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The 2016 NEBOSH Jobs Barometer study has indicated that holding a professional qualification makes a considerable difference to the salary expectations open to health and safety managers. 

Today is the International Labour Organizations (ILO) World Day for Safety and Health at Work . The awareness raising campaign, held annually on 28th April, aims to promote the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases globally. This year, the theme is “Workplace Stress: a collective challenge”.

A recently published global survey by IEMA has revealed that sustainability and environmental professionals are some of the most satisfied workers out there. Why? Well, when we look at the overview of the environmental and sustainability profession, as depicted by the IEMA survey, it’s hard to think of a reason why somebody wouldn’t be happy: salaries are increasing including entry level graduate roles, professional development is supported and encouraged by employers and workers are highly qualified, regularly keeping their knowledge up-to-date. Not to mention the ‘nature’ of their work is morally rewarding – pun intended. 

This week, staff at Astutis supported Sport Relief by taking part in a step challenge. Working in teams, everyone monitored their daily steps throughout the course of the week, pledging to walk the recommended 10,000 steps a day. The week was rounded off with a health themed fundraiser where the total number of steps was revealed - a massive 1,481,751 steps was achieved and a "healthy" £100+ was raised for the Sports Relief.