ISO 14001 Updates Encourage Adherence to the Spirit of the Standard
September 23, 2014
Companies with strong management commitment to environmental programs that address the lifecycle impacts of their operations may have little to fear from the proposed updates to ISO 14001 protocol. All others may find the new system to be a bit more of an adjustment... Read more...
"In the age of social media, what is the value of an in-person connection?"
Kelvin Roth
CF Industries
To know if you've reached someone effectively, you have to listen. It's that simple... You listen. 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, health and safety (EHS), and sustainability management. Here are a few of the posts from this past month.
- What to Do When OSHA Knocks on the Door by Jeff Powers
- Are corporate leaders starting to change 'business-as-usual?' an interview with Forum keynote Lucy Parker, Partner at The Brunswick Group
- Grooming a Successor by Alex Pollock
- It's Time to Quantify the Economic Risks of Climate Change, an interview with Kate Gordon, Director of Next Generation's Climate an Energy Program
The following members joined NAEM in the last month:
- Ashland Inc. is a new corporate member of NAEM
- Devlin Whiteside, Environmental Leader from Owens Corning is a new individual member
- Daniel Scott Nixon, Global EHS Director from Agilent Technologies Inc. is a new individual member
- Sulaiman Hamidi, EHS Manager with Allergan is a new individual member
- Kevin Lamonia, EHS Manager from ATK Inc. is a new individual member
- Matt Lynch, Corporate Environmental Director from Albemarle Corp. is a new individual member
- Catharine Stokes, Sustainability Technologist from Encana Corp. is a new individual member
- Charles Dittmar, Global HS&E Knowledge Manager from TRW Automotive is a new individual member
- Kelvin Roth is now Director of Environment, Health & Safety with CF Industries
- Mark Juaire is now Corporate Director of Environmental, Health, and Safety for Liberty Diversified International
- Johanna Jobin is now Head of Corporate Responsibility and Community Affairs for EMD Millipore 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:
- UN Global Compact: CFigueres warns 'Door closing' for meaningful global warming action: http://bit.ly/1qyEuiN via HDNER Climate2014
- Social Innovation: There is no such thing as one sustainable business; we can only be part of a sustainable system SOCAP14 wisdom from jwicks333
- Caterpillar Inc: Download CatSafety's updated Fatigue Avoidance Toolbox Talk for pre-shift safety meetings: http://bit.ly/1r21ILu pic.twitter.com/nIV7jULKYh
- Harvard Biz Review: The 9 habits to avoid if you want to make better decisions http://s.hbr.org/1nTslkS
- UN_ClimateTalks: MT UN_CarbonMechs: How much is one carbon offset credit worth? Turns out, a lot. http://bit.ly/1uosvWP CDM
- PwC US Careers: Important lessons about collaboration, diversity, networking & goal setting. LauraCoxKaplan on PwC -mentorship: http://linkd.in/1qXFP01
- Angel Hsu: Better data on wastewater can make communities more resilient, says sherlock_omz. http://epi.yale.edu/the-metric/where-wastewater-going-how-better-data-can-make-us-more-resilient ... YaleEnviro
- Peggy Ward: China just got serious about global warming. Now we're really out of excuses. climatechange sustainability http://zite.to/1u3KoL4
- Bill Baue: m_ellelapinski cites Trucost study finding $7.3T in unaccounted for natural capital externalities NaturalCapitalForInvestors
The following members joined NAEM's "EHS and sustainability decision-makers forum" in the last month:
- Conrad James, Director of Environmental Management Systems; Basalite Concrete Products
- Yanet Nava, EHS; GM
- Kevin Boudreaux, Air Emissions and Data Analytics Specialist; EOG Resources
- Fred Muiruri, Environment, Health and Safety Professional; GSK
- Mujahid Khan, EHS Officer; Hindustan Construction Co.
- Abdeldjebar Rafai, EHS & Security Manager; GlaxoSmithKline (Algeria)
- Iamia Hmili, EHS Coordinator; Crown Holdings Inc.
- Maria Dolores Hernandez, Environmental Specialist; Teledyne DALSA Inc.
- Gisella Spreizer, Vice President, New England Operations; URS Corp.
- Marina Dubaylova, EP Manager; International Paper (Leningrad)
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