Rivo will be exhibiting at the annual Health and Safety event, Safety & Health Expo 08 at the NEC, Birmingham. Running from 13 to 15 May, features include an extensive exhibition, live demonstration areas and a comprehensive seminar programme. Rivo will be demonstrating its new Environmental management system which helps organisations improve their environmental performance by monitoring environmental impacts and aspects. To find out more come and visit us at stand A3.

Further details can be found at www.safety-health-expo.co.uk

QinetiQ, one of the largest defence research organisations in the world, has selected Safeguard to help streamline accidents and incidents recording and reporting and manage their COSHH processes.

Rivo is pleased to announce the introduction of our new Environmental Management System (EMS), which is fully integrated with our existing Safety and Health platforms.

The system is designed to help organisations manage all their environmental “aspects” and “impacts”, including Environmental Audits, Events, and Risk Assessments, whilst also co-ordinating all Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reporting data.

The EMS allows organisations to streamline their environmental management information and to have access to real-time environmental information for reporting purposes.

Features of the EMS include the easy identification of environmental patterns and trends so that areas of non-conformance can be identified quickly.

Simon Hook, Managing Director, commented: “Clients have come to rely on our existing Safeguard platform to provide standardisation, control and visibility across their organisations for Safety and Health issues. From that base, development of our new Environmental Management System has been led by demands of our clients, who saw the potential to extend the functionality of our best-in-class software”.

If you are attending IOSH 2008 18 -19 March 2008, The International Centre, Telford, come and see us on Stand C15 for a demonstration of the business benefits provided by Safeguard, our integrated Safety, Health & Environmental management software.

B&Q, the number one DIY retailer in Europe and the third largest in the world, with more than 60 stores opened internationally, is to use Safeguard to improve the way in which it manages accidents and incidents across its stores.

Founded in 1917, the Imperial War Museum is a multi-branch national museum set up to record the history of modern war. Safeguard has been selected to help them manage accident and incident reporting at its six sites, five of which are open to the general public.

Motherwell Bridge, one of the UK’s leading engineering companies has chosen Safeguard to increase the efficiency in the way they capture, report and act on Health & Safety information.

Russell Ward, Managing Director of MB Engineering Services commented, “Safeguard will not only enable us to continually improve our Health and Safety but will add real value to our clients business”.

Busy Bees, part of the Australian based ABC Learning Centres, have recently acquired Leapfrog Day Nurseries. Busy Bees have 135 day nurseries across the UK and were looking for a single system to capture all their Health and Safety information to make managing accidents and incidents across the organisation easier. By using Safeguard they will now be able to gather information about accidents more efficiently and produce reports showing trends of accident causation.

Mouchel, the consulting and business services group, has selected Safeguard as its company-wide solution for health and safety information management. Mouchel employs around 11,000 people to provide a range of design, construction, project management and asset management services, primarily for UK public-sector clients. It is involved in major projects in highways, rail, education, utilities, regeneration, aviation, and municipal property. Mouchel was looking for a system that could support this broad range of services across more than 120 office locations.

Leading supply chain provider, Wincanton, has been recognised for its commitment to health and safety with success at the prestigious Safety & Health Practitioner magazine’s inaugural awards ceremony, held at the Hilton Park Lane Hotel, London on 2nd October.

Wincanton’s SHELA (Safety, Health and Environment Learning Aid) campaign was judged to have outshone its rivals in the Best Health and Safety Achievement in Transport and Logistics category, with its commitment to improving safety awareness amongst its 15,000 non-driving staff across its 360 warehouses within the UK. The judges were particularly impressed with Wincanton’s campaign to target two-thirds of its workers in distribution centres and described it as having a clear aim and a good approach.

Sean Cusack, Group Health & Safety Manager, Wincanton, comments: “We are extremely proud to win this award. The health and safety team here at Wincanton along with staff have worked really hard to develop a culture of respect and commitment to health and safety across the business. This award recognises this hard work and we are now looking forward to taking the campaign to the next level.”

Hazards can be sent by anyone, whether a Safeguard user or another member of staff, and senders will receive an automated response by text or email, confirming receipt of the hazard. When a text message is received, Safeguard can be configured to send a notification to a user responsible for managing hazards. Safeguard’s hazard management process is then instigated, allowing resolution or closure of the hazard through creating, allocating, and scheduling tasks. When the hazard has been resolved, Safeguard will also notify the original sender to let them know of this progress.

The benefits of this new functionality are widespread, from reinforcing a proactive Health & Safety culture, to encouraging staff awareness and involvement. Hazard reporting becomes quick and easy, staff are equipped and encouraged to take an active role in safety.

Hargreaves, a major UK services provider – incorporating minerals importing and processing, mining, bulk and waste haulage and tanker operations - are to implement Safeguard’s Risk Assessment, COSHH, Accident/Incident, DSE, Hazard, Asset and Contractors modules to replace their existing systems.

Asgeir Nilsen, Group Health & Safety Manager for Hargreaves commented, “We have spent significant time and effort in researching a system which would assist us in effectively continuing to manage our health and safety responsibilities. Part of the challenge has been finding a system which is flexible enough to cope with the diverse types of businesses we operate across the UK, covering different legislative requirements and client demands that are placed upon us, yet sufficiently robust to allow new businesses to be added to the system as the Group continues to expand – and all of this under a single umbrella. We believe Safeguard meets all these requirements.”

We are currently configuring the system with Hargreaves’ Project Management Team for implementation by December 2007.

Simmons & Simmons have over 2000 employees with 21 offices located throughout Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Safeguard has been chosen to help them manage their Health & Safety across the firm.

Leading supply chain provider, Wincanton, has been recognised for its commitment to Health & Safety by its nomination in two categories of Safety & Health Practitioner (SHP) magazine’s inaugural awards ceremony. Wincanton have been nominated in two categories; Best Health and Safety Achievement in Transport & Logistics and Campaign of the Year. Further details about Wincanton’s achievements can be found here

We are proud to announce that following a recent audit, Oxford Instruments Analytical has gained OHSAS 18001 status. Rivo has worked with Oxford Instruments Analytical to control Health & Safety risks and improve operational efficiency. The independent auditor evaluating Oxford Instruments against OHSAS 18001 requirements praised Safeguard as a means of enabling good management of safety related data:
“Rivo’s Health & Safety Managemetn system is an excellent tool in providing a very user friendly and structured monitoring and records tool for the business.”
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