More than 70 per cent of the global workforce could be exposed to serious health hazards because of climate change, and existing occupational health and safety legislation may not be sufficient to protect workers, according to a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO).
By Kerry Reals on 22 April 2024
Employers must urgently consider how climate change will affect their businesses and how they will protect the health and wellbeing of their workforces as global temperatures continue to rise, the British Safety Council’s director of education and membership, Dr Julie Riggs, has urged.
By Kerry Reals on 08 February 2024
As global temperatures continue to increase, heatwaves could claim up to 10,000 lives a year in the UK and cause work-related injuries to spike, a new report by the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has warned.
By Kerry Reals on 02 February 2024
So, how was the recent heatwave for you? That is not a flippant question. I ask it in the knowledge that, almost without exception, every person in the UK and a lot in Europe, will have experienced it in one way or another this summer.
By Mike Robinson FCA, British Safety Council on 09 August 2022
A new deal has been agreed at COP 28, the UN climate summit in Dubai after days of negotiations.
By Belinda Liversedge on 13 December 2023
The National Trust has called on the UK government to introduce new legislation that will recognise the need to adapt buildings, coastlines and countryside to cope with the impacts of climate change.
By Belinda Liversedge on 21 November 2023
In March 2019, the British Safety Council took to the streets of London with our air pollution campaign ‘Time to Breathe’, which calls for clean air for outdoor workers. We are delighted to take the Time to Breathe campaign on the road once more to Glasgow for the UN Climate Change Summit.
By Belinda Liversedge on 11 October 2021
We are in a climate crisis; it is the clear and final message we have got now. Under that frightening premise we start a new year and a new decade.
By on 03 February 2020
The government’s Net Zero strategy fails to protect jobs and is not creating enough ‘green jobs’, says the TUC.
By Belinda Liversedge on 05 April 2023
With hundreds of thousands of ‘green jobs’ set to be created as the UK seeks to achieve its decarbonisation and environmental goals, IEMA has launched a new careers hub where anybody, from any sector or background, can go for information on how they can play a role in greening the economy.
By Martin Baxter, IEMA on 05 June 2023
