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Future in Focus
Welcome to the Future in Focus podcast hosted by LRQA - a leading global assurance partner.
The Future in Focus brings together decades of sector-specific expertise, data-driven insight and on-the-ground presence to help organisations across the globe navigate supply chain complexity, evolving technology and the increasing demand for ESG transparency.
Episodes
46 episodes
Climate Week NYC: Deploying leading climate strategies amongst regulatory, investor and consumer pressures
Senior Director for Sustainability at LRQA, Tara Norton, shares her expertise on leading climate strategies. As we mark Climate Week NYC, Tara discusses the growing regulatory pressures, the need for businesses to adapt and the importance of in...
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AS 9100: Change on the horizon for Aerospace industry
In late 2024, the rules behind the commonly know series of quality standards for the Aerospace industry, AS 9100, are set to be amended, and will be rebranded as "IA 9100." In this episode of Future in Focus, LRQA's Aerospace and D...
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17:49
The era of Assurance 4.0: Achieving product integrity
Businesses face a rapidly changing world, with a heightened focus on ESG considerations, supply chain complexity and evolving cybersecurity threats. These powerful new trends have combined with more traditional risks – across assets, people and...
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22:46
From standards to strategy: leveraging management systems and artificial intelligence to achieve business excellence in a new era of risk
Welcome to the latest episode of LRQA's Future in Focus podcast. In this episode, host Holly Plackett is joined by special guests, Anshuman Tiwari, Global Head of Operational Excellence at DXC Technology, and Shirish Bapat, Technical Product...
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39:13
World Hydrogen Summit 2024: Reading the room
In LRQA’s latest podcast episode, global media outlets, including The Australian Financial Review and H2 View, share commentary recorded live at the World Hydrogen Summit – the world’s largest dedicated hydrogen event – about the need to shift ...
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16:45
The era of Assurance 4.0: Assuring assets and management systems
Businesses face a rapidly changing world, with a heightened focus on ESG considerations, supply chain complexity and evolving cybersecurity threats. These powerful new trends have combined with more traditional risks – across assets, people and...
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24:38
Protecting your brand in a new era of risk
In this episode, we are joined by a returning guest of the podcast, Supply Chain Assurance Technical for LRQA, Kimberly Coffin to talk about a topic that she is very passionate about. The new era of risk we’re currently living and operati...
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24:29
ISO and climate change: why are many of the familiar ISO management system standards being amended, and what does this mean for standards users?
The International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO), is amending many of the familiar management system standards to insert an additional requirement and a note related to climate change. In this episode, we are joined by...
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23:33
Our Planet, Our Plan: Lifelong learning at work
LRQA recently launched 'Our Planet, Our Plan' - an internal sustainability programme that outlines our ambitious Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) commitments over the next seven years, underpinned by time-bound performance metrics.&nb...
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20:18
Our Planet, Our Plan: The ‘E’ in ESG
LRQA recently launched 'Our Planet, Our Plan' - an internal sustainability programme that outlines our ambitious Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) commitments over the next seven years, underpinned by time-bound performance metrics.&nb...
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21:52
Will a net zero future be powered by hydrogen
Welcome back to the Future in Focus podcast by LRQA, and if you’re new here, welcome. In this episode, presenter, Josh Flanagan, is joined by LRQA’s Global Hydrogen Expert, Leanne Halliday, to discuss hydrogen and its role in powering a net zer...
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23:34
Our Planet, Our Plan: Safety – not just the absence of accidents
LRQA recently launched 'Our Planet, Our Plan' - an internal sustainability programme that outlines our ambitious Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) commitments over the next seven years, underpinned by time-bound performance metrics.&nb...
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10:25
Our Planet, Our Plan: Plant gifts, not trees – why we need to transform corporate volunteering
LRQA recently launched 'Our Planet, Our Plan' - an internal sustainability programme that outlines our ambitious Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) commitments over the next seven years, underpinned by time-bound performance metrics.&nb...
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24:28
Our Planet, Our Plan: Glorious governance (no, seriously!)
LRQA recently launched 'Our Planet, Our Plan' - an internal sustainability programme that outlines our ambitious Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) commitments over the next seven years, underpinned by time-bound performance metrics.&nb...
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13:45
Our Planet, Our Plan: Equity should be an ideal, not an ideology
LRQA recently launched 'Our Planet, Our Plan' - an internal sustainability programme that outlines our ambitious Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) commitments over the next seven years, underpinned by time-bound performance metrics.&nb...
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34:15
Our Planet, Our Plan: Wilfully inclusive - why everyone wins with inclusivity
LRQA recently launched 'Our Planet, Our Plan' - an internal sustainability programme that outlines our ambitious Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) commitments over the next seven years, underpinned by time-bound performance metrics.&nb...
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16:33
Our Planet, Our Plan: The power of transparency in business
Today, LRQA launched 'Our Planet, Our Plan' - a sustainability programme that outlines our ambitious Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) commitments over the next seven years, underpinned by time-bound performance metrics. T...
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24:25
With no end to labour shortages in sight, risk management strategies must continue to adapt
Welcome back to the Future in Focus podcast by LRQA, and if you’re new here, thank you. In this episode, we are joined by returning guest Meghan Quinlan, Vice President of Food & Agriculture at ELEVATE, LRQA’s ESG specialists, to talk about...
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Commemorating 10 years since the Rana Plaza collapse
On the 24th of April 2013, the Rana Plaza building, which housed five garment factories, collapsed in Dhaka, Bangladesh killing over 1,100 people and injuring over 2,500 people. We’re here to mark the tenth anniversary of that tragic event to r...
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28:42
The expanding use of technology and data in the food industry: Increased risk or better control?
Welcome back to the Future in Focus podcast by LRQA, and if you’re new here, welcome. In this episode, presenter, Holly Plackett, is joined by LRQA’s Technical Director of Supply Chain, Kimberly Coffin, to discuss the expanding use of technolog...
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14:28
Trends in responsible food production are changing assurance forever: is your organisation ready?
Welcome back to the Future in Focus podcast by LRQA, and if you’re new here, thank you. In this episode, we are joined by returning guest Forbes Fyfe, Technical Account Manager of Agriculture Supply Chain at LRQA, and Meghan Quinlan, Vice Presi...
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17:13
In conversation with Jo Fairley, co-founder of Green & Black's chocolate (part two)
In this second episode of the two part mini-series, Jo Fairley - co-founder of Green & Black's organic chocolate - speaks with LRQA about the implications of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues for the food and beverage indust...
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15:55
From farm to fork: Consumer expectations are driving demand for ethically produced food products
Welcome back to the Future in Focus podcast by LRQA, and if you’re new here, thank you. In this episode, we are joined by LRQA’s Technical Account Manager for Agriculture, James Sage, to discuss the food supply chain and the increasing pressure...
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16:28
Is the food industry prepared for cyber risk?
Welcome back to the Future In Focus by LRQA, and if you’re new here, thank you. In this episode, presenter, Holly Plackett, is joined by Stuart Wright, Global Head of Governance, Risk, and Compliance at Nettitude, an LRQA business, and returnin...
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21:21
The truth about business continuity trends: Is your business model built to last?
Business continuity has been a hot topic in recent years. Even more recently, we’ve heard the term ‘Agility and Resilience’ referenced heavily in discussions about food safety and the food supply chain, but what does it actually mean t...
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