Optimizing EHS Programs
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The MSD Pledge: A Commitment to the Health and Wellbeing of your Workforce
Is your organization looking for a way to make meaningful improvements to workplace health and safety? Are you wondering what your organization can do to advance the maturity of your environmental, social and governance (ESG) program? Do you want to be part of a group of fellow industry leaders who are actively committed to enhancing […]
Accelerate User Conference Session Recap: 3 Themes from Toyota and Sims Metal on Managing EHS & ESG
The Accelerate User Conference was full of incredible presentations by VelocityEHS subject matter experts, however, one of the crowd highlights was the Customer Spotlight session which featured talks by two longtime VelocityEHS customers. Toyota uses the VelocityEHS Industrial Ergonomics Solution and motion capture assessment tools and has been a partner in ergonomics for over 20 […]
Control of Work – Real-World Best Practices to Optimize Your Process
At the VelocityEHS User Conference, several breakout sessions were held, spanning various topics to help educate attendees on best practices for improving processes in all facets of safety at their own companies. During this session, Karl Ryan, Global Enterprise Account Manager, spoke about the importance of invoking change in an organization’s safety processes by becoming […]
Key Takeaways from the Latest OSHA and BLS Injury and Illness Data
On March 31, OSHA published the latest injury and illness summary data collected from select establishments subject to electronic reporting requirements under the Recordkeeping Standard. This data for reporting year 2022 joins other data recently issued by the Department of Labor, including Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data for 2021 released in late 2022, as […]
EHS & ESG Flash Sessions of the 2023 VelocityEHS Accelerate User Conference
The upcoming VelocityEHS Accelerate User Conference (Tuesday, May 16 – Thursday, May 18) has so much valuable content that on Tuesday afternoon, we’re holding three 15-minute Flash Sessions, one right after the other, led by our partners, STP ComplianceEHS, Fit For Work and J.S.Held, LLC. Read this post to learn more about our partners […]
Why You Need to Operationalize Ergonomics for Sustained Success
Our ergonomists have been introducing a new term when they talk about developing and deploying an ergonomics system – operationalizing ergonomics. Whether an organization is in manufacturing, pharmaceuticals or aerospace, successfully operationalizing ergonomics brings valuable, trackable improvements to employee health and operations as a whole. In this blog post, you’ll learn what it means to […]
Start an ESG Program by Stepping into It Through Safety
Phil Molé, ESG & EHS expert with VelocityEHS, recently wrote a blog, “Why Should ESG Matter to Me? Part One: EHS and Safety Managers.” In this blog he goes into detail about the important connections between safety management and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and why it should matter to EHS and Safety Managers. And […]
Integrating Psychosocial Risk Management with Process Hazard Analyses – Webinar Summary
We recently hosted a webinar on the important topic of Integrating Psychosocial Risk Management with Process Hazard Analyses, presented by Dana Garber, VelocityEHS Senior Product Manager of Risk Management. This session broke down the big picture ideas of this concept, sharing: What Are Psychosocial Risks? Psychosocial risks are the organizational, management, and interpersonal aspects of […]
VelocityEHS Accelerate User Conference Session Spotlight: Building the Foundation: How Mastering the EHS Essentials Helps You Ensure Compliance and ESG Maturity
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 […]
New Case Study Published—HNI Corporation: Shifting from Reactive to Proactive Ergonomics Management in Less Than a Year
We recently published a case study sharing the story of how HNI Corporation, one of the largest office furniture manufacturers in the world and the world’s leader in residential health products, succeeded in turning an ergonomics program that lacked consistency and visibility into a standardized process that engaged employees in MSD risk reduction. HNI Corporation […]