Dave Johnson, Phylmar newsletter editor
2023 was historic in the number of costly disasters and weather extremes throughout much of the United States, according to the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).
There were 28 weather and climate disasters in 2023, costing at least $92.9 billion. A weather or climate disaster is defined as …
“The PFAS issue is analogous to climate change,” says Nathaniel Sponsler, director of the Apparel and Footwear International Restricted Substances List Management Group (AFIRM). AFIRM is one of three Phylmar Group® www.phlymar.com professional forums that bring EHS and sustainability professionals together to share best practices in workplace safety and product stewardship. AFIRM www.afirm-group.com was established …
Filing a lawsuit is supposedly as American as a Big Mac®. The Seventh Amendment enshrines the right to a jury trial,” …where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved….” American culture is full of depictions of civil suits, from Judge Judy’s reality TV courtroom to …
By Dave Johnson, Phylmar newsletter editor
Planning for 2022? For many workplaces, preventing heat illness will be top of mind. Scorching heat waves and wildfires of 2021 are one reason. Media coverage of heat-related work injuries and deaths is another, particularly warehouse conditions. The weight of the White House is another. On September 20…
Many companies do not know if their training is effective. Relying on quizzes at the end of the course may measure short-term memory, but it does not measure understanding, long-term retention, or successful implementation. It also does not measure non-training conditions that influence the effectiveness of training. The absence of more in-depth effectiveness studies is …
By Dave Johnson, Phylmar newsletter editor
Four out of five leading companies worldwide now report on sustainability in regard to revenue, according to KPMG’s 2020 Survey of Sustainability Reporting. Sustainability reporting has been trending up for decades yet in 1993, KPMG’s first study found a paltry 12 percent of companies published sustainability reports. Now 98 …
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 …
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