Posted By J Knight
Chris Peace wrote an interesting, informative and useful piece in October's SHP, which was mainly about the forthcoming ISO Standard for Risk Management. What he didn't mention though, perhaps because he works in New Zealand, is that there is a British Standard on Risk Management - BS 31100, which was published in 2008 and is available and ready now.

I am a member of the IRM as well as IOSH, and I see risk management as part of my role, there's no doubt in my mind that application of standards like 31100 is useful in everyday H&S management, something Chris points out in his article. To extend Chris's closing comment in his article; H&S professionals should get hold of a copy of 31100 now, as well as or even instead of 31000 when that comes out,

John