Communicating Through Financial Reports: an Empirical Study
In: Journal of business communication: JBC, Band 12, Heft 3, S. 9-15
ISSN: 1552-4582
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In: Journal of business communication: JBC, Band 12, Heft 3, S. 9-15
ISSN: 1552-4582
The purpose of this step-by-step guide is to provide information that can be used to construct stakeholder engagement plans for contaminated sites within New South Wales (NSW). In addition, the guide can be used to provide advice and feedback on existing stakeholder engagement plans. Guide for Creating Stakeholder Engagement Plans for Contaminated Sites in NSW The purpose of this step-by-step guide is to provide information that can be used to construct stakeholder engagement plans for contaminated sites within New South Wales (NSW). In addition, the guide can be used to provide advice and feedback on existing stakeholder engagement plans. It has been estimated that more than 160,000 sites across Australia are polluted with as many as 75,000 different contaminants. A significant number of these sites are in New South Wales (NSW). Many people may be affected by, or interested in, these sites. These people include residents living near the site, landowners, officers from local government, or public health, environmental or other government regulatory authorities, and members of interest groups. It has become common practice within NSW to develop stakeholder engagement plans that assists with effectively engaging with these people who are affected by, or have an interested in, a contaminated site, and that specifies activities that will be implemented to manage or enhance engagement throughout the life of a contaminated site. "The EPA considers the guide, Step-by-Step Guide for Stakeholder Engagement for Contaminated Sites within NSW, prepared by the Institute for Sustainable Futures provides best practice guidance for contaminated land practitioners to understand and incorporate community perceptions of risk into the remediation planning process. While the EPA will not be approving the guide under the Contaminated Land Management Act 1997 it will refer parties it regulates to the guidance in addition to engagement guidance set out in the National Environment Protection (Assessment of Site Contamination) Measure" (NSW EPA Correspondence, 2020). The guide was developed with the support of a range of organisations that address contaminated sites within the NSW context, including the NSW EPA, NSW local government, Cooperative Research Centre of Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment, and the Australian Land and Groundwater Association. The guide was developed by a team led by Jason Prior of the Institute for Sustainable Futures (UTS ISF), including Irena Connon and Dena Fam (UTS ISF), and Jon Adams and Erica McIntyre (UTS Faculty of Health). A project reference group provided guidance, advice and direction throughout the project. It consisted of representatives of NSW Environment Protection Authority, including Arminda Ryan, Holly Love, Joanna Graham, Jen Byrne, Carolina Olmos; the Australasian Land and Groundwater Association, including Barbara Campany; the Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment, including Bruce Kennedy; Bayside Council, including Judith Betts; and the Southern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils, including Kate Hannan. The reference group and acted as a 'sounding board' for the ideas and approaches that were proposed.
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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted routine hospital services globally. This study estimated the total number of adult elective operations that would be cancelled worldwide during the 12 weeks of peak disruption due to COVID-19. Methods: A global expert response study was conducted to elicit projections for the proportion of elective surgery that would be cancelled or postponed during the 12 weeks of peak disruption. A Bayesian β-regression model was used to estimate 12-week cancellation rates for 190 countries. Elective surgical case-mix data, stratified by specialty and indication (surgery for cancer versus benign disease), were determined. This case mix was applied to country-level surgical volumes. The 12-week cancellation rates were then applied to these figures to calculate the total number of cancelled operations. Results: The best estimate was that 28 404 603 operations would be cancelled or postponed during the peak 12 weeks of disruption due to COVID-19 (2 367 050 operations per week). Most would be operations for benign disease (90·2 per cent, 25 638 922 of 28 404 603). The overall 12-week cancellation rate would be 72·3 per cent. Globally, 81·7 per cent of operations for benign conditions (25 638 922 of 31 378 062), 37·7 per cent of cancer operations (2 324 070 of 6 162 311) and 25·4 per cent of elective caesarean sections (441 611 of 1 735 483) would be cancelled or postponed. If countries increased their normal surgical volume by 20 per cent after the pandemic, it would take a median of 45 weeks to clear the backlog of operations resulting from COVID-19 disruption. Conclusion: A very large number of operations will be cancelled or postponed owing to disruption caused by COVID-19. Governments should mitigate against this major burden on patients by developing recovery plans and implementing strategies to restore surgical activity safely.
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