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ISO 14001 Overview, Pt. 2: Maintaining Environmental Compliance and Measuring Performance
Welcome to the second and final installment of our two-part series “An Overview of ISO 14001.” In our first installment, we talked about what an environmental management system is (and isn’t) and how ISO 14001 can help you determine the key environmental aspects of your business. In what follows, we’ll break down some of the […]
Introduction to EHS Risks, Part One: You Don’t Need to Be Big to Benefit from Better Risk Management
Not everyone who manages workplace risk is a professional risk manager, or needs to be one. If you’re an EHS manager at a facility of any size, you need to get a good handle on identifying and controlling all of your EHS risks. You may have trouble finding the guidance you need, especially given the […]
TWH Conference Summary: Integrating Psychosocial Risks into Safety
Psychosocial risks are organizational, management, and interpersonal aspects of the workplace that increase employee mental stress. Sources of psychosocial risks may include job content, workload, schedule, environment, interpersonal relationships at work, and the employee’s role in the organization. These risks work in tandem with environmental physical stressors of the workplace (e.g., noise); both independently and […]
ISO 14001 Overview Pt. 1: Improving Environmental Management
More and more EHS professionals are realizing that environmental management is about more than just maintaining regulatory compliance and avoiding the unpleasantries of failure, like fines and reputational risks. Increasingly, industry leaders are finding the benefits of a robust environmental management system focused on achieving positives like resource conservation and cost savings— rather than just […]
Webinar Recap: How Technology is Changing the Industrial Hygiene Profession
Last week, VelocityEHS hosted an exciting new webinar which took an in-depth look at some of the emerging technologies that are shaping the future of industrial hygiene (IH) and EHS management. Hosted by Dave Risi, CSP, CIH and Principal Solutions Strategist for IH at VelocityEHS, the session delivers a common-sense breakdown of today’s complex EHS […]
Are You Ready for OSHA’s March 2 Injury Tracking Application (ITA) Deadline?
‘Tis the season for reporting deadlines, and a major approaching deadline is for employers that are subject to OSHA’s “electronic reporting rule” to complete and submit their electronic Form 300A (Summary of Work-Related Injury and Illness) data to OSHA via the Injury Tracking Application (ITA). Are you ready to report? Even more fundamentally, do you […]
What is Total Worker Health (TWH)?
In recent years, the field of safety has evolved from its traditional focus on preventing workplace injuries to a broader focus on protecting employee health and well-being, including their psychological safety. *The Total Worker Health® (TWH) initiative by National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has emerged as a powerful framework for driving new […]
Have You Mastered the ESG Pyramid?
Over the last couple of years, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) has become the new standard of excellence for business and EHS management, and many leaders and industry professionals are still struggling to adapt. That’s understandable, because many are still struggling with traditional EHS management due to lack of efficient ways to complete and share […]
3 Tips for Evaluating Non-Cyclical Work
The ideal scenario for any professional ergonomist starting an ergonomics process is to assess a set list of jobs that are “cyclical”, or take place on a consistent, regimented schedule within a controlled facility. Creating a plan for completing baseline risk assessments and allowing that data to guide all your improvement decisions is always easy […]
ESG Virtual Conference Summary – “Practical Steps to Implementing an ESG Program”
By Phil Molé VelocityEHS recently held a virtual conference on Environmental and Social Governance (ESG) which included many presentations to help EHS professionals and business on their ESG journey. During the conference, Brad Micheel and I presented “Practical Steps to Implementing an ESG Program,” about the reasons for the increased industry focus on ESG, and […]