Health, safety and environmental performance needs to be effectively managed along with all other aspects of a business. History has shown that when businesses presume that accidents will not happen to them, all too often they suffer and their staff suffer the serious consequences of an unexpected incident. Organisations that fail to proactively manage health, safety and environmental performance can be perceived as irresponsible or worse.
Health, safety and environment has developed over the past few decades from focusing on equipment, plant and procedures, towards an understanding that a systematic approach to managing health, safety and environment is needed. Risks must be identified, standards need to be set, systems put in place to achieve these standards and their success must be monitored and reviewed.
More recently, it has become recognised that health, safety and environment is most effective when there is effective safety leadership and supervision, true engagement with workers and practical systems of work.
We assist businesses with developing and implementing truly effective approaches to optimising health, safety and environmental performance.
Optimise performance and thereby:
Meet regulatory expectations
And thereby demonstrate you have a proactive approach to meeting regulatory requirements and applied latest safety thinking to the management of safety.
Improve business performance
Properly trained, motivated and supervised people, working to realistic procedures with suitable equipment in a supportive organisational climate help to improve operational productivity, quality of services and avoid business interruptions.
We identify key success factors and potential risks and work closely with our clients to produce solutions that they can sustain. We develop solutions that make a difference, that comprise real change in individual and organisational behaviours.
We aim to develop a capability within our clients' organisations for them to sustain their HS&E performance – through training, bespoke system development and ‘technology transfer’.
Our work cuts across all sectors and types of hazards, whether it is slips and trips, operating chemical plants, driver safety, stress or major accident prevention. In all cases we develop bespoke solutions to HS&E issues.
Greenstreet Berman Ltd is an Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors Registered Consultancy.
The Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors (IEHF) is an international organisation whose main aim is to promote public awareness of ergonomics and its applications. As the professional organisation for ergonomists and human factors specialists, the Institute maintains standards and a Register of Ergonomics Consultancies.
The Consultancy Register is an authoritative list of individuals and organisations who are capable of providing ergonomics advice to clients to the high technical standards required by the Institute.
Our listing can be seen on the IEHF Register of consultancies http://www.ergonomics.org.uk/rc-directory
Jon Berman and Michael Wright are both Registered Members of the IEHF. Jon is a Fellow of IEHF with over 30 years Human Factors/Ergonomics experience, whilst Michael has over 20 years experience.
Greenstreet Berman has been a long-standing supporter of the IEHF, with Jon being a Member of Council and Chair of the Professional Affairs Board of the Institute.
The IEHF was formerly the Ergonomics Society, which celebrated its 60th Anniversary in 2009 and changed its name to reflect better the breadth of activities undertaken by its professional members.
IOSH is the Chartered body for regulating health and safety professionals. To be Chartered you must satisfy specified qualification and experience requirements and maintain a CPD record. As a Chartered Member of IOSH, you're entitled to use the designation Chartered Safety and Health Practitioner and the designatory letters CMIOSH.
Chartered members must abide by the IOSH Code of conduct which:
http://www.iosh.co.uk/about_us.aspx
Michael Wright, our Director of health and safety services, is CMIOSH.
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