World’s first industrial safety manifesto set to be launched

In the wake of the global consensus to pioneer, a safer world enabled by technology, the world’s first-ever Industrial Safety Manifesto is set to be launched at the inaugural edition of the Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit (GMIS America), which will hold in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from September 28 – 30.

The Industrial Safety Manifesto offers a blueprint for industry, government, and civil society to solve the global industrial safety challenge.

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According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), globally, about 3 million deaths each year are directly attributed to inadequate safety measures and hazardous work environments and also a loss of 3.9percent of worldwide Gross Domestic Product (GDP) according to United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO).

With a particular focus on advancing industrial safety, GMIS America sessions will spotlight how new technologies redefine industrial safety. Safety experts from Lloyd’s Register Foundation, the University of Cambridge, the UNIDO, and Pittsburgh-based Industrial Scientific will highlight the immediate actions needed to address new and deep-rooted industrial safety challenges at the summit.

Global Initiative for Industrial Safety (GIFIS) in partnership with the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), Lloyd’s Register Foundation and the Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit (GMIS), in collaboration with Cambridge University’s Cambridge Industrial Innovation Policy (CIIP), had brought together industry leaders from across the world to develop the first-ever Industrial Safety Manifesto, representing a multi-disciplinary consensus on pioneering a safer world through the safe adoption of technology.

In a collaboration between UNIDO, Lloyd’s Register Foundation, and the Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit, the Industrial Safety Manifesto will set out guiding principles for the safe adoption of new technologies and the rapid deployment of technology-enabled safety solutions.

The Managing Director of the GMIS Organising Committee, Namir Hourani, said that with the launch of the Industrial Safety Manifesto at GMIS America, stakeholders across multiple disciplines would be united to deliver a safer workplace, ushering in a new era of industrial safety.