Sustainability in schools and education means running educational institutions in a sustainable way - taking care of resources, a safe and healthy work and learning environment, being climate neutral and being aware of environmental impacts, but it can be much more.

In a world where digital communication plays a bigger and bigger role, digital teaching and learning has and will become more and more important.

Digitalisation and artificial intelligence can have an impact on every aspect of work, so it plays a major role in training and vocational education as well.

Occupational hygiene can mean much more than "just" hygiene - but in times of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, hygiene itself gains very high importance.  Find a selection of examples of good practice from our database dealing with this topic.

Children are our future - and their health and their awareness of healthy behaviour and of health-related dangers are very important!

For the health and safety of our children, the training of teachers is of essential importance. If you want a good education, you need to train the educators!

To prevent accidents and to make worklife more secure, risk assessment and the ability to perceive risks in advance, is of immense importance.

The protection of and awareness for mental health of children, young people and adults is important at all stages of an occupational career, starting at school and vocational school, for all kinds of students, workers or employees.

Bullying, harassing and all forms of violence can be a big problem in Kindergarten and at school.

Young people are the future of the world of work. At the same time, this group of students, apprentices and young workers, is more at risk than other groups.

From our first cry to our last moan, we are exposed to sounds of all kinds. These may be nice sounds, gentle or loud, it may be music, but it may as well be noise - traffic-, environmental- or work-related noise.

Many workers at the same site, heavy loads lifted and moved, risky materials being handled, unhealthy work-techniques and machines of different kinds that are used by workers at construction sites. This makes this work surrounding more dangerous and risky. So, issues of safety and health have a special importance in this work sector.

Asbestos fibers can cause serious illnesses, including malignant lung cancer, mesothelioma (a formerly rare cancer strongly associated with exposure to amphibole asbestos), and asbestosis (a type of pneumoconiosis).

Drug addiction and drug prevention can cause huge problems in different ways. This is why drug prevention is so important.

Leadership, as well as safety and health management can be very important for a good, safe and healthy workplace.

Legislation and standards can be the basis to regulate education and training in occupational safety and health.