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VelocityEHS Introduces New Guide Illustrating the Fundamentals of Hazardous Waste Management
Hazardous waste management is a detailed process from start to finish, presenting multiple challenges for even experienced EHS professionals. To help you understand the fundamentals of hazardous waste management, VelocityEHS is excited to present our new resource, Cradle-to-Grave: Fundamentals of Hazardous Waste Management! Download the Guide! Inside the Guide You’ll Find: The Hazardous Waste Lifecycle […]
Introduction to EHS Risks, Part Four: Using Risk Bowties
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 […]
ActiveEHS – Turning Non-Experts into Experts with A.I.
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 […]
What Are ESG Materiality and Double Materiality? What You Need to Know
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 […]
A Look at the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) Proposed ESG Disclosure Rules
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 […]
ePermits vs Paper Permits – Making the Move to an Electronic Permit to Work System
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 […]
EPA’s Proposed Rule on Clean Water Act “Worst Case Planning”: What You Need to Know
You might have missed it among the many other proposed regulations that have come out recently, but EPA recently published a significant, new proposed rule that would require many facilities to develop plans to respond to potential “worst case discharges” of chemicals at their facility. The proposed rule builds upon EPA’s authority established in the […]
Five Tips for Implementing Better Ergonomics Controls
Preventing musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) is the primary reason most organizations have an ergonomics program in place, and preventing MSDs requires identifying and implementing effective controls. Unfortunately, this is precisely the step in the process where many ergonomics teams struggle, but here are 5 impactful things you can do to improve the effectiveness of your ergonomics […]
Ergonomics Conference Session Re-Cap: How Machine Learning is Advancing Ergonomics Effectiveness
The March 2, 2022 VelocityEHS Ergonomics Conference featured a ‘dream-team’ of our very own ergonomics, industrial hygiene and EHS technology experts alongside leading ergonomics process owners from Cummins, W.L. Gore, Lear, and Southwire, who led conference attendees through a full day of sessions covering cutting edge topics in the field of ergonomics. During one of […]
Quantifying an Overall MSD Risk Level: A 2022 Virtual Ergonomics Summary
Earlier this month, VelocityEHS held its 2022 Virtual Ergonomics Conference, where ergonomics experts and practitioners came together to share knowledge and discuss all the ways to “do ergonomics right” and have the greatest positive impact on employee health and safety. In the session, Quantifying an Overall MSD Risk Level, VelocityEHS Director of Ergonomics Research Blake […]