Articles Tagged with ''sustainability''

A willingness to embrace innovative approaches has become critical as industries strive to uphold and adapt to new standards. The materials handling industry, like many sectors, can revolutionize its operations by embracing more sustainable innovations in response to recent regulatory changes.

Award winners represent companies that have significantly reduced global incident rates, including one winner that reduced vendor incident rates by 38% and another that improved compliance rates by 33% in just four months. 

A transformation is occurring in a small but growing number of companies putting time, money and other resources into the health side of safety and health.

This marks the third sustainability-focused acquisition for Cority in the past two years, including WeSustain and Reporting 21.

Lars Wismer, director of A+A, International Trade Fair for Safety, Security and Health at Work, talks to us about the world’s leading trade show for the occupational health and safety industry and what makes it stand apart from other events.

The construction industry is one of the most wasteful industries in the world. Estimates reveal that construction and demolition activities account for approximately 40% of the solid waste generated yearly. This statistic amounts to nearly 100 million tons of waste in the United States alone. 

Whether you agree or not with the increasing ESG scrutiny on companies, your business and bottom line are in jeopardy if you are not as attentive to ESG as you are ensuring your workers and contractors are safe.

Verdantix is returning to live events with their annual North America innovation summit, ‘Innovating for Safe and Sustainable Operations’ focusing on key EHS and ESG strategic priorities. The event is October 25-26, 2022, in Austin, Texas. 

Companies such as GPS Insight that were bestowed with the Sustainability Leadership Award are those that have made sustainability a central aspect of their operations and goals.

EarthSafe® is known for providing safer alternatives to hazardous chemicals that are as eco-friendly as they are powerful. EarthSafe originated in the marine sector, working with the United States Navy to neutralize norovirus on ships and submarines without harsh disinfectants.