In the latest time, I drafted several post regarding the connection between social responsibility, sustainability strategies and safety and health management within organizations. Be they in this blog or in the posts drafted in the site Prevención Integral, I referred to that Read More …
Tag: sustainability
A revolution in occupational safety and health, my last post on Prevención Integral
My last post on Prevención Integral -the site by the Specific Research Centre for the Improvement and Innovation at Companies (CERpIE) of the Technical University of Catalunya- is entitled “Sostenibilidad, responsabilidad, seguridad” and is all about the disruptive character of the Read More …
Aragon Valley Classic: 1972, when scientists dreamed of sheep in energy plants
In November 1972, National Geographic released its official magazine nº 142/5. This was the magazine´s cover: One of the edition´s articles was entitled “The search for tomorrow´s power” and is about the progresses happening, at that time, in the field of Read More …
The position of the occupational safety and health within organizations´ sustainability strategy
As time goes by and I observe certain occurrences, I get more and more convinced that among all the possible environments throughout the organizations, the sustainability strategies are becoming the ideal habitat for occupational safety and health. I am not the only one who thinks Read More …
An enterprise emerged thanks to the blog
In this post, I will tell you about an initiative in which I am quite focussed on. It is all about the establishment of my own consulting enterprise. I will also explain you one special feature: the enterprise is a direct consequence Read More …
The age of the sustainable prevention
This week is being held the XX Congress on Safety and Health at Work. This is one of the most important worldwide events on labour risk prevention. It is organized, every three years, by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Read More …
Last august 19 was the Earth Overshoot Day 2014
Last tuesday, august 19, was an important day in the Earth´s history. It was the Earth Overshoot Day of the year 2014. The Earth Overshoot Day is released by the Global Footprint Network and shows the date in which the yearly Read More …
Urban development models in Europe: south of France
France is an amazing country, however you look at it. In addition to the overwhelming nature and the touching historical heritage, there is a factor that attracts the attention as soon as you go through any of the existing border crossings Read More …
My first certificate for an university course on the Internet (MooC)
Last april 2014, I started a course on the Internet offered by an university throughout one of the emerging educational sites (edX y Coursera, MiriadaX in Spanish); online learning initiative called MooC (Massive open online course). Yesterday, I received the course´s certificate: my first certificate proving Read More …
Changes in people´s mindset to take advantage of the technology progress
Last friday, july 11, the MIT´s Climate CoLab (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) broadcast a web seminar on the implementation of a carbon pricing in the United States. It was a streaming seminar, throughout its web (that is, a webinar, term from gathering “seminar” Read More …
Aragon Valley Classic: Railroad Surveillance Regulation, 1894, Central Catalan Railway Company
The special affection I have for the railway comes from being a high cost effective mean of transportation also meeting an environmental efficiency and that contributes to the territories balance, even in the most adverse cases [1]. In a word, sustainability. Read More …
Sustainability strategies, the ideal habitat for safety and health
If i´d had to start from zero to develop the safety and health duties in an organization, It is clear to me which should be the path to follow: to develop a sustainability strategy. A proper sustainability strategy brings as consequence Read More …