THE American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) Guyana, in partnership with the Government of Guyana (GoG), will be hosting its first virtual Health, Safety, Security and Environment (HSSE) conference on Tuesday, via the web-conference platform, Zoom.
This is according to a press release posted on the Ministry of Labour’s Facebook page.
It noted the Minister’s commitment to opening the conference, which will facilitate discussions on HSSE issues across several industries in 2021.
The aim of the HSSE conference is to unite leading professionals and experts in the fields of Occupational Health & Safety, Security, and Environmental Management from across the Caribbean and Guyana, in order to share information, raise national awareness and promote industry standard best practices on HSSE compliance and regulation, and ensure a pathway towards human, economic and environmental security for Guyana, the release said.

Speaking with the Guyana Chronicle on Saturday, AMCHAM Chairman, Zulfikar Ally, noted that this year, the chamber wants to bring awareness to HSSE through a national conversation which will focus on safe business practices, especially in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
“It is important to educate employers on the international best practices that must be adopted to survive the modern day environment, to also help them to navigate the difficult terrain in implementing these standards, and show them the tools that they can utilize to achieve compliance,” Ally expressed.
This year, AMCHAM Guyana wants to zero in on the GoG’s vision for the future of work across the industrial sectors in Guyana.
Tuesday’s conference is expected to be informative. Participants will be provided with information on existing opportunities to safeguard workers in industrial environments while ensuring that all stakeholders involved are abreast with the measures needed to thrive in the modern work environment.

The conference will be open to the public, but targets mainly employers in the public and private sectors and entrepreneurs.
“We encourage businesses to register, especially businesses that have a large workforce, and operations of an industrial nature,” Ally stressed.
In 2019, AMCHAM Guyana held its first HSSE conference under the theme, “Preparing for Sustainable Development”.
The conference brought together the largest gathering of HSSE professionals from local and international territories.
AMCHAM Guyana is a voluntary, non-profit, membership organisation committed to promoting and enhancing commercial relations between the United States and Guyana. The chamber’s focus includes: representing the collective opinions of the members, providing a network and support structure for U.S. enterprises doing business in Guyana, and creating new opportunities to help build mutually beneficial business relations between Guyanese and American companies.
Representatives of NAMILCO, Exxon Mobil, and GTT are scheduled to make presentations during the conference.