How to Manage Ergonomic Risk in Today’s Evolving Workplace

As more organizations continue to embrace remote work, driven in part by the COVID-19 pandemic, today’s workplace is quickly evolving, which can make it more difficult to manage your employees’ ergonomic risk. In the past, most employees worked in a controlled office environment and could receive on-site ergonomics support and in-person training. Health and safety managers […]

GRI & SASB Announce Collaboration in Sustainability Reporting

This week, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) announced a collaborative work plan. This announcement is an important step towards increasing clarity and transparency in the sustainability reporting landscape. The sustainability disclosure landscape can be duplicative and confusing to navigate for reporting companies. Collaboration to enable companies to use both sets […]

EU Taxonomy Regulation – Key Impacts for Companies & Investors (FAQs)

Yesterday, the EU Commission’s Taxonomy Regulation entered into law, marking a significant step in sustainable finance. The EU Taxonomy is a classification tool aimed at investors, companies and issuers to better define the environmental performance of economic activities across a wide range of sectors, and will give clarity to the requirements economic activities must meet […]

How To Maintain Objectivity in Your Quality Management Software Selection Process

Today, there are many enterprise quality management software vendors to choose from, but where do you start? And what pitfalls should you avoid? Maintaining due diligence and objectivity in your quality management software selection process is key. In this post we’ll outline how to remain objective during your software project journey and select the right […]

Working from Home Doesn’t Have to be a Pain

The other day, I mentioned to my wife that I was experiencing much more back pain than I’m normally used to.  For someone with a primarily desk-based role, that’s not entirely uncommon.  But her response to my complaint left me thinking.  “Well, did you see how you were sitting for the last two hours?” she responded.  Fair […]

COVID-19: Necessity Breeds Innovation

These are extraordinary times. Today, as the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 surpasses 350,000 with the death toll over 15,000, nearly all countries of the world are impacted by the virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2. SARS-CoV-2 is to COVID-19 as HIV is to AIDS. Working in innovation, I ask myself, “If this coronavirus is novel then what novel […]

COVID-19: 6 Tips to Ensure Safe Handling of Cleaning Chemicals and Disinfectants

Knowing what steps to take to limit the spread of COVID-19 in our workplaces may not always be clear. During this time of information overload, finding reliable data to help guide our decision making can be a definite challenge. That’s why our in-house occupational health and safety experts are continuing to create and share best […]

Supply Chain Risk Management for COVID-19

We are living during unprecedented times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This situation has seen businesses around the world drastically change their business model and move from an office setting to working from home. This has already had major impacts on the economy and has given rise to many questions regarding whether or not important […]

8 Hacks for Home Office Ergonomic Best Practices

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, many organizations provided basic technological tools to allow for occasional work-from-home days, though they didn’t necessarily invest significant resources in guiding employees with home office ergonomic best practices. But life has changed since the pandemic. Work-from-home programs have become a long-term public safety need.   Just as employees need technological tools to function outside of the office, […]

How to Set Up an Ergonomic Remote Office

Just because your workforce spends time in a home office doesn’t mean you should forget the importance of ergonomics. The same productivity, safety, and health risks that apply to office workers still affect remote employees. If anything, work-from-home employees need more help ensuring they have access to an ergonomic remote office. They often don’t have […]