Increasing the access of people with disabilities to inclusive employment opportunities is a key component to advancing inclusive economic growth across all of APEC’s 21 member economies. By integrating persons with disabilities, who represent about one in every six – ...

Women in the Asia-Pacific continue to face barriers in entering, remaining in, and advancing in the workforce. The multi-year APEC Healthy Women, Healthy Economies (HWHE) initiative aims to address health-related issues, which include workplace injuries, sexual harassment, lack of family-friendly ...

Women at Work: Legal and Regulatory Barriers and Opportunities to Women’s Wage-Employment in ASEAN Member States Women across the ASEAN region are confronted by regulations and policies restricting their labor force participation. These policies impact their ability to earn an ...

Companies often view Maintenance and Reliability activities (M&R) as optional components of an operation. That short term view, cutting maintenance costs to save money, can have significant safety, legal, and financial ramifications in the long term. Rather, proper maintenance and ...

Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) was developed in the 1970’s and 1980’s during what could be called the Soviet era of the power industry. Utilities and their regulators controlled virtually all resources within a jurisdiction. They could decide unilaterally which resources ...

The oil, gas, and petrochemicals sectors have a poor record at managing turnarounds. Consequently, turnarounds (TAR) have consistently hurt the bottom line due to escalating cost, lost revenue through facility shutdown, and introduced potential degradation to plant reliability. Poor turnaround ...