Environment

EHS plays a pivotal role in the tilt towards cleaner energy, and EHS leaders are uniquely positioned to help their companies make the transition. Here are a few practical ways EHS can help make a proactive impact.

4-H Club members from Early County High School joined volunteers with the Cedar Springs, Georgia Wildlife Habitat Conservation Team on a recent project work event.

Comcast has made the commitment to be carbon neutral by 2035 by sourcing renewable and clean energy, improving energy efficiency, and measuring and reporting on Scope 1 and 2 emissions annually.

Ernesto L. Diaz is Tetra Tech’s Caribbean regional manager based in Puerto Rico and a lead coastal and marine scientist specializing in risk reduction, shoreline protection, and development of sea level rise adaptation strategies

A 12-mile segment of Highway 98 that traverses Apalachicola Bay in FL lies directly beside the water’s edge. Wave energy, rising tides and severe storms make this shoreline, and the adjacent roadway infrastructure, particularly vulnerable to erosion.

Albertsons Companies, the second-largest grocery chain in the U.S., recently took delivery of two Volvo VNR Electric trucks at its distribution center in Irvine, California.

WSP assisted in the design of a natural park that would act as a buffer between the Ramona Gardens Housing Development and the adjacent transportation corridors.

In 2020, California was devastated by out-of-control wildfires that claimed lives, destroyed property and created environmental hazards across the state. When the fires subsided, state Emergency Management officials looked to WSP USA for management of the massive cleanup effort.

Securing reliable supplies of clean, fresh water needed for the health and wellbeing of people, agriculture, industry, and nature will be a greater challenge in more parts of the world as climate change accelerates.

On May 20, 2021 WEC hosted the Virtual Workshop: “How can Business Collaborate to Achieve Meaningful Impact on Advancing SDGs?” in collaboration with ERM and Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.