Conclusions from the Dublin Climate Dialogues
The Dublin Climate Dialogues took place last month (May) and brought together an impressive array of speakers including, John Kerry (U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate) Damilola Ogunbiyi, (Special Rep of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy) Mary Robinson, (former President of Ireland and Adjunct Professor for Climate Justice in TCD) Dr Fatih Birol (Director, […]
ISO 50009:2021 and Energy Management Groups (EnMGs)
ISO 50009:2021 ISO 50009 was released in March 2021. It is a guidance document developed to establish a common EnMS, modeled on ISO 50001, whilst focusing on the issues that can occur when multiple organisations coordinate their energy management efforts. ISO 50001 was developed to allow an individual organisation to establish the systems and processes […]
All You Need to Know About PAS 2050:2011
Climate change is significantly impacting society and will continue to do so owing to greenhouse gases emitted, since the start of the Industrial Revolution. The extent of future climate change will depend on our ability to limit further emissions of greenhouse gases. The release of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere […]
Antaris Masterclass on Developing a Sustainability Strategy and Action Plan for your Business
Antaris is proud to be working with Central Solutions Ltd, in partnership with Skillnet Ireland, as a speaker member in its Climate Ready Academy, for the development and delivery of online thought leadership climate masterclasses – which kicked off with a masterclass on Wednesday the 5th of May on Developing a Sustainability Strategy and Action […]
ISO 45003 – Risk Assessment for Psychological Hazards in the Workplace
What needs to be included in a risk assessment for psychological hazards in the workplace? The guidelines in the new ISO 45003 standard on managing psychological risks may help in identifying these types of hazards. ISO 45003 Occupational health and safety management – Psychological health and safety in the workplace – Guidelines – is currently being developed […]
Enterprise Ireland Climate Enterprise Action Fund and Antaris
Antaris, in conjunction with Enterprise Ireland, is now a service provider of a range of green, environmental services under three programme initiatives, helping Irish companies compete and grow global investment as a greener future accelerates, as well as comply with regulations and build a more credible profile. See below the three programmes you can avail […]
Healthy Cold Water Swimming & Dipping
Healthy Wild Swimming Winter swimming is coming to an end for this season, although the unhabituated would probably still wince a little at the current temperatures in our seas, rivers and lakes. Many of us swam throughout the winter and things are now heating up (a little). The thing is, we weren’t alone. In one […]
Antaris to Review Health & Safety Risk Assessments for Marine Survey Office
Antaris is delighted to announce that we are working with The Marine Survey Office to review and where appropriate, update its health and safety risk assessments (including COVID risk assessments), associated with its surveyor field activities. The Marine Survey Office (MSO) operates under the auspices of the Department of Transport and is responsible for the […]
Applying the Process Approach to a Quality Management System
Many people when they encounter the term process approach struggle to grasp an understanding of the term, and without this, the approach cannot be adequately followed. What is a Process? A process is defined in ISO 9000 as a “set of interrelated or interacting activities that use inputs to deliver an intended result”. The […]
Transition from Medical Device Directive to Medical Device Regulation
Introduction ‘The Medical Device and In Vitro Medical Device Regulations represent the most significant change to European legislation for medical devices in over 20 years’ (Hoxey). As of the fifth of May 2017, new MDR and IVDR regulations have been approved and published by the European Commission. The new regulations will replace the directives; MDD, […]
