Unit 2 lesson 2 insurance and risk management

About

Risk Management & Safety (RMS) is responsible for risk management, insurance, and claims administration for the Business Center South institutions of the Nevada System of Higher Education which includes the University of Nevada Las Vegas, College of Southern Nevada, and Nevada State College.

The goal of RMS is protecting the welfare of students, staff, patrons, and assets of from risk and financial loss. To accomplish these tasks, RMS coordinates with other departments to identify and analyze risk, develop risk control techniques, select appropriate retention and/or transfer of risk, and provide risk administration.

Supporting Documents And Forms

• Affidavit of Rejection of WC Coverage
• Officer Affidavit
• Unsworn Declaration in Lieu of Affidavit

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GREEN PROCUREMENT FRAMEWORK

Framework -a system of rules, ideas, or beliefs that is used to plan or decide something:

Drivers

The main drivers towards achieving sustainable/green procurement are:

 effective organization wide policies to ensure that everyone is aware of the strategy

 training and guidance to help all of those involved in procurement to understand sustainable

procurement and whole life costing;

 regular audits and monitoring to assess where your organization is in the context of

sustainable procurement and where you could make further progress in this area

 commitment to sustainable development as an organizational policy

 supporting and educating suppliers/creating markets

 linking up with other organizations to learn from their experience

 pooling procurement by forming procurement consortium where relevant.

Drivers of Sustainable Supply Chain

The motivations of organizations for practicing sustainable procurement differ depending on the

type of organization and the context in which they operate. Drivers for sustainability should be

analyzed to help define the sustainability objectives and goals for the supply chain and to aid

internal communication. There are many reasons to practice Sustainable supply chain as provided

by ISO 20400 and CIPS they include:

 Financial drivers — Reduce total operating cost by purchasing more efficient and better

quality goods, works and services; minimize disposal costs of products at their end of life;

and improved competitiveness; develop the market’s capacities and competitiveness, and

strive for innovation; and save money on a long-term basis by applying life cycle costing.

 Risk management — Engage in the mapping of economic, legal, environmental and social

threats and opportunities, and develop approaches to manage them.

 Commitments and goals — Serve as reflections of the organizational culture, values, and

ethics in accordance with relevant policies. There may be consideration for developing

Green procurement

framework

Key drivers of sustainable procurement

Sustainability consideration