Workplace Culture

How do you manage industrial hygiene (IH)? How effective is your IH program, and how would it compare to other organizations? To help you establish a reliable reference point for evaluating the maturity of your own IH program, we’ve launched our new “Industrial Hygiene Program Benchmarking Study.” We surveyed 446 EHS and industrial hygiene (IH) […]

There are many reasons to pursue an Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) program. Mandatory GHG emission disclosures are looming, investors are increasing the pressure placed on companies to begin or strengthen ESG initiatives, employees are gravitating toward companies that focus on social and environmental responsibility; the list goes on. ESG is still new and making […]

By Greg Duncan, ASP, MELP For decades, EHS and industrial hygiene professionals have turned to spreadsheets for the data collection, analysis and reporting needed to manage their industrial hygiene (IH) programs. Short of building a custom enterprise IH program management software system from the ground-up, spreadsheets were really the only practical and readily available option […]

VelocityEHS recently held a three-part webinar series focusing on Risk Management 101, designed to introduce EHS professionals to the concepts, tools, and best practices for establishing and maintaining an effective risk management program, across several industries. VelocityEHS experts, Dana Garber, Senior Solutions Strategist, and Phil Molé, EHS, ESG & Sustainability expert, hosted this three part […]

By Phil Molé, MPH From November 6 to November 20, the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) took place in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. The purpose of the annual conference is for stakeholders to assess progress in addressing climate change and assess the need for additional actions […]

Workers are truly the experts on their jobs. Not only in the task of the job itself, but in knowing what it takes to complete it and how the process could be improved. Workers are the ones who are best equipped to identify problems, analyze them, and to develop and implement solutions that will be […]

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) is now a “must have” and is the new standard for business excellence. To help businesses capitalize on ESG and develop long-term, effective ESG programs, VelocityEHS hosted our Virtual ESG Conference to educate businesses and EHS professionals on a variety of ESG topics. One of our conference sessions featured a […]

By Phil Molé, MPH The evolution of ESG reporting standards has reached another milestone due to the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) finalizing its first set of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) standards. What is the Background of EFRAG? EFRAG is a private association founded in 2001, with guidance provided by the European Commission. […]

Chemical management is no easy task, whether you’re managing a dozen or ten thousand chemicals in your inventory. Not only are you required by OSHA and other regulatory agencies to maintain an inventory of all hazardous materials within your workplace, but you also need to account for those materials and ensure safety data sheets (SDSs) […]

“Companies have tons and tons of data, but success isn’t about data collection, it’s about data management and insight.” This quote from author and data scientist Prasanth Southkal was referenced during the “Data Analytics—Driving Your Business Outcomes” session of the recent VelocityEHS ActiveEHS® Tech Conference, setting the stage for insights delivered by Joe Kawa, Product […]