Getting Started

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 […]

Like HAZOP, LOPA is an environmental, health and safety (EHS) term that a lot of people have heard thrown around that sounds like a big, scary deal because it’s an acronym. But also like HAZOP, LOPA isn’t anything to be intimidated by— it’s a simple, straightforward way of assessing and addressing risks that has a big impact.  What is LOPA? What […]

Today, businesses around the world are being held to higher standards in Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG). While some of it comes from a regulatory perspective, much is driven by investors. During the VelocityEHS ESG Conference, Blake McGowan, Director of Ergonomics Research at VelocityEHS sat down with Chloe Sanders, Head of ESG at CVC Capital […]

by Phil Molé We’re nearing the end of the year, which is usually a time for EHS professionals to take stock of their EHS management systems including their workplace training programs to see what’s working, what’s not, and where things can be improved. With many EHS professionals are also currently planning their budgets for 2022, […]

by Phil Molé Welcome to the fifth and final installment of our “Bowtie Analysis Blog” series. Today, we’ll wrap the series by talking about how risk bowties enable a more active and holistic risk management framework that’s integrated with layers of protection analysis (LOPA) and critical controls verification. It’s OK if you haven’t read our […]

by Phil Molé VelocityEHS recently presented the webinar “Major Chemical Safety Incidents- A Review of Common Causes” with EHS Today. The webinar reviewed investigations of major chemical incidents by the Chemical Safety Board (CSB), looking into the details of each for takeaways about common failings of risk management, and how we can address them. In […]

HAZOP is another one of those environmental, health and safety terms that sounds like a big, scary deal. But like the EHS umbrella it falls under, risk management, HAZOP is simple to understand when you break it down.   HAZOP is a type of risk analysis, and stands for Hazard and Operability study. “Study,” in this sense, means a structured examination of processes (existing or planned) to identify […]

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) issues are not new, but in the last year, there’s been a major shift in areas of ESG like climate risk, gender diversity, and human rights. EHS organization leaders want to know how to weave ESG into their company’s principles.   Join us on October 26th for the VelocityEHS ESG Virtual Conference! In this free, one-day event, […]

Everyone knows that when we talk about “hygiene” we’re talking about cleanliness and health, but what does hygiene mean when it’s paired with “industrial”? Having good hygiene means consistently performing habits and practices to preserve health. The same goes for industrial hygiene – a series of habits to keep a facility and its employees in […]

Respirators are the last line of defense between workers and harmful air contaminants, irritants and other workplace respiratory hazards, but simply putting on a respirator doesn’t mean you’re protected. Whether it’s an N95 filtering facepiece respirator that we’re all so familiar with now or a full self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA), if respirators don’t fit properly, […]