EPA Wants to Modernize Regulatory Reporting
Just as Obama's plan to convert US medical records from paper to electronic files has been a big deal, the EPA is proposing an analogous system for regulatory reporting. The EPA announced a new rule that "modernizes" the Clean Water Act by requiring electronic reporting instead of using paper. Read more...

How to Differentiate Great Leaders from Good Leaders
Jeff Immelt, the Chairman and CEO at GE, discusses how do you evaluate the talent at the top of GE, or any other organization. Read more...

Safety in the Sun: When is your workplace too hot to handle?
Work involving excessive heat exposure is a serious health and safety hazard and can lead to various health problems, ranging from physical discomfort to life threatening conditions. However, such consequences are preventable if the correct precautions are taken. This article is a benefit of Enhesa's sponsorship of the 2013 EHS Management Forum. Read more...

Three Ways to Engage Non-Wired Employees
The tendency of companies to "go paperless" means that employees who are not regularly positioned in front of computers can be left out of corporate sustainability efforts. That's a shame, because those workers are the closest employees to the actual sustainability impacts that the company is trying to manage. Read more...

Environmental Firm Rankings Topped by CH2M Hill
CH2M Hill is the top US environmental firm, according to Engineering News-Record's Top 200 Environmental Firms list. The top 10 also includes other NAEM Affiliate Council members Veolia Environment, AECOM, and Golder Associates. Read more...

College Prep, This Time for Health
If you're sending a child to college this fall, take a minute to consider their health. From a medical point of view, an 18-year-old is a legal adult, and when children head off to college, responsibility for their health unmistakably shifts. They must take care of themselves, in every sense, and now is the time to talk about how. Read more...