Discover What a Safety Software Program Can Do for You
OCTOBER 11, 2018 Environmental health and safety management is a vast and complicated job, so in order to succeed, it helps to have cutting-edge safety software. There are safety managers who have to make due with generic databases and spreadsheets, or even record everything by hand with pen and paper. If this describes you, you […]
Streamlined Energy & Carbon Reporting (SECR): What You Need to Know
The UK Government’s Streamlined Energy & Carbon Reporting (SECR) framework comes into effect from April 2019. The final details are yet to be published. However, the results from the consultation provide some indication of what the scheme will involve. It is estimated that the new framework will require up to 12,000 large UK companies to […]
Smooth the Path Forward with Management of Change Software
It’s often said that the only constant is change, and that’s certainly true in the field of environmental health and safety management. Procedures need to be changed regularly, whether due to new regulations or company policy. For serious overhauls, management of change software will guide you. What is Management of Change Software? Put simply, this […]
The Benefits of Digitizing Document Control
Companies are looking for ways to reduce costs and streamline processes. A key area of interest is Environmental, Health, Safety and Quality (EHSQ) since it is instrumental in an organization’s productivity, product quality and compliance. The amount of recordkeeping for EHSQ can be overwhelming. Since regulatory and industry audits can result in requests around any […]
EHS Software for Busy Environmental Managers
It’s rare that you find someone who feels like they have enough hours in the day to accomplish everything they need to do. There are dozens of different ways to try to squeeze more into the time you have, from listening to audiobooks on your commute, to slyly getting work done while on a conference […]
Are Your EHS Incident Management Procedures Efficient?
Much like preparedness for a natural disaster, incident management is something that you hope you never actually have to put into action. You design your environmental health and safety incident management programs, processes, and procedures based on regulatory requirements and leverage industry best practices to ensure that you are prepared for when the ‘what if’ […]
Appeals Court Rejects EPA’s 20-Month Delay of Risk Management Program Amendments
Overview of EPA’s Risk Management Program (RMP) Changes In 2013, President Barack Obama issued an Executive Order (EO) that directed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to review the existing RMP rules to determine if they (1) had the statutory authority to update these rules and (2) determine if they should expand them to address additional […]
EHS Software Solutions for a Shifting Landscape
No corporation exists in a static state. Situations are always changing, whether due to new executives, regulatory shifts brought on by governmental changes, or adoption of the latest trendy approach to management. Perhaps no department is more impacted by change than environmental health and safety. As we all strive to do better by our employees […]
The Importance of a Quick Response: Proper Incident Management Techniques
In a perfect world, you’d never have to deal with a workplace incident. Unfortunately, even the best risk management and injury prevention plans are vulnerable to unforeseen circumstances and human error. Sometimes, no matter how hard you’ve worked to prevent it, an unfortunate incident can still happen. When things go wrong, you want to know […]
Improved Safety Management: How Safety Culture and Modern Technology Advances Employee Safety
It is not uncommon for a company’s leadership team to look at safety management and their safety culture and ask: do we have a good safety culture? How do we improve it? How do we measure it? These questions can be difficult and elusive to answer because, like any culture, safety culture is built around many factors, […]