EHS Professionals

Tracking the many safety and environmental compliance obligations related to widely applicable regulations is already a heavy responsibility for EHS professionals, so how can you get to working on the bigger picture—including gaining ESG maturity?   To move beyond compliance, you must develop programs and management systems that establish leading indicators and embed EHS into existing […]

How do you manage industrial hygiene (IH)? How effective is your IH program, and how would it compare to other organizations? To help you establish a reliable reference point for evaluating the maturity of your own IH program, we’ve launched our new “Industrial Hygiene Program Benchmarking Study.” We surveyed 446 EHS and industrial hygiene (IH) […]

EHS programs are living things that evolve over time. The early stages of EHS management tend to be more reactive, compliance focused, and functions are less integrated. As your EHS management system grows, it ideally assumes a more proactive, risk-focused approach. Each stage in maturing your EHS program builds the foundation needed to address the […]

VelocityEHS recently held a three-part webinar series focusing on Risk Management 101, designed to introduce EHS professionals to the concepts, tools, and best practices for establishing and maintaining an effective risk management program, across several industries. VelocityEHS experts, Dana Garber, Senior Solutions Strategist, and Phil Molé, EHS, ESG & Sustainability expert, hosted this three part […]

Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) has become the new standard for business excellence. To help businesses capitalize on ESG opportunities and develop effective ESG programs, VelocityEHS hosted a Virtual ESG Conference earlier this month to educate businesses and EHS professionals on a variety of ESG management topics and best practices.   Among our Virtual ESG Conference […]

by Naomi German As a recent college graduate from Purdue University with a Bachelor’s in Industrial Hygiene, I often get the question at the Thanksgiving table, “So…what is industrial hygiene? Why did you choose it as a career? What do you actually do?” And then there’s the “Is it like a dental hygienist?”   (If you’ve […]

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) is now a “must have” and is the new standard for business excellence. To help businesses capitalize on ESG and develop long-term, effective ESG programs, VelocityEHS hosted our Virtual ESG Conference to educate businesses and EHS professionals on a variety of ESG topics. One of our conference sessions featured a […]

Chemical management is no easy task, whether you’re managing a dozen or ten thousand chemicals in your inventory. Not only are you required by OSHA and other regulatory agencies to maintain an inventory of all hazardous materials within your workplace, but you also need to account for those materials and ensure safety data sheets (SDSs) […]

EHS professionals traditionally deal with safety issues that employees encounter after they’ve been hired and have little involvement in processes to test employees before they start work – leaving the administration of that process to Human Resources (HR). Meanwhile, HR professionals managing post offer employment testing (POET) often aren’t involved in wider safety management practices. […]

Historically speaking, workers in the manufacturing industries are at higher risk for work-related injuries and illnesses than workers in other industries. In 2020, the manufacturing industry ranked fourth highest in non-fatal recordable injury and illness rates, with 3.1 cases per 100 full-time employees (FTE) compared to the average rate of 2.7 cases per 100 FTE […]