Our very own Mark Katchen was just featured in the Environmental Business Journal. Here’s an excerpt of the Q&A article with him, courtesy of the EBJ:
PHYLMAR NETWORK FILLS THE GAP BETWEEN GLOBAL EXPANSE AND LOCAL EXPERTISE
For over two decades, The Phylmar Group has assisted Environmental Health and Safety Professionals in creating and maintaining safe and healthy workplaces. By integrating industry information and analysis with focused regulatory advocacy and a peer networking forum combined with access to an ensemble of consultants located throughout the world, Phylmar provides EHS professionals with knowledge, …

 
 
Our very own Elizabeth Treanor will be giving a presentation at the Environmental, Health & Safety Communications Panel Symposium (EHSCPS) September 19th – 21ST, 2017 in Little Rock, AR, to be held at the Little Rock Marriot Hotel Downtown.  
The Environmental, Health & Safety Communications Panel (EHSCP) hosts this annual symposium to bring together environmental, health and safety leaders from major communication companies. EHSCP member companies include:

AT&T
Ericsson
Shentel

Canada Bell
Frontier Communications
Sprint

CenturyLink
Ledcor Technical Services
T-Mobile

Cincinnati Bell
Level 3 Communications
U.S. Cellular

Comcast
Nokia
Verizon

Crown Castel
Rise Broadband
Windstream

 
Elizabeth will be giving a presentation on health and safety regulatory updates and she is tentatively scheduled …

 
6th International Occupational Health and Safety Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, TX, September 13-14, 2017
National Safety Council Congress and Expo, Indianapolis, IN, September 23-29, 2017
SPF Americas 2017, Chicago, IL, September 26-27, 2017
Mental Health in the Workplace Symposium, Los Angeles, CA, September, 27, 2017
Commit Forum: Role of the Corporate Responsibility Practitioner, MGM National Harbor, MD, October 11-12, 2017
AIHA’s Fall Conference on Leadership Management, Tampa, FL, October 30-31, 2017

 
 
National Association for Environmental Management Corporate Sustainability Management Conference, Chicago, IL, August 1-2, 2017
EHS Today’s Safety Leadership Conference, Atlanta, GA, September 11-13, 2017
6th International Occupational Health and Safety Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, TX, September 13-14, 2017
National Safety Council Congress and Expo, Indianapolis, IN, September 23-29, 2017
SPF Americas 2017, Chicago, IL, September 26-27, 2017
Commit Forum: Role of the Corporate Responsibility Practitioner, MGM National Harbor, MD, October 11-12, 2017
AIHA’s Fall Conference on Leadership Management, Tampa, FL, October 30-31, 2017

Summary of Report’s Introduction, MIT Sloan Management Review and Boston Consulting Group, May 23, 2017
In the final annual report of an 8-year study, we see that corporate sustainability finds itself at a sort of crossroads.  As companies continue to demonstrate workable and profitable sustainability strategies, current sociopolitical upheaval is a threat to reverse key gains made.
Today, companies demonstrate a much higher level of commitment to corporate sustainability than has existed in the past.  9,000 companies have joined the UN Global Compact committing to 10 sustainability principles since it was established …

 
 
Safety 2017: ASSE Professional Development Conference and Exhibition, Denver, CO, June 19-22, 2017
National Association for Environmental Management (NAEM) Women’s Leadership Conference, Portland, OR, June 20-22, 2017
Fleet Safety Conference, Schaumburg, IL, July 25-26, 2017
National Safety Council Congress and Expo, Indianapolis, IN, September 23-29, 2017
SPF Americas 2017, Chicago, IL, September 26-27, 2017

EPA, 25 May 2017
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt today signed a proposed rule to postpone compliance dates for the effluent limitations guidelines and standards for steam electric power plants (ELG Rule), which was published in November 2015.
‘This proposed rule is one of nearly two dozen significant regulatory reform actions I have taken during my short time as EPA Administrator to protect the environment, jobs and affordable, reliable energy.  Today’s action, if finalized, will provide relief from the deadlines under the existing ELG Rule while we carefully consider the …

Outbreak News Today, 20 may 2017
After a period of heavy flooding, which helped spread viral infection, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a dengue epidemic in the city of Piura, where 19 people have died according to a euronews report (computer translated). 
According to official figures, 3,150 cases have been confirmed in Peru in the latest outbreak, with another possible 12,446.  In Piura alone, three hundred possible new dengue infections are reported daily.  Health Minister Patricia Garcia Funegra said that she will continue joining forces in Piura to defeat …

DIR, 19 May 2017
As Northern California braces for triple digit temperatures, Cal/OSHA urges all employers to revisit their Injury and Illness Prevention Programs and their emergency response procedures to make sure they are thoroughly prepared for high heat.  Sacramento’s National Weather Service is forecasting temperatures in the 90s today and through the weekend.  Early next week temperatures will reach triple digits in much of Northern California, from south of Stockton up to Redding.
‘During heat waves and whenever temperatures reach or exceed 95 degrees, employers must take additional steps to monitor …

Huffington Post, 27 April 2017
Government agencies, and their enforcement of safety regulations, play a crucial role in protecting workers in dangerous workplaces.  There is a real cost to curtailing enforcement and stripping away protections—a cost that is borne out in more workers being killed on the job and more getting sick and injured.
Yet despite the strong empirical evidence about their effectiveness, the Trump administration and Congressional Republicans have acted in great haste to repeal these protections, thereby endangering workers.  Though worker safety has improved over the past decade, more than …