Daily Management is the Key to Successful Compliance Programs
August 25, 2014
Auditing remains a foundational tool for verifying a facility's environment, health and safety (EHS) performance, but the real work of maintaining compliance, NAEM members say, takes place every day. Read more...
"What are some of the lessons you've learned from a career in EHS that you apply in your own life?"
Stephen Evanoff
Danaher Corp.
The biggest lesson that I've learned over my career, and am still learning to apply in my personal life, is the need to be adaptable. As the CEO of my company likes to say... Read more...
Hiring the Right Talent: Key Competencies for the EHS and Sustainability Function
This survey is the latest phase of the association's ongoing research into the organizational design, skills and staffing of the EHS& sustainability function. Take the survey today
The Green Tie is published by NAEM to advance the public conversation about best practices in environment, health and safety (EHS), and sustainability management. Here are a few of the posts from this past month.
- The Fear of Feedback by Alex Pollock
- Evolving Your Metrics to Advance EHS Performance with Michelle Redfield, Director of Safety, Environment and Process Improvement; Schneider Electric
The following members joined NAEM in the last month:
- Keith Gibson, Manager, EHS+S; Biogen idec
- Robert Randall, Corporate Environmental Director; Pride Industries
- Erik Petrovskis, Director Environmental Compliance & Sustainability; Meijer Inc.
- Laura Judy, Manager, Global EHS&S; John Crane
- Kevin Keough, Senior Manager, EHS; GTECH Corp.
- Karen Coyne, Head of Global Center of Excellence HSE & Security; Novartis
- Chuck Ditmar, Global HS&E Knowledge Manager; TRW Automotive
Erik Petrovskis
Director of Environmental Compliance and Sustainability
Meijer Inc.
"I am developing and implementing environmental compliance systems to address multimedia issues. I am thrilled to develop Meijer's sustainability strategy and to integrate program activities in retail, merchandising, distribution, and manufacturing operations." Read more...
- Fawn Bergen is now Senior Environmental Engineer - Air Permitting with Intel Corp.
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:
- Bruno Sarda: The future of corporate activism. An interview with #CSR expert SusanMcP1 by the AdCouncil http://bit.ly/1n5vCxd #sustainability
- Ensia: RT bluegreentweet: Why collaboration improves supply chain #sustainability and the ways you can do it http://buff.ly/1AuliHd 2degreesnet...
- UN Environment: A warming planet is not just an env challenge but a threat to efforts to end poverty. Editorial by Kerrclimate http://tmsnrt.rs/1otUYdu
- Deloitte: Impact of #sustainability on key financial decisions has increased in M&A, capital allocation & capital raising http://ow.ly/A7E6d
- MITSloan Mgmt Review: "Most mainstream investors remain unconvinced that #sustainability leadership translates into profits" http://mitsmr.com/UIscJO
- Mike Wallace: Increase impact / reduce redundancy - building #sustainability into supply chains - http://ow.ly/AdjM7 Intel, EMC, Dell, TheCRA
- Susan McPherson: Excellent overview of Unilever's quest & journey towards "good business" in TheEconomist http://ln.is/econ.st/Xu3jk #CSR #sustainability
- SASB: 3 reasons investors are beginning to take #sustainability seriously http://bit.ly/1g8SsGr
- Rockefeller Fdn: Integrated #sustainability key to #business #resilience, according to new report http://ow.ly/A1ayx
- SustainUCSD: Big businesses now working on #climatechange http://ht.ly/A2F4e CocaCola, PepsiCo, Walmart, Nestle #sustainability
The following members joined NAEM's "EHS and sustainability decision-makers forum" in the last month:
- Milton Kenny, EHS Manager; Alston
- Kelvin Sanborn, Environmental, Health, and Safety Operations Manager; GE Aviation
- Kelly Co, EHS Systems Manager; Bostik
- Nicole Vachon, Senior Sourcing Specialist; CVS Caremark Corporation
- Jannina Gahagan, SH&E Database Management and Sustainability; Mead Westvaco
- Lilian Kamanja, EHS Assistant; GSK
- Beth Ann House, Program Manager, Global Environmental Affairs & Safety; The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
- Jindřich Hříbal, EHS Facility Manager; Doosan Bobcat Manufacturing
Latest News
William NAEM Seeks Respondents for Benchmark on EHS & Sustainability Skills
This week NAEM announced the launch of a new benchmarking study to identify the skills, knowledge areas and attributes of environment, health and safety (EHS) and sustainability professionals.
NAEM Kicks off 2015 Program Development
The NAEM program team is actively planning its 2015 calendar of events, and is seeking input from members about the issues on their agenda for next year, according to Program Director Mike Mahanna.
Upcoming Events
Proactively Managing for an OSHA Inspection Webinar
September 18, 2014
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
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