Over my years acting as a safety consultant, I have several times been brought in because of the unfortunate (yet common) occurrence of otherwise successful companies failing to achieve even the least ambitious safety goals, having spent disproportionate amounts of … Read More
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Invisible Chemical Hazards at Work
Chemicals are used in industries to create many products and materials, but when they are handled improperly, they have an inherent potential to cause great harm. Chemical exposures affect the body in two ways, resulting in either a chronic health … Read More
Simple Ways Technology Improves Inspections and Observations
The impact of technology has been felt in every facet of life in very specific ways. This is because technological advancements have simplified complex and exacting processes. Tasks that could have stretched into weeks and months have been executed in … Read More
The Top 5 Environmental Management Skills Every EH&S Manager Needs to Be Successful
Environmental health and safety (EH&S) management has become increasingly important in companies – from preventing workplace injuries to ensuring a well-lit working environment. Unfortunately, many times the “E” for “environmental” is seen as less important in the modern workplace, or … Read More
Corporate Governance: The Need to Go Beyond Compliance
Despite the universally shifting focus towards sustainability, many businesses still have not “bought-in” to ideas such as corporate responsibility and ESG, and merely participate at the bare minimum level to attain compliance. While stakeholders push the agenda for ethical business … Read More
Is it time to get EH&S Management software? 3 Tell-tale signs
Renewed interest in addressing business-related environmental, health, and safety (EH&S) concerns has brought on a deluge of government regulations and fines. Despite the increasing complexity that has come with these updated and new regulatory standards, some organizations are still unconvinced … Read More
