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The dawn of a new era

‘Clean’ energy sources, from a mixed portfolio ranging from nuclear to renewables, have a critical role to play in providing a balanced and sustainable energy supply across Europe, the Americas and the fast-developing region of Asia.

‘Clean’ energy sources, from a mixed portfolio ranging from nuclear to renewables, have a critical role to play in providing a balanced and sustainable energy supply across Europe, the Americas and the fast-developing region of Asia.

Many governments have set targets for cutting carbon emissions, so how does an organisation ensure it can provide sustainable power supply for commercial and residential needs? When all is said and done, it comes down to one basic premise – keeping the lights on through safe asset management.   The growing recognition of the need to tackle climate change has been central to our business strategy.

Our ability to meet the changing needs of society and business is one of the reasons why we have remained, after nearly 250 years, at the forefront of assurance solutions to help ensure assets, people, systems and processes are safe and perform better.

Increasingly challenging markets and the global surge in demand provides us with real opportunities to help ensure companies using assets to transform, generate or distribute power, do so in a safe and sustainable way, and we help them minimise risk of downtime and costly supply interruptions.  Our energy experts can help clients address the reliability and performance of their ageing facilities and provide assurance that new-build projects will operate safely with active risk management and the necessary focus on safety and business-critical elements of their operations.

Many begin to see the benefits of asset management excellence as an essential part of their business strategy and a tool to drive sustained business performance improvements. The continuing economic pressures throughout the supply chain, combined with growing accountability for safety and the environment, mean that energy companies are looking for more sophisticated methods of managing high-risk assets and ways to reduce risks of failure. It is a continuous quest for safety and operational excellence.