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Environmental Compliance and Management Benefits

Many companies are subject to environmental regulations without realizing it. In general, any business, big or small, commercial or industrial, which emits vapors or dust into the air, discharges process waste water into a sewer or on the ground, or generates a solid waste for disposal may be subject to environmental regulations. If a business uses a great many chemicals, or volumes of chemical, ...

Jan. 1, 1998

Wireless Sensors for Environmental Compliance

Untitled Document When no wires are required for power or signal transmission, monitoring devices not only become less costly to own and operate, but they can also be installed ...

Aug. 1, 2005

Environmental Compliance and Sarbanes-Oxley

Untitled Document Outline Intro and pre-Sarbanes-Oxley requirements Application of Sarbanes-Oxley to Environmental Disclosure ...

Sep. 8, 2005

By BREEZE Software, Data and Services / Trinity Consultants

Laying the foundations for sustainability with environmental compliance

A revival of environmenal awareness, as seen in consumers’ hunger for green products and public promotion of corporate sustainabiliry iniciatives, has reenergized spending on environmental health and safety ...

Aug. 16, 2007

By IHS

The Difficulties With Attaining Compliance With Environmental Regulations

If you are an environmental compliance manager today with college age children you are probably encouraging them to become dentists or orthodontists, and not to follow in your footsteps as an environmental compliance manager. Arguably one of the toughest positions today is being responsible for managing environmental compliance at an ...

Aug. 15, 2013

By All4 Inc.

Environmental Compliance Issues for the Telecommunications Industry

Firms acquiring telecommunications companies often decline to perform environmental due diligence because they assume that these business do not have many environmental compliance issues. However, according to a recent issue of th EPA’s Enforcement Alert, telecommunication companies may have significant environmental requirements. These requirements can be triggered by the use of lead-acid or ...

Jan. 1, 1

By Environmental Law Institute (ELI)

Wastewater Environmental Compliance Made Easy

Environmental Wastewater Treatment Success Environmental Compliance Made Easy Compliance AND Profits Zero Discharge ...

Mar. 7, 2008

By Integrated Engineers Inc.

REACH exposed: stressing environmental compliance

Originally published in SMT May, 2008 In June 2007, I contributed an article to SMT that focused on the emergence of environmentally conscious technologies (ECTs), to address the ever present requirements for greener products and the greening of manufacturing supply chains. The key factors identified when evaluating the use of ECT’s were toxicity, energy, and waste. Toxicity ...

May 23, 2008

By Quantum Compliance

Environmental health & safety: compliance rules!

Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S)compliance is fast becoming a major concernthat spans virtually every industry, impactingthe entire supply chain, from raw material andfinished goods to transportation, distribution,and retail. As directors, we are responsible forensuring corporate compliance with a myriadof local, state, federal, and international regulationsgoverning the handling of ...

Apr. 16, 2008

By 3E Company

NextEra Environmental Compliance - Case Study

Learn how NextEra (formerly FPL) uses mobility to manage their Environmental Compliance from the field. Ian Cohen from NextEra discusses their use of regAction and how it has helped them maintain compliance. NextEra is currently utilizing programs from regAction to track and manage their Audits, Incidents and Compliance related initiatives. There is also a mobile component that ...

May 4, 2016

By regAction

Developing a Culture of Industrial Environmental Compliance

' Efforts to reduce industrial pollution in developing countries have focused on developing environmental institutions and legal frameworks, largely by establishing command and control regulations and market based incentives. Overall, however, formal regulation by itself has not proven very effective in reducing industrial pollution in these countries. While there is no substitute for an ...

Jan. 1, 1997

By The World Bank

Establishing an Environmental Compliance Management Program

Environmental Compliance Management Programs are a tool that can minimize the regulatory burden. This article discusses the four levels of an effective program. Download ...

Oct. 19, 2005

By Mostardi Platt Associates, Inc.

REACH Exposed: Stressing environmental compliance

In June 2007, I contributed an article to SMT that focused on the emergence of environmentally conscious technologies (ECTs), to address the ever present requirements for greener products and the greening of manufacturing supply chains. The key factors identified when evaluating the use of ECT’s were toxicity, energy, and waste. Toxicity requirements have been driven by global product ...

May 1, 2008

By The GoodBye Chain Group

Firms’ Compliance to Environmental Regulation: Is There Really a Paradox?

It has often been claimed that firms’ compliance to environmental regulations is higher than predicted by standard theory, a result labeled the “Harrington paradox” in the literature. Enforcement data from Norway presented here appears, at first glance, to confirm this “stylized fact”: firms are inspected less than once a year, detected violators are seldom fined, but still, serious violations ...

Sep. 1, 2006

By Springer

Boatyard achieved environmental compliance for hull washing operation

Untitled Document Responding in 1999 to boaters’ demands for comprehensive service marina in the immediate area, the Port of Olympia, Wash. established Swantown Marina and Boatworks. ...

Jan. 1, 2004

A Guide to Oil in Water Monitoring for Environmental Compliance

Applications for industrial oil in water monitoring can vary greatly. In upstream and midstream oil and gas production applications, monitoring separation efficiencies is key to optimize production rates, preventative maintenance, chemical use, flow, and environmental compliance. Separated water from the oil is called produced water and it must be cleaned of oil before disposal or ...

Mar. 1, 2014

By Arjay Engineering Ltd.

Environmental compliance enforcement from the government accountability office

This article presents the testimony before the Committee on the Environment and Public Works in the U.S. Senate about the EPA's effort to improve and make more consistent it's compliance and enforcement activities. Why GAO Did This Study The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) enforces the nation’s environmental laws and regulations through its Office of Enforcement and ...

Jun. 28, 2006

By Environmental Data Management, LLC (EDM)

Launch of online environmental compliance resource for universities and colleges

The National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) have announced the launch of a new web-based compliance centre called CampusERC . This progressive site has been “designed as a multifaceted library of resources for college and university environmental officers to keep up with the latest news and information on environmental issues, study best practices in ...

Apr. 7, 2008

By Intelex Technologies Inc.

Maritime environmental management systems: Beyond compliance

For shipping companies, implementing an environmental management system (EMS) could be the most important preventative measure taken, and the cost of not acting could be detrimental. Failure to comply with the provisions of international environmental protection laws (such as the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships or MARPOL) and national laws (such as the ...

Nov. 1, 2007

By ABS Consulting

Asug Environmental Health & Compliance sig newsletter

Welcome to the Environmental Health & Compliance (EH&S) SIG newsletter! The EH&S SIG is focusedon SAP users responsible for environmental, health, compliance and safety issues within theirorganizations. These issues include, but aren't limited to: product safety, dangerous goods, wastemanagement and the various xApps the compliment the EH&S module. For more information, ...

Feb. 6, 2008

By 3E Company

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