The PSCI Safety Topic Team is delighted to announce its upcoming webinar, covering two topics. First, we'll outline the current work and projects of the team and introduce its new maturity model. Second, join us to learn about arc flash hazard and prevention.

We're delighted to be joined by:

• Lamy Bao from Bristol Myers Squibb
• Linda Berglund from AstraZeneca
• Jack Xu from GE

Please register by 3 May 2021.

The webinar will be recorded for anyone who cannot attend it live.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Since 2016, a group of PSCI members have been working together to standardize their environmental data request to suppliers through a common set of questions, known as the PSCI Environmental Survey. The benefit is that suppliers should be receiving a common set of questions, but currently companies collect the data using different routes: some use an Excel file, and some a third-party platform.

The PSCI has now built the Environmental Survey into the PSCI platform for suppliers (called The Link). Each of the PSCI’s 50 members will now be able to use that platform to collect data from suppliers and we anticipate that many will do so. We hope that this will streamline and simplify your reporting of environmental and carbon emissions to your customers as one reply can now be shared with many customers.

We are hosting a webinar for you to learn more about the new platform and how to use it. Join us to hear about:

• Data captured by the survey
• Technical aspects of the environmental survey
• How to access the PSCI Link platform
• Responding to requests to share your data from PSCI members

We're delighted to be joined by:

• Alejandro Fiocco, Partner at Carnstone and Secretariat for the PSCI Environment Team

Since 2016, a group of PSCI members have been working together to standardize their Environmental data request to suppliers through a common set of questions, known as the PSCI Environmental Survey. For the past few years, this survey has been available for members in the form of an Excel file, with some of them running it on a third-party platform.

In an effort to open this questionnaire in a more structured way to PSCI members, the PSCI decided that building it on the PSCI platform for suppliers, The Link, would add value to the PSCI membership. Furthermore, it would remove barriers in place for allowing the pharmaceutical industry as a whole to raise the bar in terms of data collection and its practical use for addressing Scope 3 emissions. The development of this survey, which is free of access and use to PSCI members and their suppliers, was led by the PSCI Environment Team.

Join this webinar for members to hear about the:

• Benefits for building the survey on The Link (to you and to the pharmaceutical industry)
• Data captured by the survey
• Technical aspects of the environmental survey
• Steps you need to follow to collect your supplier’s data

The speakers for the session will be:

• Alejandro Fiocco, Partner at Carnstone and Secretariat for the PSCI Environment Team
• Rikke Gade Christensen, Head of Sustainable Procurement at LEO Pharma and Co-Lead of the PSCI Environment Team
• Zelia Kranich, Associate Director for Sustainable Procurement at Merck &CO., INC., (Merck Sharp & Dohme outside the United States and Canada) and Co-Lead of the PSCI Environment Team

Legislation on business and human rights issues has been increasingly adopted by governments in recent years, and cases have been brought to court in many jurisdictions around the globe. This PSCI webinar will provide an overview of the latest developments and explore the upcoming initiatives. In particular, we'll cover the following points:

• Transparency Laws
• Mandatory Diligence Laws
• Litigation, Penalties and Sanctions
• Outlook for 2021

We are delighted to be joined by Jonathan Drimmer, Partner in the Investigations and White Collar Defense office of Paul Hastings LLP.

Please register your attendance by 23 February 2021.

The webinar will be recorded for anyone that can’t attend it live.

We look forward to seeing you there!

As part of this webinar, you'll learn about the overall goals of the PSCI Capability-building programme supporting the implementation of our Principles for Responsible Supply Chain Management. You'll also hear about our new maturity models and supplier training plans covering environmental issues, including pharmaceuticals in the environment and antimicrobial resistance, human rights and labor, ethics, health and safety issues (e.g process safety), industrial hygiene, and management systems. Finally, you'll learn where to find key PSCI resources.

We are delighted to be joined by the following speakers:

• Shelly Shope, HSE Advisor, Elanco
• Paul Barnett, Director for Environment, Health & Safety, GSK
• Daniel Rehm, Lead HSE Advisor, Elanco
• Ann-Christine Eiesland, Compliance Business Partner, AstraZeneca
• Zelia Kranich, Sustainable Sourcing Associate Director, Merck (MSD)

The webinar recording and slides are available here.

This webinar will be a deep dive into the ongoing responsible sourcing project led by the PSCI Human Rights & Labor and Environment Sub-Teams. The project looks into the potential human rights and environmental impacts associated with the sourcing of 14 raw materials used in the pharmaceutical industry, with the view to better engage suppliers on those issues.

The webinar is primarily for members working in excipients, packaging, and packaging components departments and will run as follows:

• Overview of project methodology (e.g. country- and material-level impacts, existing impact mitigation initiatives)
• Case study of one material
• What to do next: how members can use the material guides to best engage their supply chain and mitigate potential impacts

We're delighted to be joined by the following speakers:

• Neil Everett, Senior Partner, Carnstone
• Stephanie Warrick, Associate Director, Global Sustainability, AstraZeneca
• Zelia Kranich, Sustainable Sourcing Associate Director, Merck (known as MSD outside the U.S. and Canada)
• Marie Pillon, Junior Partner, Carnstone

The webinar recording and slides are available for members here.

The PSCI Audit Committee is now delighted to offer this free series of virtual training sessions for PSCI approved audit firms, non-approved audit firms used by our member companies, PSCI member companies and suppliers. The training content has an India foucs but we're welcome audiences from other countries if the time suits you.

The event is open for registration. The training sessions will be delivered on separate Live Stream Portals – WTV platform suiting India time (New Delhi) at 13:00 to 17:30.

The training will be held during four days:

• Day 1 (November 24, 2020) - PSCI Audit Update and Labor & Human Rights

• Day 2 (November 25, 2020) - Environment Protection and PiE & AMR

• Day 3 (December 02, 2020) - Process Safety and Emergency Preparedness & Response

• Day 4 (December 03, 2020) - General Safety; Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene; High Risk Work and Red Flags for Dangerous Working
  

Major decisions on employee health protection, exposure controls and respiratory protection are made on the outcome of exposure assessment findings. We have learned from industrial hygiene assessment conducted at 300+ sites in 30+ countries that more than 50% of the exposure assessment results are not reliable, representative, or reproducible. This webinar will discuss quality assurance approaches to the exposure assessment.

The following topics will be covered:

• Sampling strategy – task based Vs full shift, personal vs area samples, 1 samples vs 3-6 samples, exposure duration Vs sampling duration
• Sample collection – sampling media selection, importance of flow rate and sample volume ensuring LOQ is 1/10 of OEL
• Sample analysis – gravimetry for API, local lab Vs accredited lab

We are delighted to be joined by the following speakers:

• Maharshi Mehta, CIH, CSP, FAIHA, President, International Safety Systems, Inc.
• Ankit Sharma, CIH, LFOH, Project Manager, International Safety Systems, Inc.

The webinar recording and slides are available for members and suppliers here.

We would also like to take this opportunity to highlight that the PSCI recently launched The Link for Suppliers, a community platform dedicated to suppliers of PSCI member companies. The platform was created to give suppliers a space to interact, engage in dialogue, as well as access our training opportunities, resources, and latest news. To join our global network of hundreds of suppliers, please go to The Link's login page. Hundreds of suppliers already have access to The Link through previous audit sharing activity, and can log in as usual. Suppliers new to the platform can register for an account.