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How to build a carefully considered health and safety strategy for your business

Strategy Driven

Furthermore, people working in all industries could potentially develop work related stress if an effective work-life balance is not implemented. This might include first aid items particularly relevant to your business, such as treatment for chemical burns. Ensure that you have a well-stocked and comprehensive first aid kit.

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These 4 Tips Will Increase Your Resiliency as a Leader

Center for Creative Leadership

We know from studies of stress that performance doesn’t always increase as a result of putting more pressure on yourself. When industry volatility, societal shifts, or workplace pressures result in stress, it’s time to think about developing resiliency: the ability to bounce back from obstacles and setbacks.

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9 Things Your Business Needs for Protection

Strategy Driven

Such on-site treatment includes first aid boxes and specialized care such as eyewash stations in industrial areas where shrapnel or chemicals are a risk. It’s also common for companies to hire therapists for treating those in stressful jobs. Emergency Exit Procedures.

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Workers’ Compensation

Strategy Driven

A company’s obligation to purchase this insurance is based on state regulations and may include a minimum number of employees and industry types. For example, repetitive stress injuries and chemical exposures may cause job-related injuries and illnesses. To be covered, an injury must occur on the job.

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Solving the Twin Crises of Energy and Water Scarcity

Harvard Business Review

Automobile manufacturers, for example, create products that rely on metals, chemicals, oil, and gas, which are among the most energy- and water-intensive industries. Others, including technology and telecommunications companies, are major customers of — and suppliers to — those industries.

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How the Best Board Directors Stay Involved

Harvard Business Review

Maggie Wilderotter, chairman and CEO of Frontier Communications (and a member of the boards of P&G and Xerox) stresses that “it’s not just about the meetings. “But the problem is not too few people on boards who know their industries. Engaging between meetings.

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How Businesses Can Support a Circular Economy

Harvard Business Review

Since the industrial revolution, we have been able to get away with relying on natural resources to raise our standard of living. In his speech at COP21 European Union Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs, and Fisheries Karmenu Vella stressed the need to switch to a more circular economy.