The feasibility of encouraging inherently safer production in industrial firms

Inherent Safety is generally recognised as an important concept in the design of chemical plants. It is, however, often regarded as the sole province of engineers. Inspired by the successful development in the last decade from cleaner technology towards Cleaner Production, we explored in this research the feasibility of what we call Inherently...

Managing innovation towards sustainable products and substances

This paper of TNO Work and Employment was presented at the 9th Greening of Industry Conference, organised by the Greening of Industry Network, San Francisco, 14 October 2003. A case study was undertaken in five companies with production facilities in the Netherlands, that want to make their business more sustainable: DSM Resins, Hermadix,...

Current practices in economic appraisal

By means of economic appraisal, the costs and the benefits of health, environment and safety management can be made clear, both at the national level and at the company level. As such it is a tool in advocating good practices. This paper explores the possibilities of economic appraisal for policy makers, operating at national, regional or local...

Introduction to good practice in health, environment and safety management in enterprises

Purpose of this paper, presented on the fifth annual meeting of the Baltic Sea Network on Occupational Health and Safety (Berlin, 18-19 November 1999), is to outline conceptual models of good practice (GP) in Health, Environment and Safety Management in Enterprises (HESME), present major components of national system supporting GP in HESME,...

Technologie, arbeid en milieu in de bouw- en houtnijverheid

Dit rapport geeft een beschrijving van relevante technologische ontwikkelingen in de bouw- en houtnijverheid en geeft aan wat de invloed hiervan is op de arbeidsomstandigheden en het milieu. Bij de arbeidsomstandigheden wordt gelet op ongevallen en gezondheid op korte en op lange termijn. Bij het milieu wordt onderscheid gemaakt in...