POPIA: The difference between Chief Information Officer and Information Officer
Under the POPI Act, there is a mandate that all organizations must appoint an Information Officer (IO) – also previously referred to as the Privacy Officer, where then does the Chief Information Officer (CIO) then fit in? The CIO’s role and responsibilities are vastly different in that this role has no direct link with the […]
CDC Vessel Sanitation Program
Most cruise ships are pretty clean, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which inspects ships to make sure they maintain proper sanitation. Of the more than 200 active cruise ships the CDC has inspected, most received a passing grade: at least an 86 on a 100-point sanitation score. The Vessel Sanitation […]
ISO 45001 in Mining: A Must for Incident Reduction
The cost of incidents in mining: The costs of these incidents are very hard to quantify due to the complexity of the cost compositions. Each incident comprises both direct and indirect costs over a period of time following the incident (downstream costs) and not all may be included in the final estimation. Furthermore, the indirect […]
Using the Ariscu system for SHEQ Management: an overview
Suretha Vermaas, Ariscu’s Key Account Manager gave an overview of the Ariscu system functionality using real-life examples from closing out a finding to everyday management items such as:
Internal Auditing: Values and Pitfalls
Regardless of the size or complexity of any organization, the best practice to adopt in monitoring and measuring compliance is that of conducting internal audits on a regular basis to identify any “variables” as may exist. Such audits can be done using various criteria – either separately or combined in assessing the organization’s “compliance” status […]
Safety File Index Standardisation
Focusing on safe execution of high hazard jobs Ensuring zero harm has always been a dual responsibility between employer and vendor and consistent safety files indexes provide all accountable stakeholders greater opportunity to focus resources on risk mitigation activities rather than checking a variety of boxes in an effort to sequence information. However, the compilation […]
Compliance in Layman’s Terms – making sense of Acronyms in Compliance
“Our organizational strategic objective for 2022 is to shift our focus from GRC as adapted from SOX compliance to that of ESG compliant by reviewing our ERM as defined by our IMS” In English please: “Our organizational strategic objective for 2022 is to shift our focus from being Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance (GRC) as […]
Risk – More than just a 4 letter word
What is risk management and why is it important? The very mention of the word RISK evokes different responses from different perceptions, thus no wonder it even has different formal definitions, subject to its context, but with the most common terminology used, that most can identify with are the terms “uncertainty and undesirable outcomes”. We […]
Personal Information vs Public Interest: A Legal Conundrum
With the introduction of POPIA in South Africa, organisations are adapting to the implementation and management of their POPI compliance – as regulated by the mandatory appointment of the Information Officer as the gatekeeper or responsible person ensuring such compliance. In larger organisations this seems manageable enough but for the purpose of this article, let […]
Compliance: What every CEO needs to know
Why is compliance so important? Legal and regulatory compliance is increasingly becoming one of the key strategic pillars to not only retaining a license to operate and preventing costly incidents but also a competitive advantage for amongst others brand recognition, preferred employer status to attract talent, marketing, preferential supplier status, pro-active positioning for the future […]