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Sustainability pays off for businesses, but that doesn’t mean it comes without any challenges.

Topics: Sustainability, Sustainability Software

Quality, Health, Safety, Environment (QHSE) software is a management system that incorporates common elements of ISO 9001, ISO 45001, and ISO 1401 standards. It’s often used in the oil and gas industries, but the best QHSE software is flexibly structured to adapt to any industry.

Topics: EHS Software, Performance Improvement, Sustainability, Workplace Health and Safety, EHS Management, Quality Management, ISO 9001, Safety Management, ISO 45001

In the day and age of increasing ecological and safety awareness, corporate sustainability has become a major buzzword.

Topics: Sustainability, EHS Management

Just one gallon of oil can taint a million gallons of water, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. There are inherent risks in oil exploration, extraction, transport, and storage; spills can have serious adverse and potentially long-term effects on the environment, drinking water, human and wildlife populations. Prevention is key, and preparation is part of that.

Topics: Process Safety, Sustainability, Industry Insights, Oil & Gas, Safety Management, EPA

Did you know that NAEM’s EHS & Sustainability Management Forum is almost here?

Topics: Events, Sustainability, EHS Management, Safety Management

A lot of companies are starting to embrace the push for sustainability. Organizations often list “environmental stewardship” or something similar as a core value. This doesn’t appear to be a phase that we as a society are going through. Respect for the environment is quickly becoming a standard trait that is expected of all successful businesses - big and small.

Topics: EHS Software, Sustainability, EHS Management, Sustainability Software, Safety Management

As of January 3, 2018, the EPA employed 14,162 workers. That number is down from about 15,000 from just two years prior. If all employees who are eligible for retirement choose to do so by the year 2021, the EPA workforce should shrink by nearly half.

Topics: Sustainability, In the News, EPA

In our current digital age, there are tools to manage just about every aspect of your organization’s sustainability program. Collections of spreadsheets can help you document compliance, training, and observations, while hard drives may house copies of your permits, check sheets, and forms.

Topics: Sustainability, EHS Management, Sustainability Software

Management expert Peter Drucker believed that “you can’t manage what you can’t measure.” That is, if you don’t have a solid system in place for documenting specific metrics, you lack the ability to properly manage them.

Topics: Sustainability, EHS Management, Manufacturing, Automotive

Machinery companies looking to improve their own EHS functions can learn from Caterpillar’s latest sustainability report. Take a look at some of the top insights we discovered and learn how you can use their efforts to your own advantage.

Topics: Sustainability, EHS Management, Incident Management, Sustainability Report