We help our clients develop and implement truly effective solutions to risk related issues, whether they relate to the prevention of major accidents, public health and safety, health promotion or sustainable development. A common thread runs through our work - we develop solutions that work in practice not just on paper. We draw on human factors, psychology, communications, social research, health, safety and environment and other specialities to understand the human element, why people behave as they do, what attitudes need to change and what competencies and systems need to be developed.
One of our Directors – Jon Berman – has played an active role in the Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (IEHF) for many years and is a Fellow of the Institute. At the AGM of the Institute, on 11th April 2011, Jon became President-Elect. He will become President next year. The Institute, formerly the Ergonomics Society, is the leading UK professional organisation representing ergonomists and human factors specialists – it celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2009.
Greenstreet Berman, which is an IEHF Registered Consultancy, has always been delighted to be able to support the Institute. We're very pleased for Jon – and look forward to the continued growth of the Institute and its influence over the coming years.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Environment Agency have commissioned Greenstreet Berman Ltd and the School of Law, University of Manchester to undertake a research project on "Business perspectives on approaches to securing compliance". This work will be undertaken during the next few months, with the findings to be reported to Defra in mid-April 2011.
The primary aim of this project is to understand what the key components are to gaining compliance from businesses. The project will improve understanding of businesses' views of the relative effectiveness of enforcement activities compared to other approaches to securing compliance, such as inspections and advice, as well as obtain some understanding of businesses' views of the potential impacts of the new civil sanctions.
We have been commissioned by the RNLI to help them develop a new round of safety promotion for the UK commercial sea fishing industry by completing research to understand and identify the drivers of safe and unsafe behaviour within the commercial fishing industry; and to understand and identify approaches and methods the RNLI can use to change unsafe behaviour within the commercial fishing industry. We will be running focus groups; developing draft approaches for changing behaviour and testing them.
Greenstreet Berman provided an excellent service during the two year contract and have provided Sport Wales with a wealth of useful information. Where there have been difficulties during the project, Greenstreet have offered solutions and adapted their approach to meet the research needs. It has been a pleasure working with the team.
Sport Wales (Evaluation of the 5x60 Sports Promotion Scheme in Wales)
IChemE Hutchison Award 2006Jon Berman and Peter Ackroyd of Greenstreet Berman Ltd were awarded the Hutchison Medal by the Institute for Chemical Engineers for their paper "Organisational Drift - A Challenge for Enduring Safety Performance", published in "Hazards XIX", Symposium Series 151.
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