Optimizing EHS Programs

For more than 25 years, the National Safety Council (NSC) has celebrated June as National Safety Month (NSM). This year, NSC has highlighted leading causes of preventable injury and death over the four weeks of June so people can improve workplace safety and live their fullest lives. Here at VelocityEHS we thought, “Hey, why stop […]

We recently held a webinar, Implementing a Digital Contractor Management System: A Panel Discussion with Customers, led by Global Enterprise Account Manager with VelocityEHS, Karl Ryan, to share how easy it can be to move from a paper-based contractor management system to a digital one, especially with the right software.    Joining in the discussion were […]

Welcome to the fourth installment of our blog series “Introduction to EHS Risks,” in which we’ll talk about the ways that a tool called risk bowtie analysis can help you improve your management and communication of EHS risks. In case you missed our previous posts in this series, take a little time to check out […]

By now, you’ve likely heard of artificial intelligence and machine learning. You may not realize, however, how prevalent they are in your daily life—or the power they have to advance workplace health and safety initiatives, making it more likely that workers will come home at the end of the day, injury-free, to their families.   We’re […]

If you’ve been following the growing dominance of ESG as a management framework, you’ve probably seen or heard references to the concept of materiality. If you’ve been following closely, you may have already encountered references to the concept of double materiality. While these terms are important for organizations to understand, it can be tricky to […]

It’s been a busy year already for proposed Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) reporting standards. The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) has recently published a number of draft standards which would require tens of thousands of European companies not currently required to submit ESG disclosures to begin reporting on various aspects of sustainability. These […]

In a world where everything is becoming faster, more efficient and “lean,” the world of environmental, health and safety is beginning to move with the times. Permits to Work are nothing new in the EHS world. Designed to act as a control for certain types of work, they’re a way of ensuring that site safety […]

The pandemic catapulted many people into new workspaces – specifically our homes. As we move forward, many of us are keeping the work-from-home lifestyle or adopting a hybrid workstyle where we work from the office some of the time. Whatever your new working setup or routine is, here are two tips to ensure that you’re […]