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The GreenTie Blog

Learn from authors whose work and thought leadership has advanced the professional practice of EHS & Sustainability management
  • Enjoying the Career Journey While Keeping an Eye on the Summit

    By: Sophia Danenberg
    June 21, 2017
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    Sophia Danenberg, corporate EHS leader and recreational mountaineer, is the first African-American to reach the summit of Mount Everest. In this interview, she shares how her experiences in the mountains have influenced her career path and how she approaches her work.
  • Why Advancing Women is Good for Business

    By: Suzanne Fallender
    June 16, 2017
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    These days, there is a lot of discussion about what actions are needed to close the gender gaps that persist within technical fields. One of the things I always come back to is the critical importance of starting with the data.
  • Cultivating a Meaningful Career Through Passion, Professional Development and Perseverance

    By: Drena Howard
    May 15, 2017
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    I stay engaged in my work because people need to make a living to support themselves and their families. I look at my role as someone who works “behind the scenes” so that they can perform their duties and not get injured.
  • Good Observations Can Transform Safety Performance

    By: NAEM Staff
    April 4, 2017
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    David Eherts, Vice President Global EHS for Allergan plc, explains how he unlocked exponential improvements in his company's safety performance by encouraging, and tracking 'good observations.'
  • To Be Effective, Every EHS&S Professional Needs to Be a Leader

    By: NAEM Staff
    February 2, 2017
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    "Whether you have direct reports or don't have direct reports, you are going to be a leader. You are going to be a leader and an advocate for the health and safety of employees, for the health and safety of the environment."
  • Communicating Well to Build an Engaged Culture of EHS & Sustainability

    By: NAEM Staff
    February 2, 2017
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    "One of the main elements of EHS is changing employee behavior — changing corporate behavior. And you have to utilize a lot of different communication and analytical tools to do that."
  • How Innovation Can Unlock System-level Change for Environmental Progress

    By: NAEM Staff
    January 26, 2017
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    Wayne Balta, Vice President of Corporate Environmental Affairs and Product Safety at IBM Corp., describes next horizon in advancing corporate EHS management.
  • Software is a Powerful Tool for Innovation in Environmental Management

    By: NAEM Staff
    January 26, 2017
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    Wayne Balta, Vice President of Corporate Environmental Affairs and Product Safety at IBM Corp. reflects on the power of software tools to help unlock innovation in environmental management.
  • How to Transform Your Company's Safety Culture by Creating a Shared Belief

    By: Dustin Rusch
    November 10, 2016
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    How do you get employees to actively engage and participate in your organizations safety efforts? How do you motivate employees to positively impact safety performance and culture? How do you turn your entire workforce into a safety improvement team? A 'shared belief' has the power to make it happen.
  • Ordinary People Can Drive Extraordinary Change

    By: Hunter Lovins
    October 19, 2016
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    We’re in a horse race with catastrophe. As Maimonides said "Each person must see himself (herself) as though the entire world were held in balance and any deed he (she) may do could tip the scales. Creating an economy in service to life is going to take the work of every one of us, every day.