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...
"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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
- 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.
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
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
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