compliance assessment Articles
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Assessing the applicability of satellite imagery for environmental monitoring and regulatory compliance assessment
Earth observational satellites have contributed to a better understanding of environmental processes and the nature of human-induced environmental change. With the launch of the first Earth Observing System (EOS) satellite, Terra (formerly AM-1) and Landsat 7, two powerful tools exist that can be applied in the continuing study of human–environmental interactions. However, as with any tool, there ...
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Integrating EMS and P2 to manage environmental costs and liabilities
The necessarily similar structures of EMSs and P2 programmes make it possible to integrate the elements of a P2 program smoothly into an EMS. When this is done, P2 is raised from being a mere commitment within the EMS to being a major operational component of the EMS. Instead of looking just at the regulatory compliance status and environmental aspects of your company's operations and then at ...
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Introducing the environmental profile of green supply chains to assess their environmental capability
Environmental assessment of supply chains is a key research field to provide organisations the opportunity of identifying improvements and measuring the effect of investments in greening products and processes. The focus on supply chain management is growing as a leverage to compete in global markets and handle the always more pressing environmental regulations. The paper describes a study to ...
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Limitation on NJDEP Oversight Fees
Are you aware of a law New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) follows that places a cap on the amount of oversight costs (fees) NJDEP can charge for a specific site? EWMA has negotiated a refund for several clients due to excess oversight costs based on this law and other reasons. NJDEP typically issues invoices on a quarterly basis for oversight costs. As stated in P.L. ...
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Environmental Assessments – An Important Component of CSR Programs
Companies and industries strongly engaged in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) have taken significant steps in their sourcing policies to reduce unethical and inhuman working conditions by controlling their subcontractors along the supply chain. Until now, the primary focus has been on working conditions, but CSR also encompasses environmental concerns as part of a global sustainability ...
By SGS
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Outsourced EHS consulting support - how the convergence business model provides quality, flexibility and business value case study
Client: $1+ billion US Global Company Sector: Life Sciences Services: Outsourced country environmental, health and safety (EHS) consulting Additional Specialty Focus Areas: Legal registers, compliance plans, risk assessments, training, liaison with regulatory agencies, incident investigation, vendor due diligence, waste audits, permit applications, product stewardship advice Countries ...
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Navigating International Health and Safety Standards: How Consultants Can Help
As companies expand into global markets, navigating international health and safety standards can be daunting. Different countries and regions have unique regulations and standards, making it challenging for organizations to comply with them. This is where international health and safety consultants can play a vital role. This article will discuss the importance of international health and safety ...
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Spotlight On the Enhesa Team: Linda Perry
Enhesa is a multi-national, multi-cultural company that helps global companies be aware of and stay in compliance with environmental, health, and safety laws. Enhesa is able to provide our services thanks to our in-house team – based across our three corporate offices. In this regular feature, you will be able to meet and get to know some of the Enhesa Team, the people that make our ...
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Diagnosing and Powering Up Your HazMat Compliance Program - How Do You Get Started? (A Report for Utilities)
Untitled Document In a competitive and highly regulated utility industry, environmental health and safety (EH&S) professionals are asked to do more, efficiently, with reduced staffs. In the past few years, mergers and acquisitions have forced combined, downsized EH&S departments to stay at peak performance and manage increased responsibilities with fewer resources. ...
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Mastering Environmental Conditions: Unlocking the Potential of Environmental Test Chambersin Assessing Performance Apparel
Environmental test chambers are sophisticated chambers designed to simulate a wide range of environmental conditions for testing and evaluating the performance, durability, and reliability of various materials and products. These chambers provide controlled environments that mimic real-world conditions, enabling researchers, manufacturers, and quality control professionals to assess the behavior ...
By TestXpert
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Science and policy challenges of atmospheric modelling in consideration of health effects
Next generation atmospheric models are required to provide a realistic assessment of different types of chronic and acute environmental conditions and forecast the consequences on population health. These tasks were usually carried out with epidemiological studies, which are not adequate to indicate health effects. Therefore, models should be capable to carry out hazard identification, ...
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EHS Software In Microsoft Teams: 3 Ways to Use Pro-Sapien
Working from home, what’s the first program you open in the morning? For many people—up to 115 million—it’s Microsoft Teams. Although initially perceived as a challenge, remote working presents an unexpected opportunity for EHS professionals. In March, inspections were cancelled, workers were furloughed, others were left picking up the slack, and dozens of policies ...
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Minimalist or motivated
Two strategies for managing chemical compliance This article outlines strategies and tactics for efficiently and effectively managing chemicals, while achieving EHS regulatory compliance. Since OHSA and the EPA were created in the 1970s, regulations have changed the way that chemicals and other hazardous materials are managed and introduced cradle-to-grave liability for chemicals and ...
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Compliance - You have to do it, why not do it well? (A white paper for companies striving for EH&S Excellence)
Untitled Document Abstract Managers face a myriad of challenges in today's business world - challenges stemming from downsizing to consolidation. In addition, company leaders find themselves trying to do more with less in a juggling act of responsibilities and oversight. Among a company's responsibilities is environmental health and safety (EH&S) compliance, ...
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Proposed Risk Management Program Regulations on the Way
How Might Your Business be Impacted? Prompted by, among other incidents, a massive explosion at the West Fertilizer Plant located north of Waco, Texas on April 17, 2013, President Obama has issued Executive Order 13650, Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security (EO 13650). The EO directs the government to conduct a number of tasks, including modernizing regulations and strengthening ...
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Navigating EU and UK Classification Divergence
As the UK bid farewell to the EU on January 31, 2020, regulatory shifts set in motion a unique challenge – the divergence between the EU’s Harmonised Classification and Labelling List (C&L) and the UK’s Mandatory Classification List (MCL). While this divergence touches various sectors, we focus on the fragranced goods industry. A bottle of perfume, a scented candle, or an ...
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Do You Need A Safety Management System?
Managing workplace safety is an important goal that many corporations have recognized as a logical and effective way to provide a better environment for employees to work in, and to cut corporate costs. A key component in safety management is the software system used to record, manage, and analyze safety related data. With an effective system, the safety team can see exactly where accidents and ...
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FMEA Commonly Asked Questions
Welcome to our Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) questions and answers blog, where Particle Measuring Systems answers commonly asked questions pertaining to risk assessments and regulatory compliance. Listen to this useful webinar to learn more about how to mark a successful risk assessment off your to do ...
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Process safety and risk management audits for a ceramics manufacturing facility – Case Study
Challenge Antea Group was contracted by a large, advanced materials organization to provide a Process Safety Management and Risk Management Program compliance audit of a specialty ceramics manufacturing facility in New Hampshire. Processing at the facility is related to the crystalline growth of materials used in the semiconductor manufacturing industry. Processing at the facility involved ...
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Designing roadmaps to sustainability case study
Challenge: With the goal of achieving world class EHS performance, a global Life Sciences Company contracted with Antea Group to develop and implement a corporate environmental, health and safety audit program that included assessment of EHS compliance at operating facilities worldwide. Solution: Antea Group developed an EHS management system strategy and road map aligned with EHS objectives ...
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