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EHS Enviro, Social, & Governance Week: A Review

As EHS Daily Advisor’s Enviro, Social, & Governance Week wraps up, let’s recap the various content offerings that became available throughout the week. A special thanks to Avetta, Dakota Software, and KPA for sponsoring the week. Monday Back to Basics | Reducing Your Carbon Footprint Back to Basics is a weekly feature that highlights important but possibly overlooked information […]

Faces of EHS: Focusing on ESG

With Enviro, Social, & Governance Week in full swing, we’re sharing some ESG insights from some of our recent Faces of EHS guests. Here are their answers to the question, “What will be the impact of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles on the EHS industry?” Amanda Rawls Amanda Rawls is EHS Regional Director, KPA. Awareness. […]

Judge Vacates OSHA Fall Protection Citation

In a February 5 decision, an administrative law judge (ALJ) with the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission vacated an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) citation of a fall protection violation. Review Commission Judge Carol A. Baumerich concluded that the agency’s evidence failed to establish the cited employer’s noncompliance with OSHA’s construction industry fall […]

Ask the Expert: How to Implement Effective ESG Programs

In our latest installment of Ask the Expert, brought to you by KPA, we hear from Jade Brainard, Senior Director of Product Management at KPA, about how to implement effective environmental, social, and governance (ESG) programs. Q: For companies that are just getting started with their ESG initiatives, what are the first things they need […]

California DIR Issues Additional Fire Recovery, Cleanup Guidance

In response to continuing recovery and cleanup efforts following wildfires in Southern California, the state’s Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) posted updated guidance for workers and employers on how to proceed rapidly and safely to address the risks associated with fire debris removal and cleanup, the DIR announced February 5. Hazardous conditions persist, even after […]

New York Elects Climate Change Superfund

New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently signed S.2129-B/A.3351-B into law. This legislation creates a Climate Change Adaptation Cost Recovery Program, which shifts the costs of climate adaptation to companies deemed responsible for contributing to climate change. Funding from the program will be used for “critical infrastructure investments, such as coastal protection and flood mitigation systems, […]

Montana Supreme Court Upholds Right to Stable Climate

Last month, the Montana Supreme Court issued a ruling upholding a lower court’s decision that the Montana State Constitution provides a “fundamental constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment [that] includes climate as part of the environmental life support system.” “The 70-page decision, authored by Chief Justice Mike McGrath, comes 16 months after Lewis […]

Back to Basics: Reducing Your Carbon Footprint

Back to Basics is a weekly feature that highlights important but possibly overlooked information that any EHS professional should know. This week, we examine how businesses can reduce their carbon footprint. As more businesses get up to speed with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives, one of the basic steps involved in working on the […]

EHSDA Song of the Week: Pick Up the Pieces

Now that the California wildfires are under control, the long, arduous job of cleanup and recovery has begun. This week, the state’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) announced that employers performing cleanup work are subject to California’s workplace safety and health regulations. With that in mind, the Song of the Week is “Pick […]

Most California COVID-19 Workplace Requirements Expire

Most of California’s COVID-19 Prevention Nonemergency Standards requirements ended this week, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) announced February 4. State COVID-19 reporting and recordkeeping requirements, however, remain in effect until February 3, 2026. The nonemergency standards took effect February 3, 2023, and remained in effect for two years. While the state […]