Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) in Brazil
Sofas, food scraps, tree branches, electronics, debris. These are some of the materials that are being left unduly in the Voluntary Delivery Locations (VDL) of Manoel Jorge Forest and Isidoro Bordon Park in Nova Odessa, as well as the Voluntary Read More …
A joint operation of the Environmental Institute of Paraná (IAP) and Environmental Police raided, on the night of Wednesday (17), an illicit production facility. The criminals illegally extracted the native species within the Lauráceas State Park, between the municipalities of Read More …
The search for efficient and effective mechanisms in the use of environmental compensation to conduct important researches that influence decision-making and knowledge generation applied to the management needs of the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio) was the biggest Read More …
Among the changes brought by the labor reform is the definition of how companies should establish teleworking (home-working) arrangements for their employees.”According to current legislation, teleworking is the ‘provision of services mainly outside the employer’s premises, with the use of Read More …
The Ministry of Environment (MMA) invited associations to discuss the 2nd phase of the Sectorial Agreement on Reverse Logistics for General Packaging. With the agreement, which was signed in November 2015, manufacturers, importers, traders and distributors are committed to working Read More …
The Regional Superintendency of Labor in Minas Gerais (SRT-MG) is celebrating the positive results of the Project for Inclusion of Persons with Mental Illness in the Labor Market, a pioneer initiative in Minas Gerais and that completes three years of Read More …
Bolivian immigrants receive on average R$5 to sew pieces of clothing sold for up to R$698 at Animale stores. The brand, which defines “luxury and sophistication” as its “slogan”, has more than 80 stores across the country, many in high-end Read More …
The picture of the Brazilian labor market reveals that 998 thousand children are subjected to illegal labor in the country, with 190,000 children up to 13 years of age who could not work under any condition. The data are from Read More …
by Laurie Kazan-Allen, International Ban Asbestos Secretariat A majority verdict of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) handed down in Brasilia on Wednesday, November 29, 2017, prohibited the mining, processing, marketing and distribution of chrysotile (white) asbestos in Brazil – currently Read More …
The third workshop organized by the National Council of Water Resources (CNRH) is aimed at water reuse in domestic environment. The Secretary of Water Resources and Environmental Quality of the Ministry of Environment (MMA), Jair Tannus Júnior, highlighted the need Read More …
