Future in Focus by LRQA
Episodes
Introducing AI Powered Penetration Testing: What it is, how it works and where it fits
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we are joined by Chris Oakley (SVP Assurance Services, Americas, LRQA), Dave Parsons (Managing Principal Security Consultant, LRQA) a...
The quality mindset: Connecting risk, culture and performance to create opportunity
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Xavier Francis is joined by Bill Barnes, Auditor Manager at LRQA, and Dariusz Antonczyk, Training and Improvement Services Manag...
Transition talks: What’s changing in ISO standards and why it matters
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Transition Talks, a new podcast series from LRQA designed to guide organisations through the upcoming changes to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and IS...
The European Central Bank’s Omnibus opinion: Why high-quality sustainability information matters for corporate and financial system stability
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this timely episode of Future in Focus (released 25 June), we sit down with the European Central Bank to discuss its official Omnibus opinion and w...
Responsible AI, real advantage: Why ISO 42001 matters now
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Future in Focus, Xavier Francis is joined by Kevin Franklin, Chief Product Officer at LRQA, to explore the pivotal role of AI gover...
Cutting through the noise: Best practice essentials for navigating the EU omnibus proposal
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast episode features a discussion on the EU omnibus proposal, a significant regulatory topic in sustainability and its potential implications...
The era of Assurance 4.0: Sourcing responsibly
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As supply chain legislation evolves, businesses face increasing expectations to uphold transparency and accountability on ESG issues, including mitiga...
The era of Assurance 4.0: Navigating the energy transition and achieving net zero
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Global businesses are under pressure to meet net zero targets while also navigating the energy transition. This shift impacts everyone from the energy...
Climate Week NYC: Deploying leading climate strategies amongst regulatory, investor and consumer pressures
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Senior Director for Sustainability at LRQA, Tara Norton, shares her expertise on leading climate strategies. As we mark Climate Week NYC, Tara discuss...
AS 9100: Change on the horizon for Aerospace industry
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In late 2024, the rules behind the commonly know series of quality standards for the Aerospace industry, AS 9100, are set to be amended, and will be r...
The era of Assurance 4.0: Achieving product integrity
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Businesses face a rapidly changing world, with a heightened focus on ESG considerations, supply chain complexity and evolving cybersecurity threats. T...
From standards to strategy: leveraging management systems and artificial intelligence to achieve business excellence in a new era of risk
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the latest episode of LRQA's Future in Focus podcast. In this episode, host Holly Plackett is joined by special guests, Anshuman Tiwar...
World Hydrogen Summit 2024: Reading the room
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In LRQA’s latest podcast episode, global media outlets, including The Australian Financial Review and H2 View, share commentary recorded live at the...
The era of Assurance 4.0: Assuring assets and management systems
06 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Businesses face a rapidly changing world, with a heightened focus on ESG considerations, supply chain complexity and evolving cybersecurity threats. T...
Protecting your brand in a new era of risk
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we are joined by a returning guest of the podcast, Supply Chain Assurance Technical for LRQA, Kimberly Coffin to talk about a topic t...
ISO and climate change: why are many of the familiar ISO management system standards being amended, and what does this mean for standards users?
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO), is amending many of the familiar management system standards to insert an additional require...
Our Planet, Our Plan: Lifelong learning at work
15 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
LRQA recently launched 'Our Planet, Our Plan' - an internal sustainability programme that outlines our ambitious Environmental, Social and G...
Our Planet, Our Plan: The ‘E’ in ESG
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
LRQA recently launched 'Our Planet, Our Plan' - an internal sustainability programme that outlines our ambitious Environmental, Social and G...
Will a net zero future be powered by hydrogen
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Future in Focus podcast by LRQA, and if you’re new here, welcome. In this episode, presenter, Josh Flanagan, is joined by LRQA’...
Our Planet, Our Plan: Safety – not just the absence of accidents
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
LRQA recently launched 'Our Planet, Our Plan' - an internal sustainability programme that outlines our ambitious Environmental, Social and G...
Our Planet, Our Plan: Plant gifts, not trees – why we need to transform corporate volunteering
09 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
LRQA recently launched 'Our Planet, Our Plan' - an internal sustainability programme that outlines our ambitious Environmental, Social and G...
Our Planet, Our Plan: Glorious governance (no, seriously!)
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
LRQA recently launched 'Our Planet, Our Plan' - an internal sustainability programme that outlines our ambitious Environmental, Social and G...
Our Planet, Our Plan: Equity should be an ideal, not an ideology
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
LRQA recently launched 'Our Planet, Our Plan' - an internal sustainability programme that outlines our ambitious Environmental, Social and G...
Our Planet, Our Plan: Wilfully inclusive - why everyone wins with inclusivity
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
LRQA recently launched 'Our Planet, Our Plan' - an internal sustainability programme that outlines our ambitious Environmental, Social and G...
Our Planet, Our Plan: The power of transparency in business
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today, LRQA launched 'Our Planet, Our Plan' - a sustainability programme that outlines our ambitious Environmental, Social and Governance (E...
With no end to labour shortages in sight, risk management strategies must continue to adapt
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Future in Focus podcast by LRQA, and if you’re new here, thank you. In this episode, we are joined by returning guest Meghan Qui...
Commemorating 10 years since the Rana Plaza collapse
24 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On the 24th of April 2013, the Rana Plaza building, which housed five garment factories, collapsed in Dhaka, Bangladesh killing over 1,100 people and ...
The expanding use of technology and data in the food industry: Increased risk or better control?
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Future in Focus podcast by LRQA, and if you’re new here, welcome. In this episode, presenter, Holly Plackett, is joined by LRQA’...
Trends in responsible food production are changing assurance forever: is your organisation ready?
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Future in Focus podcast by LRQA, and if you’re new here, thank you. In this episode, we are joined by returning guest Forbes Fyf...
In conversation with Jo Fairley, co-founder of Green & Black's chocolate (part two)
15 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this second episode of the two part mini-series, Jo Fairley - co-founder of Green & Black's organic chocolate - speaks with LRQA about the...
From farm to fork: Consumer expectations are driving demand for ethically produced food products
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Future in Focus podcast by LRQA, and if you’re new here, thank you. In this episode, we are joined by LRQA’s Technical Account...
Is the food industry prepared for cyber risk?
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Future In Focus by LRQA, and if you’re new here, thank you. In this episode, presenter, Holly Plackett, is joined by Stuart Wrig...
The truth about business continuity trends: Is your business model built to last?
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Business continuity has been a hot topic in recent years. Even more recently, we’ve heard the term ‘Agility and Resilience’ referenced heavily i...
Why wind energy matters
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode of Future in Focus we sit down with Dr. Hendrik Lau, LRQA's leading wind energy expert. Discover the growing importance of w...
In conversation with Jo Fairley, co-founder of Green & Black's chocolate (part one)
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the first of two episodes, Jo Fairley shares a brief history of Green & Black's organic chocolate - the first of its kind in the UK. Speak...
The 'S' in 'ESG': A conversation with Mike Posner, Professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Often, when we hear the term ‘ESG, or Environmental, Social and Governance issues’, people think first of the environmental component and less so ...
Maintaining product integrity across an expanding and dynamic risk landscape
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, we speak to LRQA's Supply Chain Assurance Technical Director, Kimberly Coffin, about some of the issues the food industr...
Supply shortages could lead to greater food fraud risk
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Future in Focus podcast. In today's episode, we speak to Forbes Fyfe, LRQA's Technical Account Manager for the agricultural s...
Are you ready for a new brand of thinking?
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In consumer staples, brand is everything. In fact, for many fast-moving consumer goods brands, it’s not unusual for ‘intangible assets’ to accou...
Trust and Transparency in ESG
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak to Ian Spaulding, Chief Growth Officer at LRQA as well as founder and former CEO of ELEVATE, an industry-leading sustainabil...
Organisational benefits of having a certified Occupational Health & Safety management system
12 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak to Martin Cottam, chair of the ISO Technical Committee for occupational health and safety, about the organisational benefits...
ISO 9001: Responding to a changing landscape
22 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak to Martin Cottam, former Assurance and Quality Director at LRQA (formerly Lloyd’s Register), about ISO 9001, one of the mo...
Risks Expanding in a Hydrogen Supply Chain
24 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we’ll be speaking with hydrogen expert, Leanne Halliday, Corporate Account Manager at LRQA who will cover the expanding risks in a ...
ISO 45003: The rising significance of psychological health and wellbeing in the workplace
17 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Historically, many organisations have been hesitant to address psychological health and wellbeing. However, the impact of work on people’s psycholog...
BRCGS Food Safety Issue 9: What to expect
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
BRCGS Food Safety Issue 9 was published on 1st August 2022, but what does this mean for you? In this episode, we speak to Food Technical Manager at LR...
The future of occupational health & safety: Industry megatrends
19 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In our rapidly changing world, organisations need to adapt to survive, whether in response to societal or consumer trends, the climate emergency, or g...
ISO 45001 then and now
14 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There are several areas in which the Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) landscape has changed significantly in the four years since the publi...
GFSI Conference 2022: Episode five
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
ISO 45001: Acting together to build a positive safety and health culture
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we continue our conversation with Martin Cottam, Chair of the ISO Technical Committee for Occupational Health & Safety Management...
GFSI Conference 2022: Episode four
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak to LRQA’s Global Head of Food Centre of Excellence, Jan Kranghand, and Kimberly Coffin, LRQA’s voice of supply chain ass...
GFSI Conference 2022: Episode three
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak to Stuart Kelly, LRQA’s Global Sales Director, and Kimberly Coffin, LRQA’s voice of supply chain assurance within the Fo...
GFSI Conference 2022: Episode two
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak to LRQA’s Global Sales Director, Stuart Kelly, about some of the key themes of this year’s Global Food Safety Initiative...
GFSI Conference 2022: Episode one
27 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak to LRQA’s voice of supply chain assurance within the Food, Beverage and Hospitality industry, Kimberly Coffin, about the i...
Four years of ISO 45001
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chair of the ISO Technical Committee for Occupational Health & Safety Management and former LRQA colleague Martin Cottam reflects on the four year...