This year at Assent we decided to raise funds for WWF – a charity that is working for the good of our natural world. Something we all feel strongly about. Particularly after the last couple of years we have had…
Following the launch of Resilify.io the online Knowledge Base and Document Repository, in August this year, more than 30 additional FREE Templates have now been released to support organisations looking to implement ISO 27001 or handle other Information Security needs.…
As many businesses have transitioned to working remotely, it has reduced the number of travels made to places of work. As a result of journeys not being made, CO2 emissions have been eliminated in these cases. What is the Carbon…
The international standard ISO 27001 provides the requirements for an Information Security Management System (ISMS), which covers a broad range of controls including I.T Operations, Human Resources, Supplier Relationships, Compliance and Physical Security. As organisations adapt in an effort to…
For the purposes of this blog, an environmental management system is a way to help you continually control the processes within your business, to either prevent, eliminate or reduce their impact on the environment. When we say this, many people…
Do you run an environmental management system within your company, and find it difficult to get an active involvement from leadership? Clause 5.1 Leadership, requires the business to demonstrate that leadership are committed to the environmental management system, and are…
New guidelines have been published to support the application of ISO 44001, the international standard for collaborative business relationships, within micro, small and medium-sized enterprises: ISO 44003. Assent’s ISO Consultants have seen interest in this structured approach to managing collaborative…
The Buncefield Fire 2005 A case of a failed limit switch and audible warning of danger. The Incident On 11th December 2005, near Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire, a major fire brokeout at an oil storage facility. The organisation had a…
The Incident On 21st September 1992 at about 1.20 pm at Hickson & Welch Ltd in West Yorkshire, a jet of flames exploded from a manway access opening on the side of a batch still. Two people were killed and…
