logistics industry is one of the most challenging sectors for chemical incidents and emergency response. Over a two-year period, a business is likely to experience at least one…
