Health and safety are now central to how organisations define excellence, shaping cultures that prioritise prevention, responsibility, and innovation. This edition examines how leadership and cooperation are advancing these principles across industries and borders.

Celebrating Leadership in Workplace Safety – Entries Now Open for the Health & Safety Excellence Awards 2026 highlights how recognition programmes continue to inspire progress, setting higher benchmarks for performance and accountability.

Mark Cullen takes leadership of Ireland’s Health and Safety Authority signals a strategic moment for Ireland’s regulatory landscape, with a renewed focus on proactive engagement and worker well-being.

CCOHS and IRSST strengthen collaboration to advance workplace safety reflects the growing importance of partnerships that share data, insight, and expertise to build safer, more resilient working environments.

These stories capture a sector defined by foresight and shared purpose. As technology reshapes the modern workplace, the responsibility to protect people and empower progress has never been clearer.

The health and safety community continues to demonstrate that leadership in this field is not only about compliance, but about creating enduring frameworks for trust and performance.