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VelocityEHS & Urjanet Integration Automates Utility Data Analysis for More Efficient ESG Reporting
When it comes to Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) reporting, utility data is one of the most crucial and basic sources of information for evaluating your company’s GHG emissions, carbon footprint and other climate impacts—impacts that are essential indicators of overall ESG performance. With clear and increasing demand from investors, customers, workers and other stakeholders […]
Understanding the SEC’s Proposed ESG Disclosure Rule
The United States Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) recently published a proposed rule that would expand and enhance disclosure requirements pertaining to Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) and climate-related risks for public companies. While many businesses have long anticipated such a move by the SEC, many companies have greeted the news with reactions ranging from […]
Using Leading Indicators to Improve Safety Management
There are many articles and webinars on leading indicators at safety conferences and in EHS publications, and everyone rightly agrees they’re good things. But it’s not always clear to the average EHS professional what leading indicators actually are, how they improve safety, and what kinds of factors you need to consider if you’re going to […]
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 […]
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 […]
The 5 Whys of Risk Analysis
What is the 5 Whys method of risk analysis? The best way to understand it might be by thinking about the famous (but true) trope of a child asking an adult “Why?” repeatedly, even after they’re given an answer. “Tie your shoes.” “Why?” “Because otherwise you’ll trip.” “Why?” “Because when shoelaces are left untied 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 […]