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Underwriter Notes Trends Driving Insurance Products
April 16, 2008
Internet Available for All TRI Data Reporting
April 9, 2008
Dallas Love Field Pledges to Cut PCBs
April 1, 2008
It’s Not Easy Being Green… Or Is It?
March 27, 2008By Reg Shiverick
How Software Advances are Enhancing EH&S Compliance
It’s Not Easy Being Green… Or Is It? You invest resources into improving operations to drive EH&S compliance. You build a corporate culture that values safety. You proudly promote yourself as a green company, emphasizing your focus on sustainability and compliance. And then the unthinkable happens -- a spill, an explosion, a deadly fire – something that negates your hard work and shakes the confidence of your entire organization.
The Business Outlook for the "Green" Economy
November 19, 2007By Connie Mixon
The business of protecting, improving, and providing information related to the global environment is growing. This emerging “green” economy has a solid base and the trends are very positive.

2007 Salary Survey: Catching the Wave
July 1, 2007By Angela Neville
To avoid career wipeouts, check out our report to measure your own compensation package against what your peers are earning
The waves at Waimea Bay in Hawaii, infamous for being the largest and most dangerous in the world, have nothing on the extreme ups and downs of the recent environmental job market.
Patently Good Business
July 1, 2007By Alan Seech
Honoring intellectual property rights within our industry benefits everyone
The first patent was issued in 1421, to an Italian architect for invention of a specialized boat to transport construction materials to building sites. In issuing it, the city-state of Florence recognized that inventors needed protection from those who would use their inventions without paying fair compensation. The document even spelled out consequences for illegal duplication: the copycat boat was to be publicly burned!
The Path of Progress
May 1, 2007By William K. Reilly
The Internet has become an essential tool in helping regulators track companies' compliance with environmental regulations
During my confirmation hearing in the Senate in 1989, I became aware how deep were concerns in the Democratic-controlled Congress that a Republican appointee for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator would not vigorously enforce environmental laws against business.
A Sure Thing
June 1, 2006By David L. Coduto
Dissecting the seven habits of highly effective environmental firms
Some successful insurers prosper not because of anything they do internally, but because the people, businesses, or other organizations they insure behave in a way that leaves claims personnel twiddling their thumbs more often than not.
What Kind of EHS Leader Are You?
June 1, 2006By Richard MacLean
The six Ws of leadership
The vast majority of environmental, health, and safety (EHS) professionals are competent, dedicated soldiers who fight the day-to-day battles to protect the health and safety of fellow employees, the community, and the environment.
It's Not My Job
May 1, 2006By Richard MacLean
In a changing business environment, just what are your job responsibilities?
Environmental, health, and safety (EHS) roles and responsibilities have been shaped over the past 30 years primarily by U.S.-based regulatory requirements. But what happens if other forces were to dominate how EHS professionals add value? That tipping point may be approaching, and once reached, EHS roles and responsibilities could dramatically shift, hopefully for the better -- but maybe for the worse. Will other functional areas grab the very best jobs? The answer lies in whether EHS professionals will lead, follow, or get pushed out of the way.
Lead Out
May 1, 2006By Trudy Heller, PhD
Management's greatest environmental resource might be right under its nose
When the McDonald's Corporation formed an alliance with the non-profit Environmental Defense Fund in 1990 it was an extraordinary and newsworthy event. Business and environmentalists had been pitted against each other in conflicting values, policies, and public debate.
Auditing
April 1, 2006By Richard MacLean
Moving through four transitions
The nature of environmental, health, and safety (EHS) auditing has changed dramatically over the past 30 years. It may be on the verge of making its next big transformation: joining ranks with mainstream business governance functions. How has EHS auditing changed, and what may be on the horizon?
The Folly of 100% Compliance
March 1, 2006By Richard MacLean
How a myopic focus on compliance minimizes strategic thinking and business value
Environmental, health and safety (EHS) departments were created in response to regulations. For most, it continues to be their raison d'être in the minds of most business managers.
Product Stewarship - Part 2
January 1, 2006By Richard MacLean
Adding governance to your stewardship strategy
The bottom line for companies is that now may be the right time to take a systematic look at their products and services.
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