Sustainability

When it comes to Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) reporting, utility data is one of the most crucial and basic sources of information for evaluating your company’s GHG emissions, carbon footprint and other climate impacts—impacts that are essential indicators of overall ESG performance. With clear and increasing demand from investors, customers, workers and other stakeholders […]

VelocityEHS is proud to announce the launch of our new digital magazine, Ignite! Filled with industry leading thought leadership articles and resources from VelocityEHS experts, Ignite brings you key insights on timely EHS and sustainability topics. Our debut issue focuses on ESG (environmental, social and corporate governance), a topic that’s been top-of-mind for EHS and […]

Let’s start with some facts about GHGs: GHGs continue to increase, and as they do, the earth’s temperature is rising contributing to melting of artic ice, rising sea levels, and changes in weather patterns, which can increase potential for extreme weather events such as hurricanes. As a result, both voluntary and mandatory reporting frameworks have […]

There are many articles and webinars on leading indicators at safety conferences and in EHS publications, and everyone rightly agrees they’re good things. But it’s not always clear to the average EHS professional what leading indicators actually are, how they improve safety, and what kinds of factors you need to consider if you’re going to […]

In honor of Women’s Herstory Month, I met with two VelocityEHS leaders, Winnie Ip, Chief Operating Officer, and Rachel Kaiser, Vice President of Human Resources, to discuss their experiences as women in the professional world, and at the executive level.  First off, let me break down the title of this piece, Above the Glass Ceiling. […]

Many company leaders mistakenly believe that Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) is only for “big” companies. But the truth is, any small or mid-size company can make a huge impact on sustainability while also reducing costs, having a competitive advantage, retaining talent, attracting investors, and more. Implementing an ESG program can seem overwhelming, especially for […]

VelocityEHS recently held a virtual conference on Total Worker Health® (TWH) to spread knowledge about the TWH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) initiative, focused on a holistic approach to worker well-being. TWH is defined as the policies, programs, and practices that integrate protection for work-related safety and health hazards with the promotion […]

Welcome to the second and final installment of our two-part series “An Overview of ISO 14001.” In our first installment, we talked about what an environmental management system is (and isn’t) and how ISO 14001 can help you determine the key environmental aspects of your business. In what follows, we’ll break down some of the […]