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How becoming a more sustainable business can improve your reputation as an employer, neighbour, supplier and customer.

Ways to identify opportunities for your business to be more sustainable and how to use objectives to drive improvement.

How you can work with employees, customers and other stakeholders to create a more sustainable business.

A credible strategy for sustainable development reflects your business values and can attract top-level support.

How taking a sustainable approach for your business can help to reduce costs and risks while improving your reputation.

How focusing on environmental, social and financial aspects of your business can lead to a more sustainable approach.

Follow these simple tips in your business to prevent health issues like upper limb injuries and eye strain for workers who use a computer for long periods.

You have a responsibility to provide eyesight tests for employees who use display screen equipment and you may have to pay for glasses needed for work.

Assess health risks associated with computer workstations - physical layout, posture, special needs, rest breaks to ensure a healthy working environment.

Train employees in safe computer use including correct posture, technique and breaks and also ensure homeworkers work safely and are insured and are trained.

You have a duty to ensure that employees working on computers have a mix of activities and regular rest breaks to prevent health problems and injuries.

Monitor office conditions such as humidity, temperature, lighting and noise levels to ensure a healthy working environment for employees who use computers.

What standards your furniture must meet for a safe computer workstation and what your employees need to be aware of to work safely including posture.

What to consider before you buy a laptop for your employees to use, how to reduce the health and safety risks and the training you must provide by law.

Promoting safe computer use, healthy workstations and frequent breaks in your workplace can prevent, eye problems, injuries and upper limb disorders to staff.

Identifying and managing the common hazards in your workplace which could cause staff or customers to slip or trip, including spills, cables and steps.

Your legal duty to appoint a competent person to advise on health and safety, including external sources of help and how to choose the right person.

Health checks can be an important part of meeting your health and safety responsibilities, businesses and agencies can use checks to protect agency workers.

Equipment and procedures for protecting agency workers' health and safety including types of protective equipment and who is responsible for providing it.

Communication and instruction is essential for agency workers' health and safety, it is vital workers have the right training to safely carry out their jobs.

Shared responsibility for workers requires a co-ordinated approach to health and safety between the employment agency and the business using the workers.

Employers and agencies must include agency workers in risk assessments and both have certain responsibilities for carrying these risk assessments out.

User businesses and agencies share responsibility for agency workers' health and safety, duties depend on who the employer is and what the contract states.

What businesses, agencies and the workers themselves must do to protect agency workers' health and safety, how to work with the agency and assess risks.