Several executives from UL EHS Sustainability attended the recent EH&S Summit hosted by the independent industry analyst firm Verdantix. They provided a number of key takeaways about the state of the industry in 2018. Companies, especially those in high risk industries like oil and gas, chemicals, and manufacturing, are beginning to look for integrated solutions […]
Companies face a steep challenge in keeping up with the growth of regulatory change, successfully managing risk, and addressing enforcement issues. Lack of time and resources, language barriers, and the difficulty of standardizing global programs can also slow the path to ongoing compliance. In North America and Europe, regulations continue to evolve and multiply. Keeping […]
“Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain’t going away,” once proclaimed the king of rock and roll Elvis Presley. And in the face of a warming planet, exacerbated by the creation of continued greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, we can be grateful for this truth. For the […]
It is said that the B Corporation concept is to business what Fairtrade certification is to coffee. Designed as a unique tool to enable for-profit companies to prove they are operating within rigorous social and environmental standards – and being totally transparent about how they are performing in creating positive change – the B Corp […]
The United States is awash in prescription pain medication, mostly opioids like oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, morphine, fentanyl and others. There is clear and legitimate need for these drugs to treat both acute and chronic pain. At the same time, there were more than 257 million prescriptions written for opioids in 2012, enough for every American […]
The Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Programme has so far been a great success in bringing together players big and small from across the global textile, leather and footwear sectors to start building more robust and resilient supply chains. With a key focus on removing hazardous chemicals from the industry, and backed by a […]
We’ve all been there. You’re driving alone, maybe at night, and your eyelids start to feel droopy. It’s almost impossible to keep focus when that feeling hits. It’s very common—and it’s extremely dangerous. The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety notes that more than a third of drivers report falling asleep behind the wheel at some […]
The 2017 Eco Pulse study, an annual survey which takes the temperature of consumer spending and behaviour, shows that the percentage of people who said they had stopped buying a product based on the environmental reputation of a company has jumped up dramatically in the last 12 months – from 11% to 33%. “That’s pretty […]
“I learned it from watching you.” Does anyone remember that line from the 1987 anti-drug PSA? The commercial is a little dated, but the concept is sound. People really do learn from those around them. It’s a concept called vicarious or observational learning, defined as learning that happens indirectly through observation rather than through direct, […]
2017 was the year that blockchain technology came of age. For those of you operating in the world of bitcoin currencies, you’ll be familiar with blockchain as something that has been around for many years acting as a fundamental building block of the wealth of digital currency markets. For everybody else, it is still fairly […]