Employee involvement is a key component of many safety management systems. However, companies often struggle to find meaningful ways to get every employee engaged. Employee involvement tends to end up constrained to small, fringe groups comprising only a fraction of … Read More
EHS
Safety Inspections: How Often is Enough?
During the implementation of a robust and sustainable observation program for companies, one question comes up quite often: “How many inspections should we do?” Although a definitive number would be an ideal answer, safety inspection frequency is heavily influenced by … Read More
Relationships Are Not Built Behind a Desk
“If you don’t believe in the messenger, you won’t believe the message.” –Kouzes & Posner Much of my career and my writings have focused on building trust and productive partnerships between organizations’ workforce and leadership through personal and adult-to-adult interactions. … Read More
The Applications Of GIS In Environmental Health Sciences
Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) is a multidisciplinary field that combines physical, environmental, and social methodologies to pinpoint impacts to public health and wellbeing. As we touched on in a previous blog, one of the relevant tools and technologies that … Read More
EHS Permits Management – How to do it and How a Software System can Help
Few companies look forward to external audits or a visit from the regulatory authorities. Will there be issues of non-compliance? Will enforcement be required, or penalties assigned? The goal of regulatory check-ups and audits is not to find issues, but … Read More
The Sustainability Training/Certification Cheat Sheet
The responsibilities in EHS are evolving as stakeholder awareness has significantly increased in recent years. Business investments now include meeting stricter compliance measures and transparent reporting for disclosures. EHS professionals can seize this opportunity and push for professional sustainability certifications … Read More
