Environment, Health & Safety Archives - Page 35 of 36

Farmed Salmon Industry Launches Sustainability Initiative

August 19, 2013 by Leon Walker

Fifteen global farmed salmon companies, including Acuinova Chile, Scottish Sea Farms and Norway Royal Salmon, have launched a sustainability initiative that the companies say will reduce the impact of aquaculture on ecologically sensitive regions while keeping salmon reasonably priced and available. The Global Salmon Initiative (GSI) has been lauded by ... Read more »

Standards and Compliance: 18 Endesa Buildings Certified, World’s First IEC 62368-1 for Samsung

August 13, 2013August 13, 2013 by Leon Walker

Endesa has earned AENOR certification for its energy efficiency system (ISO 50001) and environmental management system (ISO 14001) at 18 of its offices in Spain. Six of these offices have also been granted certification for internal air quality (UNE 171330-3). The 18 buildings have floor space of more than 115,000 ... Read more »

The Value of True SaaS for EHS Compliance

August 13, 2013August 13, 2013 by Jennifer Hermes

What if there was a better way to manage your EHS, compliance, and sustainability information? You’ve realized that the complexities of your company’s compliance or environmental health and safety (EHS) requirements call for a better solution than multiple scattered spreadsheets or silo systems. Great. So now what? A series of ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement: Wal-Mart Safety, S. Korea Power Crunch, Calif. Offshore Fracking

August 12, 2013August 12, 2013 by Leon Walker

Wal-Mart Stores has resolved two Occupational Safety and Health Administration enforcement actions by agreeing to improve worker safety and health conditions in nearly 2,900 Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores, following alleged repeat and serious violations at a store in Rochester, N.Y. The company also will pay a $190,000 fine, Bloomberg ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Gas Tank Standards, Train Rules, Chevron Fines

August 7, 2013August 7, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

The EPA issued updates on Monday to its April 2012 oil and natural gas standards for storage tanks. The updates will phase in emission control deadlines, starting with higher-emitting tanks first. Storage tanks emitting 6 or more tons of VOCs a year must reduce emissions by 95 percent, with deadlines of April ... Read more »

3E Company Updates EHS Safety Data Sheet Software

July 31, 2013July 30, 2013 by Leon Walker

3E Company has released MSDgen 6.52, the latest version of its safety data sheet (SDS) authoring system. The company, which supplies EH&S and information management services, says the new version has improvements to better integrate with the SAP EHS Management system, and added features, including support for Uruguay’s GHS regulation. ... Read more »

Getting the Most Out of Environment Health and Safety Software

July 30, 2013July 25, 2013 by Matthew Littlefield

It’s always amazing how many large manufacturing companies still don’t use Environment, Health, and Safety Software (EH&S) effectively. It usually doesn’t matter the industry; leading companies across a broad spectrum of industries have big gaps in the use of this software, including: automotive, aerospace and defense, industrial equipment, electronics, oil ... Read more »

Apple Supplier Slapped with Pollution Charges

July 29, 2013July 29, 2013 by Kirsten Korosec

An investigative report by workers-right group China Labor Watch accuses a major Apple supplier of dozens of labor rights violations as well as safety and environmental offenses. CLW’s investigation of supplier Pegatron Group found at least 86 labor rights violations, including dispatch labor abuse, underage labor and poor working conditions, ... Read more »

Hazardous Chemical Reporting Program ‘Flawed’

July 10, 2013 by Leon Walker

The federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act — a 27 year old program that aims to alert the public to the presence of hazardous chemicals — is flawed in many states due to lax reporting and oversight, according to a Reuters investigation. Under the law, public and private facilities ... Read more »

Quebec Train Accident: What Can We Learn?

July 9, 2013July 23, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

The Quebec fuel train disaster, which has left 13 dead and dozens missing, and 27,000 gallons of light crude spilled into waterways, has raised several questions for environment and energy managers. Yesterday lead investigator Donald Ross, of Canada’s Transportation Safety Board, said the tankers used by the Quebec train have a ... Read more »

Software Monitors ICT Supply Chain Sustainability

June 18, 2013June 18, 2013 by Leon Walker

The Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) has partnered with EcoVadis to launch an online platform to monitor sustainability practices in the information and communications technologies (ICT) sector supply chains. The Electronic Tool for Accountable Supply Chains (E-TASC) supply chain monitoring software from EcoVadis will allow the ICT industry to access data ... Read more »

Legal Requirements of Air Conditioning Maintenance

June 18, 2013June 18, 2013 by Jennifer Hermes

2013 is The European Environment Agency’s (EEA) “Year of Air,” but air pollution and the resultant health issues are not just an outdoor environment issue. Following the introduction of British standard for cleanliness for cleanliness levels in the HVAC sector BS 15780 and with the R22 deadline looming, facilities managers ... Read more »

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