sustainability

Sustainable materials in the industrial space create unique problems

August 9, 2021

Going green is one of the most desirable trends of modern industry. This is for good reason. The benefits both to the environment and to business make renewable energy and materials a positive for just about everyone.

VelocityEHS Accelerate® platform sets new standard for EHS and operational excellence

June 10, 2021

Designed to drive peak performance in the areas of health, safety, risk, environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) & operational excellence, the VelocityEHS Accelerate Platform is the starting point of an exciting journey that will change how EHS software delivers value to the organizations who adopt it.

Sustainability is a hot topic, but does it have any real meaning for industrial PPE?

Rodney Taylor

April 30, 2021

Sustainable product sales have increased 40 percent since 2014 representing a gain of $43 billion. Sustainable product growth is not limited to just one market sector. Increased focus on sustainability for core industrial markets puts industrial PPE in the mix.

Responsible manufacturing: FR clothing goes green

Ron Beegle

September 17, 2020

Although safety is the primary concern when purchasing Flame Resistant Clothing (FRC), consider the environmental impact of the manufacture of those garments. Adopting responsible manufacturing measures is not only the right thing to do, it’s good for business.

Want a sustainable safety culture?

Audit these 11 operational discipline essentials

Deborah Grubbe James B. Porter Jr.

August 23, 2018

We know that most of us don’t like to be bounded by a set of rules around our actions and our behaviors; however, there is no sustainable safety culture if there is no operational discipline.

Editorial

Plastics are ruining the environment

How can we help stop this?

Chris Jacobsen

August 22, 2018

Single use plastics are the hot topic of the moment – and with good reason. They’re non-biodegradable meaning once created they will never disappear from the environment. When consumers open the bin to drop their plastic waste in that may be the last they see of it but it’s far from the end of the story.

VelocityEHS updates mobile app to make inspections easier for workers

November 2, 2017

VelocityEHS, the global leader in cloud environment, health, safety (EHS) and sustainability software, today announced an update to its VelocityEHS Mobile App that empowers employees to conduct inspections and observations from their mobile devices, even when offline. The simple-to-use app allows workers to instantly report incidents, near misses and hazards – with or without internet connectivity – via a smartphone or tablet device.

VelocityEHS makes in-the-field chemical management faster and easier with MSDSonline mobile app enhancement

May 16, 2017

VelocityEHS, the leading cloud environment, health, safety (EHS) and sustainability software provider, today announced a new enhancement to its MSDSonline mobile app that significantly improves its users’ mobile chemical management experience.

VelocityEHS updates its industry-leading software to make EHS management even faster and easier

May 9, 2017

VelocityEHS, the leading cloud environment, health, safety (EHS) and sustainability software provider, today announced updates to its EHS management solution that further enhance its award-winning user experience. The recent updates, which center on metrics, reporting, language, OSHA Recordkeeping forms, and location tagging, deliver improved accountability, visibility and ease to the thousands of users who rely upon VelocityEHS to solve their complex business challenges in simple ways.

New ISO standard for climate action framework under development

May 4, 2017

Greenhouse gases (GHG) are identified as the principal cause of climate change and managing them is crucial to help us adapt to its consequences. To address the issue, initiatives are being developed on an international, regional, national and local scale to limit GHG concentrations in the Earth’s atmosphere.

On Demand Combustible dust and safety experts outline the steps to create, implement, and sustain a combustible dust program and do it right. We will also discuss preferred practice, how to avoid common pitfalls and discuss sustainability practices.

Come explore emerging themes and the impact of safety on sustainability, occupational disease, mental health, remote workers and communication Read More

During this webinar, we’ll discuss how machine learning helps manage ergonomics and industrial hygiene processes, how learning management systems help managers train and track employee training, how software manages permit-to-work, contractor and visitor management programs, and much more.