IOSH set to Organize “A Brighter, Safer Future safety Conference
To enable workers and businesses imbibe the culture of safety at their workplaces, the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) will bring together various safety stakeholders from different safety bodies at a conference in September.
The conference themed, “A Brighter, Safer Future – for Workers, for Businesses, for West Africa” will avail special keynote presentations and panel discussions from stakeholders in the World Health Organization, the United Nations Global Compact, the Lagos State Safety Commission, among others, on the benefits that workplace safety and health can create for individuals, communities and society.
The conference, which will also take place online, between September 16 to 17, will discuss and debate key issues that face the business community regionally and globally taking into great consideration how the application of good safety and health principles at work will bring sustainable competitive advantage. Among other safety issues that will be discussed at the conference include: health and safety within the healthcare sector and educational settings; and the leadership role of women in the occupational safety and health profession.
With believe that this year’s event will be an improvement of last year’s event which was attended by over 900 representatives of government departments, and birthed its West Africa Division, IOSH provides that the full programme and registration details can be accessed by participants on www.iosh.com/wac.
“The conference will demonstrate the increasingly critical role of occupational safety and health professionals in business planning for all kinds of organisation, whether they are in the private, public or voluntary sector, no matter what their size, from micro-organisation to multinational.”
“In particular, they have a central role to play in recovering economically from the Covid-19 pandemic. This recovery is not merely tactical and operational but an imperative for long-term sustainability.”
“One key message of the conference will be that the protection of workers must be an essential part of business planning if organisations are to survive and prosper in the future. Governments, businesses and organisations will be urged to plan with this consideration in mind,” according to IOSH.
IOSH, a chartered body for safety and health, is the leading membership organisation for safety and health professionals who work to create workplaces that are safer, healthier and more sustainable. It has a membership of over 47,000 safety and health professionals in more than 130 countries.