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Future in Focus by LRQA
by LRQA
Welcome to Future in Focus podcast from LRQA. Risk doesn’t sleep – and neither do we. In each episode, we explore how organisations can turn business risk into opportunity, using connected risk management solutions to gain a competitive edge. From certification and cyber to sustainability and supply chains, we connect the dots across today’s complex and evolving landscape. With data-driven insight, sector expertise and a partnership approach, we help you navigate risk with clarity, stay one step ahead, and shape a stronger, more secure future for your business. Where others see risk, we see what’s possible.
Episodes
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The energy transition: fast, clean… and cyber secure?
In this episode, we are joined by Howard Hughes (Managing Director, Cybersecurity, LRQA) and Fotis Kampouris (EVP Asia Pacific, LRQA) to ask whether the energy transition can really be delivered fast, clean and cyber secure - or whether speed and security are competing priorities. Together, they...
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Introducing AI Powered Penetration Testing: What it is, how it works and where it fits
In this episode, we are joined by Chris Oakley (SVP Assurance Services, Americas, LRQA), Dave Parsons (Managing Principal Security Consultant, LRQA) and David Greene (Strategic Partnerships, Simbian) to introduce AI Powered Penetration Testing, a new capability from LRQA developed with Simbian....
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The quality mindset: Connecting risk, culture and performance to create opportunity
In this episode, host Xavier Francis is joined by Bill Barnes, Auditor Manager at LRQA, and Dariusz Antonczyk, Training and Improvement Services Manager at LRQA, to explore how quality thinking has evolved from a management system into a powerful organisational mindset. Together, they trace the...
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Transition talks: What’s changing in ISO standards and why it matters
Welcome to Transition Talks, a new podcast series from LRQA designed to guide organisations through the upcoming changes to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001. In this first episode, Stuart Kelly, Chief Commercial Officer at LRQA, and Kevin Franklin, LRQA's Chief Product Officer, unpack what’s...
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The European Central Bank’s Omnibus opinion: Why high-quality sustainability information matters for corporate and financial system stability
In this timely episode of Future in Focus (released 25 June), we sit down with the European Central Bank to discuss its official Omnibus opinion and why robust, high-quality sustainability data is critical, not only for corporate reporting and due diligence but also for the long-term stability of...
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Responsible AI, real advantage: Why ISO 42001 matters now
In this episode of Future in Focus, Xavier Francis is joined by Kevin Franklin, Chief Product Officer at LRQA, to explore the pivotal role of AI governance in today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape. Together, they discuss how ISO 42001 offers a timely and practical framework for managing...
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Cutting through the noise: Best practice essentials for navigating the EU omnibus proposal
This podcast episode features a discussion on the EU omnibus proposal, a significant regulatory topic in sustainability and its potential implications for businesses. Experts Tara Norton and JP Stevenson provide insights on navigating the complexities of sustainability reporting and the…
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The era of Assurance 4.0: Sourcing responsibly
As supply chain legislation evolves, businesses face increasing expectations to uphold transparency and accountability on ESG issues, including mitigating human rights violations and reducing carbon emissions. In this fourth episode of our Assurance 4.0 mini-series, LRQA’s Chief Commercial…
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The era of Assurance 4.0: Navigating the energy transition and achieving net zero
Global businesses are under pressure to meet net zero targets while also navigating the energy transition. This shift impacts everyone from the energy industry to consumer brands across every sector, and is happening alongside increased scrutiny from stakeholders. It’s one of the key challenges...
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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 integrating climate risk into broader ESG strategies.…
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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 Defence Subject Matter Expert, Daniel Carmel joins us to dive into...
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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 systems – to create a new era of risk management. We...
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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 Manager for Cybersecurity at LRQA. The discussion...
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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 from hype to reality within the hydrogen industry....
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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 systems – to create a new era of risk management. We...
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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 operating in, and more specifically how this is impacting food...
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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 the Chair of the ISO Technical Committee 283 for Occupational Health &...
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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. To accompany the programme, LRQA also launched an...
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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. To accompany the programme, LRQA also launched an...
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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 zero future.
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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. To accompany the programme, LRQA also launched an...
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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. To accompany the programme, LRQA also launched an...
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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. To accompany the programme, LRQA also launched an...
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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. To accompany the programme, LRQA has also launched an...
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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. To accompany the programme, LRQA is launching an...
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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. To accompany the programme, LRQA is launching an eight-episode...
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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 human rights issues, specifically in the food industry,...
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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 remember those who lost their lives but also to…
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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 technology and data within the food sector.
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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 President of Food & Agriculture at ELEVATE, an LRQA...
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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 industry. Jo also shares her personal advice for proactively...
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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 on suppliers to demonstrate their commitment to the...
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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 returning guest Kimberly Coffin, Global Technical Director of...
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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 to have an agile and resilient business model? In this episode,...
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Why wind energy matters
On today’s episode of Future in Focus we sit down with Dr. Hendrik Lau, LRQA's leading wind energy expert. Discover the growing importance of wind energy, its crucial role in achieving net zero goals, and the hurdles faced by developers in this rapidly growing industry.
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In conversation with Jo Fairley, co-founder of Green & Black's chocolate (part one)
In the first of two episodes, Jo Fairley shares a brief history of Green & Black's organic chocolate - the first of its kind in the UK. Speaking to LRQA, Jo explores how, as co-founder of the brand, the challenges she faced may resonate with other members of the food and beverage industry today…
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The 'S' in 'ESG': A conversation with Mike Posner, Professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business
Often, when we hear the term ‘ESG, or Environmental, Social and Governance issues’, people think first of the environmental component and less so about social and governance. In this episode, LRQA’s Chief Growth Officer, Ian Spaulding, is joined by special guest Mike Posner to talk about the ‘S’…
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Maintaining product integrity across an expanding and dynamic risk landscape
In today's episode, we speak to LRQA's Supply Chain Assurance Technical Director, Kimberly Coffin, about some of the issues the food industry is currently facing and how businesses can ensure product integrity despite these ever-evolving risks.
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Supply shortages could lead to greater food fraud risk
Welcome to the Future in Focus podcast. In today's episode, we speak to Forbes Fyfe, LRQA's Technical Account Manager for the agricultural supply chain, about supply chain shortages and how this could lead to greater food fraud risks.
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Are you ready for a new brand of thinking?
In consumer staples, brand is everything. In fact, for many fast-moving consumer goods brands, it’s not unusual for ‘intangible assets’ to account for more than 100% of the company’s market value. In this episode, we speak to Sales Director Stuart Kelly about brand assurance, what it is, why it's...
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Trust and Transparency in ESG
In this episode, we speak to Ian Spaulding, Chief Growth Officer at LRQA as well as founder and former CEO of ELEVATE, an industry-leading sustainability and supply chain services business acquired earlier this year by LRQA. During the episode, Ian talks about ESG, or Environmental, Social, and...
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Organisational benefits of having a certified Occupational Health & Safety management system
In this episode, we speak to Martin Cottam, chair of the ISO Technical Committee for occupational health and safety, about the organisational benefits of having a certified occupational health and safety system. In this episode, Martin talks about a recently published study conducted by…
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ISO 9001: Responding to a changing landscape
In this episode, we speak to Martin Cottam, former Assurance and Quality Director at LRQA (formerly Lloyd’s Register), about ISO 9001, one of the most popular quality management system standards, and how it has performed since its revision in 2015, and more notably, how the standard has responded...
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Risks Expanding in a Hydrogen Supply Chain
In this episode, we’ll be speaking with hydrogen expert, Leanne Halliday, Corporate Account Manager at LRQA who will cover the expanding risks in a hydrogen supply chain.
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ISO 45003: The rising significance of psychological health and wellbeing in the workplace
Historically, many organisations have been hesitant to address psychological health and wellbeing. However, the impact of work on people’s psychological health was a significant issue long before the COVID-19 pandemic. It was already causing significant harm – and causing significant costs for...
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BRCGS Food Safety Issue 9: What to expect
BRCGS Food Safety Issue 9 was published on 1st August 2022, but what does this mean for you? In this episode, we speak to Food Technical Manager at LRQA, Mark Fincham, to discuss the requirement and protocol changes we've seen in version 9 and how this affects your business.
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The future of occupational health & safety: Industry megatrends
In our rapidly changing world, organisations need to adapt to survive, whether in response to societal or consumer trends, the climate emergency, or geopolitical change. The changes needed to sustain our organisations will require adjustments to our occupational health and safety (OH&S)…
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ISO 45001 then and now
There are several areas in which the Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) landscape has changed significantly in the four years since the publication of ISO 45001, the global standard for Occupational health & safety Management Systems. Some of these areas have been or are being addressed through...
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ISO 45001: Acting together to build a positive safety and health culture
In this episode, we continue our conversation with Martin Cottam, Chair of the ISO Technical Committee for Occupational Health & Safety Management. In this episode, we’re talking about the importance of worker participation in building a positive safety and health culture.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to Future in Focus podcast from LRQA.
Risk doesn’t sleep – and neither do we. In each episode, we explore how organisations can turn business risk into opportunity, using connected risk management solutions to gain a competitive edge.
From certification and cyber to sustainability and supply chains, we connect the dots across today’s complex and evolving landscape. With data-driven insight, sector expertise and a partnership approach, we help you navigate risk with clarity, stay one step ahead, and shape a stronger, more secure future for your business.
Where others see risk, we see what’s possible.
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