What is Collaborative Safety / Safety 2.0?
What is Collaborative Safety?
A new approach to safety in which people, machines, and the environment (organizations) share information through ICT and coordinate with one another to achieve both safety and productivity.
What is Safety 2.0?
A technology and framework that uses ICT, AI, sensors, and other technologies to enable people, machines, and the environment to work together in real time, ensuring safety while keeping machines operating with minimal interruption.
A new safety approach known as “Collaborative Safety”, which uses ICT to enable people, machines, and the environment to work together to improve both safety and productivity, is attracting growing global attention.
This concept was first presented to the world through IEC ACOS in 2017, where it led to active international discussions, including the publication of the IEC White Paper, Safety in the Future.
In February 2026, IEC Guide 127, an international standardization guide on Collaborative Safety, was published.
This guide for ensuring Safety, Health, and Well-being in the workplaces of the future was issued as an international standardization initiative.
The Four Elements of Collaborative Safety
Achieving Safety, Health and Well-being through Collaborative Safety
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