September 1, 2015
External Sustainability Reporting Creates Business Value
Sept. 1, 2015
"A company's investment in external sustainability reporting may be driven by reputational concerns, but according to new research presented at NAEM's recent Sustainability Conference, the most tangible business benefits are those that impact internal operations." Read more...
Q: What is your strategy for making the most out of networking events?
Sandy Nessing
Managing Director of Sustainability & ESH Strategy & Design
American Electric Power Co. Inc.
"Go in with a game plan. Your objective is not to spend two hours working the room. Tell yourself, 'I'm going to spend 20 minutes or 30 minutes or one hour and I'm going to meet at least three new people who can benefit me and whom I want in my network'..." Read more...
Rodney Canada
Vice President, Environmental, Health, Safety and Sustainability
CP Kelco U.S. Inc.
"I like EHS because of the mix of technical and people issues it entails. It is never boring. There is always a new challenge as we continually look to improve the physical design while at the same time working with the human side. There is also the personal satisfaction of knowing that what I do translates to less people in our company being hurt or a reduced environmental footprint for our organization..." Read more...
The following members joined NAEM in the last month:
- Universal Rail Systems, is a new corporate member
- Steven Carlson, Manager of Corporate Health & Safety with Innocor is a new individual member
Product Stewardship Introduces New Challenges for EHS Professionals
An interview with Tom Grumbles
Senior Safety, Health and Environmental Specialist
Sasol North America
"The global nature of product stewardship means that the practice is as much about where and how the product is manufactured as it is where it is sold and how it is used. These realities can create unique organizational structure issues." Read more...
Read more from this month's Green Tie blog:
- Confronting the Culture of the 'Big Me' Inside our Companies by Alex Pollock
- Managing Supply Chain Risks through Product Stewardship by Kate Sellers
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The following members joined NAEM's "EHS and sustainability decision-makers forum" in the last month:
- Hamdan H Al marzooqi, EHS Specialist at Abu Dhabi Retirement Pension & benefits Fund (United Arab Emirates)
- John W. Deiter, EHS Manager & Coordinator (Puerto Rico)
- Chris Carr, EHS Manager at Tarkett
- Peg Chandler, Enterprise Environmental Compliance Manager at The Kroger Co.
- Jon Kawamoto, Environmental Programs Manager at Genentech
- Andrea Coffman, EHS Manager at Archer Daniels Midland Co.
- Zahid Hussain, Safety Officer at VD Swami & Co. (India)
- Holly M. Jones, Executive Director at Business Council for Sustainable Development (El Salvador)
- Thomas Robinson, EHS Project Assistant at Siemens (United Kingdom)
- Tiffany Tran, Sustainability at Annie's Inc.
- Cindy Robb, Global Environmental Manager at Emerson Process Management-Rosemount Measurement
- Brian Reilly, Director of Development at NRG Energy
- Juan Forteza, Facilities Engineering, Security, & Environmental Manager at AbbVie (Puerto Rico)
- Jennifer Lawson, Environmental, Health & Safety Manager at Wahl Clipper Corp.
- William Dale Johnson, Global EHS Director at Wayne Fueling Systems
- Luis Humberto Gonzalez Alvarez, EHS Professional (Mexico)
- Daniela Gersabeck, EHS Manager REACH bei Boehringer Ingelheim (Germany)
- Scott Zeng, EHS manager of BSH Region Greater China
- Leonardo Silva, Gte EHS México en AAM - American Axle & Manufacturing (Mexico)
- Mohd Kalim, EHS Engineer at Exedy (India)
- Hamzah Bae, Environmental Coordinator at PT.Remco (Indonesia)
- Jeffrey Malek, Sr. Manager Global EHS at The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
- Anam Arooj, EHS Officer GE O&M Power Plant via Eitmaad Engineering (Pakistan)
- María Norma Torres Montalvo, Prevencionista de EHS en Abrasivos S.A. (Peru)
- Tanis Marquette, Global Sustainability Leader, EPCD at Hexion
- Akshay Kavathekar, Graduate Assistant at Rochester Institute of Technology
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