Sustainability

Top EHS concerns represented in Safety 2013 sessions

Sustainability a hot topic

May 23, 2013

From sustainability to risk assessment to residential fall protection, Safety 2013 sessions will cover a wide range of EHS-related topics. To give you a scheduling heads’ up, here’s a sampling of notable breakout sessions you may want to attend:

Grainger Show hosts nearly 15,000 attendees at Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center

The event brings together customers, product and service suppliers, and Grainger team members nationwide to discuss emerging trends

May 15, 2013

Grainger (NYSE: GWW), the leading broad line supplier of maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) products serving businesses and institutions, welcomed nearly 15,000 attendees to its annual show in Orlando this past March.

How to effectively shout about sustainability

Techniques for corporate leaders to use

February 20, 2013

There are a number of communications techniques that corporate leaders in sustainability and corporate responsibility communication use, to various degrees. Here are 15:

Comparing U.S. and U.K sustainable business practices

February 19, 2013

What a rollercoaster ride! It has been five years since I moved to New York to open our US office. My arrival here coincided with the worst financial crash since the Depression, a time when you were unsure whether there would be any cash in the ATM, let alone a market for sustainability advice.

Weekly News Roundup

February 16, 2013

Here are the top EHS-related news stories on ISHN.com:

Study finds problems with OSH sustainability reporting

February 12, 2013

A study by the Center for Safety and Health Sustainability (CSHS) reveals troublesome gaps and a lack of transparency in occupational safety and health (OSH) sustainability reporting among organizations rated highly for sustainability performance.

How can sustainability initiatives get meaningful funding?

A Sustainability Professionals LinkedIn group discussion

January 30, 2013

Ask a CEO if sustainability is a strategic issue for their firm, and you'll only ever hear one answer: yes. Why is it, then, that budgets for sustainability initiatives are frequently so small that they appear to have been shoved in as an afterthought? Khaled: Once they realize its monetory returns. Just concluded a report for a client that his investment in energy efficiency had an IRR of 175%!!! Now he wants to implement it across his portfolio.

Whither sustainability? CEOs rank it low on 2013 priorities

January 10, 2013

Sustainability ranks ninth out of ten top corporate priorities for 2013, according to a study released by The Conference Board January 9^th of more than 700 senior executives in businesses around the world.

Stretching EHS boundaries

From ISHN’s 28th annual White Paper Reader Survey

December 11, 2012

State of the EHS Nation: Exclusive results from ISHN’s 28^th annual White Paper Reader Survey

ASSE, sustainability pros urge corporations to improve supply chain safety management

"It’s not enough to condemn local factory owners"

November 29, 2012

With workplace tragedies such as the recent factory fires in Bangladesh killing more than 100 people last weekend and in Pakistan killing more than 300 workers in September, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) and the Center for Safety and Health Sustainability (the Center) urge corporations to implement effective safety management programs and practices in their supply chains to help prevent these disasters from happening.