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industrial safety
Promoting future
industrial safety A new global initiative to promote industrial safety technologies was announced at the 4th Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit (GMIS) in Dubai.
L “Sharing knowledge and expertise, innovative approaches and technologicallydriven solutions are critical to enable secure industrial safety globally.” Bernardo Calzadilla-Sarmiento, UNIDO managing director, Directorate of Digitalization, Technology & Agribusiness.
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aunched by GMIS in partnership with Lloyd’s Register Foundation and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the ‘Global Initiative for Future Industrial Safety’ is a collaborative platform that will promote industrial safety technologies through policy responses, advancing best practices and facilitating crosssectoral collaboration. It will bring together a global coalition of stakeholders – policymakers, manufacturers and innovators – that puts safety at the heart of Fourth Industrial Revolution developments and aims to make the world a safer place by developing tools and resources to advance safety capabilities in the manufacturing sector. This initiative, a continuation of the ongoing relationship between Lloyd’s Register
Foundation, GMIS and UNIDO, was supported by the University of Cambridge, which facilitated the implementation of the project scope through working groups with industrial safety experts. Together, the three partners aim to build global consensus on universal safety standards, guidelines and trainings, in addition to promoting the latest cutting-edge safety technologies and industrial innovations. Bernardo Calzadilla-Sarmiento, UNIDO managing director, Directorate of Digitalization, Technology and Agri-Business, said, “Innovation is happening at a rapid pace, which means disruption not only surpasses safety but produces uncertainty. Sharing knowledge and expertise, innovative approaches and technologically-driven solutions are critical to enable secure
industrial safety globally. “Adopted at local, national, regional and international levels, this newly emerging industrial safety paradigm will be decisive in addressing industrial safety and security risks, ensuring high productivity and efficiency of enterprises and preventing devastating disruptions, while boosting competitiveness and impacting economies and societies at large. We are delighted to launch the Global Initiative for Industrial Safety as it carries a promise for developing universal standards and state-of-the-art capabilities necessary to reinforce the safety of the workforce against rapid industrial technological advancements.”
Overlooked aspect Industrial safety and security is an important but often overlooked
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