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Enable industry to innovate safely toprevent major incidents, supporting themove to net zero
What is needed to understand whether the original design life of assets remains valid in the face of changing use and creeping change?
Health and Safety Executive, 2023
asset management
risk management
regulatory framework
net zero
industry innovation
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Enable industry to innovate safely toprevent major incidents, supporting themove to net zero
How can the effect of climate change on the safe operation of industrial assets best be determined?
Health and Safety Executive, 2023
industrial assets
risk management
net zero
policy-making
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Enable industry to innovate safely toprevent major incidents, supporting themove to net zero
Where applicable, what is needed to understand how assets can operate safely beyond their original design life?
Health and Safety Executive, 2023
health and safety
net zero
innovation
regulatory framework
risk management
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Enable industry to innovate safely toprevent major incidents, supporting themove to net zero
How can any key long-term challenges and threats to the current ageing asset base be identified?
Health and Safety Executive, 2023
industry
risk management
asset base
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Enable industry to innovate safely toprevent major incidents, supporting themove to net zero
likelihood of low frequency, high impact catastrophic events or major accidents?
Health and Safety Executive, 2023
risk management
health and safety
net zero
regulatory framework
innovation
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Enable industry to innovate safely toprevent major incidents, supporting themove to net zero
What is needed to ensure that the asset base is robust enough to reduce the
Health and Safety Executive, 2023
net zero
risk management
innovation
regulatory framework
health and safety
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Enable industry to innovate safely toprevent major incidents, supporting themove to net zero
What will the future industrial asset base look like and what will the key health and safety challenges be?
Health and Safety Executive, 2023
industrial asset base
health and safety
innovation
net zero
regulatory framework
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Increase and maintain trust to ensurepeople feel safe where they live, wherethey work, and in their environment
New Technologies: How are new technologies and work practices being adopted by those using chemicals (e.g. next generation crop protection, variable rate application, genetic modification and biological pesticides etc) and which emerging innovations are considered most viable (e.g. digital agriculture, field monitoring, robotics, etc) and likely to become mainstream and transformative? How can we ensure appropriate regulation ensuring chemicals are used safely whilst promoting the adoption of technologies with the potential to improve the sustainability of chemical use?
Health and Safety Executive, 2023
chemicals
technology adoption
sustainability
regulation
agriculture
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Increase and maintain trust to ensurepeople feel safe where they live, wherethey work, and in their environment
New Methods of Assessment: How are new methods of determining and managing risk being developed and what is their potential impact on regulatory assessments carried out for chemicals? How might these new methods be evaluated and introduced into assessments to increase efficiency and effectiveness of that work whilst ensuring maximum benefits to society?
Health and Safety Executive, 2023
risk management
regulatory assessments
chemicals
efficiency
society
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Increase and maintain trust to ensurepeople feel safe where they live, wherethey work, and in their environment
A changing world of chemicals: How are chemicals and the way they are used changing and what are the potential human health and environmental challenges arising from this? What possibilities are there for Government efficiency savings, for example by standardising approaches across regulatory regimes?
Health and Safety Executive, 2023
chemicals
health
environment
regulation
efficiency savings
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Increase and maintain trust to ensurepeople feel safe where they live, wherethey work, and in their environment
How can it be ensured that our regulatory approach accommodates future trends in work demographics, working patterns, new technologies, health hazards and new uses for old substances?
Health and Safety Executive, 2023
regulatory approach
work demographics
working patterns
new technologies
health hazards
substances
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Increase and maintain trust to ensurepeople feel safe where they live, wherethey work, and in their environment
How can it be ensured that there is sufficient evidence to support an effective and efficient approach to regulatory policy and risk assessment e.g. for the management of existing, new and emerging health risks from chemicals and to enable the safe and sustainable use of chemicals?
Health and Safety Executive, 2023
regulatory policy
risk assessment
health risks
chemicals
sustainable use
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Increase and maintain trust to ensurepeople feel safe where they live, wherethey work, and in their environment
Are there alternative regulatory models to encourage innovation and minimise chemical use and regulatory burdens?
Health and Safety Executive, 2023
regulatory models
innovation
chemical use
regulatory burdens
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Increase and maintain trust to ensurepeople feel safe where they live, wherethey work, and in their environment
How can it be ensured that our regulatory approach accommodates future trends in new technologies and health and environmental hazards?
Health and Safety Executive, 2023
regulatory approach
new technologies
health
environmental hazards
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Increase and maintain trust to ensurepeople feel safe where they live, wherethey work, and in their environment
Building standards: What evidence is available to improve the safety and standard of buildings and people in or about buildings to inform the evaluation of the Building Regulations and the associated guidance?
Health and Safety Executive, 2023
building standards
safety
standard
Building Regulations
guidance
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Increase and maintain trust to ensurepeople feel safe where they live, wherethey work, and in their environment
Building engagement: Are there effective ways to ensure construction workers (particularly in small businesses) are appropriately engaged with and competent in relevant health and safety matters?
Health and Safety Executive, 2023
construction
health and safety
small businesses
workforce engagement
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Increase and maintain trust to ensurepeople feel safe where they live, wherethey work, and in their environment
Building competence: Is there opportunity to transfer knowledge into and across the diverse construction and building safety sectors to build competence levels aided by appropriate benchmark standards?
Health and Safety Executive, 2023
construction
building safety
competence levels
knowledge transfer
benchmark standards
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Benchmarking: What asbestos remains in the built environment, at what rate is this currently being disturbed and how will industry trends impact on this?
Health and Safety Executive, 2023
asbestos
built environment
industry trends
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Influences: What influences construction activity in the sector, and which have the most impact on a project’s health and safety management (both at the small and larger project scale)?
Health and Safety Executive, 2023
construction
health and safety
project management
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Increase and maintain trust to ensurepeople feel safe where they live, wherethey work, and in their environment
Metrics: What metrics provide the best leading indicators for building safety and construction health and safety performance at both an industry and project-specific level?
Health and Safety Executive, 2023
building safety
construction
health and safety
metrics
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