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David Benderly: PermaScribe seeks to put trust mark on diamond table, not just girdle

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The great reset: Paul Zimnisky on supply catharsis, De Beers' bargain and the case for natural diamonds

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The Polar branch of Norilsk Nickel summed up the results of the year on labor protection

17 march 2023
The polar branch of Norilsk Nickel held an award ceremony for the best employees in the field of industrial safety and labor protection based on the results of work for 2022.
The company's employees were primarily awarded for their initiative in the field of industrial safety and labor protection, for creating safe working conditions, for their contribution to the development of a general culture of behavior at work.
According to experts, the number of participants allows us to draw conclusions about an unambiguous increase in the safety culture at work, involving more and more people in this process.
The reasons are seen in the development and application of a new motivation system in the company – employee initiatives are encouraged not only at the end of the year, but also in the process of implementing proposals.
Employees received the appreciation of the company's management for identifying and eliminating violations within the framework of control and preventive work, active participation in the implementation of demarcation standards, organization of production culture in the process of repairing office and household premises, for initiatives taken to reduce injuries, sgnorilsk.ru writes.

Alex Shishlo for Rough&Polished