Sustainability

An EHS professional’s job is never done. You have many safety and environmental compliance obligations to track related to widely applicable regulations. These challenges compound during times of fast regulatory change and expanding responsibilities. To move beyond compliance, you must develop programs and management systems that establish leading indicators and embed EHS into existing programs […]

In recent years, ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) has moved from the margins of business management to the center. Stakeholders, including boards of directors, investors, and value chain partners, increasingly use ESG as a lens to judge how well an organization is addressing risks and opportunities, including those related to climate change, energy management, and […]

While corporate leadership is increasingly focused on Sustainability and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG), it is easy to overlook the key role that effective chemical management plays in shaping ESG maturity. Chemical choices can pose safety and environmental compliance risks, increase air pollutants, and some may create hazardous waste. But chemical choices also impact sustainability […]

Many discussions of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) correctly talk about benefits like operational excellence, return on investment (ROI), and positive brand identity, but those can seem remote to the average EHS professional struggling to maintain compliance with EHS regulations. Perhaps you’re one of the many EHS professionals wondering how ESG can benefit you, and […]

Traditional EHS management has focused on goals such as identification and reduction of workplace risks resulting in threats to the safety and health of employees and the environment, or in violations of major regulations. However, that’s all changing due to the rise of an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) approach. ESG is gaining ground because […]

Due to stakeholder demands, competitor pressures, and proposed legislation and rulemakings, companies are now being pulled into quantifying the full range of value chain emissions (Scope 3). Scope 3 GHG emissions consist of a company’s indirect emissions up and down the value chain and provide a more complete picture of an organization’s GHG footprint to […]

The NPRI, managed by Environment and Climate Change Canada, currently tracks over 300 chemical substances, and helps ensure accurate information about chemical pollutants released to air, water, and land and pollutants that are disposed or recycled. Mandatory reports are due by June 1 of each year if you are subject to reporting requirements. Are you […]

Join us on January 17 for the webinar “The EHS to ESG Journey”. Traditional EHS management has focused on goals such as identification and reduction of workplace risks resulting in threats to the safety and health of employees and the environment, or in violations of major regulations. However, that’s all changing due to the rise […]

Many discussions of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) correctly talk about benefits like operational excellence, return on investment (ROI), and positive brand identity, but those can seem remote to the average EHS professional struggling to maintain compliance with EHS regulations. Perhaps you’re one of the many EHS professionals wondering how ESG can benefit you, and […]

In the 2022 survey, “US execs strategic, pragmatic and (still) pandemic-ready,” research found that 82 percent of US chief executives find environment, social and governance (ESG) as a value driver to their business over the next few years, and virtually all have developed a sustainability strategy, which included a mix of public and private leaders. […]