Evidencing Compliance Program Effectiveness Webinar: Questions and Answers
Richard Kusserow reviews all the questions provided by participants of our Healthcare Compliance Benchmark Survey webinar and prepared written answers.
SAI360 Joins the EHS Congress
Live event: September 13 -14, 2022 - MOA Hotel Berlin We are excited to announce that SAI360 will participate in the next EHS Congress! The EHS Congress is the most highly rated safety event in Europe, which will take place in Berlin on September 13-14, 2022. As a leading provider of Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG), Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC), Learning, and Environment, Health, Safety (EHS) ...
Business Continuity Standards and Best Practices–complimentary analyst research
Research report from Gartner®, courtesy of SAI360 We’ve been talking about business continuity management programs and the role of standards in response and recovery [read more on our blog here] and sharing some interesting perspectives from Gartner®. Our complimentary Gartner® download includes a list of best-practice models for BCM methodologies, including: Country-neutral standards such as ISO 22301:2012 Industry-based standards such as NERC, HIPPA, and BCBS ...
What is the State of ESG & Sustainability Reporting?
ESG & Sustainability Reporting Survey Results: How do you compare? SAI360 recently surveyed more than 300 Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) professionals to learn how they approach ESG and Sustainability challenges, which ESG and Sustainability metrics their organizations prioritize, where they stand in implementing ESG programs, and their focus for the future. More than 50 percent of the survey respondents said their Environmental Social Governance ...
How to Build a Better Organization from The Great Resignation
In this article, Dr. Jen Farthing sits down with Joe Kale to discuss the effects of the Great Resignation and what companies can do to retain a workforce that is finding other opportunities daily. Jen: When I see another article on “The Great Resignation,” I feel two things. First, I know this is important to my role at work, so I should read it. But ...
Preparing for Chicago’s New Sexual Harassment Training Requirements
On April 27, 2022, the city of Chicago enacted additional measures to help protect individuals from sexual harassment. The changes include significant new requirements for employers related to mandatory trainings, written policies, and recordkeeping. The ordinances also revised what constitutes sexual harassment, extended the reporting and notification period, and increased monetary penalties for violations. KEY POINTS FOR COMPLIANCE: The modified ordinance became effective on July ...
DOJ’s Guidance Details Corporate Compliance Criteria and Spotlights Your CCO
In June 2020, the Department of Justice (DOJ) intensified its emphasis on rooting out corporate crime with the Criminal Division’s updated guidance for the “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs.” This acceleration was motivated by several factors, including heightened national security implications of misconduct and the criminal exploitation of emerging technologies and digital financial innovations. Since then, the department has pursued a two-pronged approach: encouraging the ...
Your Introduction to FCA Business Resilience
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) defines resilience as “the ability of firms, financial market infrastructures and the financial sector as a whole to prevent, adapt and respond to, and recover and learn from operational disruption”. Ensuring the business resilience of the financial sector is crucial for consumers, firms and the broader financial markets. Significant business disruptions and the unavailability of important business services have the ...
ESG Alphabet Soup: Making Sense of the Regulations that will Define Strategy and Drive Performance
Comparing ESG standards begins with reciting the sustainability alphabet. In 1988, Friedman’s doctrine exalting shareholders over social responsibility was challenged by a concept called social capital, which persuaded companies their public image could affect profitability as much as the cost of production. The worldwide condemnation of Apartheid and businesses allowing it proved this point. After the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1997, companies became acutely ...
OSHA’s Focus on Lockout Tagout Prompts Shift to Digitization
When it comes to workplace health and safety, one of OSHA's topmost-cited standards is the Control of Hazardous Energy, commonly known as Lockout Tagout (LOTO). The U.S. Department of Labor reported over 1,800 citations between October 2020 and September 2021, amounting to over $12 million in penalties in breach of LOTO standards. With the increase in enforcement and the dangerous safety issues these violations pose, ...
