June 2014

Feature Story

External Sustainability Reporting is Increasingly About Quality, Not Quantity

June 16, 2014

'Materiality' may still be an emerging concept, but according to the EHS and sustainability leaders who participated in a recent NAEM benchmarking study, many companies have already assessed and prioritized their material risks. Read more...

Ask the Board

"Where do great ideas come from in your organization?"

Sandy Nessing
American Electric Power Co.

Human curiosity and a natural instinct to problem-solve are the start of great ideas. It also takes a willingness to empower employees by giving them... Read more...

Latest Research

The Energy-Water Nexus: A Business Case for a Systems Approach to Resource Management

Published with support from MWH International and Process MAP

In our latest research paper, NAEM outlines the interdependent relationship between energy and water and how companies are taking a systems approach to manage these resources.

Download your free copy today!

New on the Green Tie blog

The Green Tie is published by NAEM to advance the public conversation about best practices in environment, heath and safety (EHS), and sustainability management. Here are a few of the posts from this past month.

Lies Leaders Love by Alex Pollock
Ready, Aim, Communicate: Five Tips for Effective Engagement with Steve David, Sr. Manager of Air Strategy at The Mosaic Co.
The "True" Cost of Water by Roman Lis, Principal Engineer at MWH Global
Three Things You Should Know about the Revised Conflict Minerals Rule by Kristen Wallerstedt, Sr. Regulatory Analyst with 3E Co.

Welcome New Members

The following members joined NAEM in the last month:

Gary Galbraith, Manager, Facilities & HSE; Faurecia
Robert Murphy, Vice President Safety, Health, Environment, Community; Sims Metal Management America
David Walker, Sr. EHS Manager; Siemens Industry Inc.

Member Spotlight

Minda Sarmiento

Project Manager, CB&I

President of NAEM's Affiliates Council

"My biggest challenge in my current role is managing time. There are not enough hours in the day to do all that needs to get done. I try to delegate what I can and make sure I am communicating deadlines and expectations." Read more...

On the Move

Casey Doolan is now Safety Manager at InSinkErator

Do you know someone who has a position to fill, or is looking to make a smart move? Email elizabeth@naem.org and we will do our best to connect you.

Overheard on Twitter

To see more tweets from thought leaders, follow NAEM's Twitter feed @thegreentie.

Featured Tweets:

The Boeing Company: Read how #Boeing is building a better planet: http://bit.ly/SbU0nA #environment
AllianceToSaveEnergy: See how the Alliance and other #energy industry groups responded to the EPA 111(d) rule this week http://j.mp/1okWkoY #energyefficiency
Ceres: tomfriedman: "when it comes to..#climate and #energy..I have a simple rule: change America, change the world." http://buff.ly/1hJC5RI
Tim Mohin: Changes to #CSR Rules Demanded - The New Indian Express http://bit.ly/1mVijop via @NewIndianXpress
Andrew Winston: How CEOs can save the world from global warming (Companies have the money... http://goo.gl/fb/ISOci (My Latest Blog)
AEP: Zero employee fatalities & best environmental performance in company history - performance to be proud of. http://ow.ly/wQPXh
Dara O'Rourke: RT GuardianSustBiz: How can green app designers learn from psychology to create tech alarms that change behaviours? http://gu.com/p/3zmfx/tw
Johanna C. Jobin: Great time at the WorldEnvCenter Gala w/ PureStrategies thegreentie beanables EMD_Millipore SustainableGW pic.twitter.com/pKREGpcdoF
Joel Makower: My latest post: aroncramer, BSRnews tells how WMBtweets plans to change conversation on climate policy greenbiz.com/blog/2014/06/0... #grnbz
Flextronics: Our CSER guru Bruce Klafter speaks on Product Enviro Reqts today IPCassociation http://bit.ly/IPCCal pic.twitter.com/hmpIPvaS13

New LinkedIn Group Members

The following members joined NAEM's "EHS and sustainability decision-makers forum" in the last month:

Milton Kenny, EHS Manager; Alston
Denis Varlet, EHS Specialist; GSK
Michael Batts, EHS Engineer; Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies
Syed Imran Pasha, EHS-Executive; JBM Group
Matt Schroeder, Environmental Manager; Charter Steel
Shailesh Patel, DY.Manager (EHS); Ratnamani Metal & Tubes Ltd
Christine Cepelak, Sustainability Coordinator; ThyssenKrupp Elevator Americas
Sushil More, Assistant Manager; Phillips Carbon Black Limited
Dhaval Shah, Sr. EHS Specialist; Kinder Morgan
Martin Schneider, Manager, EHS Programs; NewPage Corp.
Margaret Enos, Manager, Product Stewardship; Baxter Healthcare
Chris Cahill, Divisional EHS Manager; Shaw Industries
Dave Eherts, Vice President EHS; Actavis Pharmaceuticals
Vincent Jin, Regional EHS Manager; Avery Dennison
Nadine Storey, ESR Technician; Crestwood Midstream Partners LP
Virendra Kumar Yadav, Sr. Officer-HSE; Kesar Terminals & Infrastructure Ltd
Tim Robinson, EHS Communications Specialist; Neztec Solutions Inc.
Aaron Schwarber, EHS Manager; Siemens Industry; Inc.
Hector Gutierrez, EHS COORDINATOR; Strike, LLC

Latest News

NAEM Seeks Nominations for the Board of Directors
Nominations are now being accepted for positions on the 2015-2016 NAEM Board of Directors, Governance Committee Chairman Kelvin Roth announced today.

Session Topics Announced for 22nd annual EHS Management Forum

The session topics for this year's EHS Management Forum on Oct. 22-24 in Austin, Texas have been finalized, NAEM announced this week.

NAEM to Host FREE Webinar on The Energy-Water Nexus

On July 10, Mike Hightower, Energy for Water Lead at Sandia National Laboratories, and Roberta Barbieri, Global Environmental Sustainability Manager with Diageo will join NAEM for a free webinar on 'The Energy-Water Nexus'.