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Environmental health and safety compliance made easy, free and online
levensoft, a developer of web based environmental health and safety software and services, announces the launch of
www.environmentalhealthandsafety.
info. The site provides free information and professional contacts to help facilities managers and people in the building services industry comply with environmental health and safety requirements.
“www.environmentalhealthand
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safety.info tells people exactly how to start achieving water safety compliance,” explains Elevensoft CEO, Andy Wright. “It clearly explains what people need to do about hazards such as legionnaires disease and puts them in touch with the most appropriate government agencies and specialist consultants. Every organisation in the UK has an
environmental health and safety obligation:
www.environmentalhealthandsafety.
info is there to make compliance achievable.”
www.environmentalhealthand
safety.info provides free compliance content, including expert video guides and extensive specialist directories. Wright’s reasoning for the site is that smaller organisations in particular are often less aware of the risks and costs of non-compliance. He contends, “Smaller organisations need the most help and the best tools to enable them to take the first steps towards evaluating and reducing environmental health risks. Our new site gives them the resources they need.”
The website is initially focused on providing help with water safety, but
will grow to cover all areas of environmental health and safety compliance. It is also the gateway to Conductr.us, a powerful scheduling tool that enables businesses to achieve and to demonstrate compliance with water safety requirements. “Conductr.us will enable businesses to ensure that they send the right people to the right place at the right time, with the correct equipment and qualifications - and to track the outcomes of completed work. Conductr.us is the first true ‘Software-as-a-Service tool for environmental compliance – so engineers in the field and staff throughout a business know exactly what is required of them and can document compliance.”
GRI AND ING ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS OF THE BIG FIVE COMPETITION
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he Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and ING – a 2010 Conference sponsor - has announced the winners of “The Big Five Competition” in which small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) competed for one of up to five booths worth €13,000 at this year’s Conference Market Place. With this competition GRI and ING aim to enhance the profile of small and medium sized sustainable organizations and provide them opportunities to present themselves at the GRI conference, the world’s largest gathering of sustainability reporting and transparency experts. Ms. Dailah Nihot, ING’s Head of Corporate Responsibility, said, “Given the global challenges in today’s world, it is clear we need more innovative sustainable solutions. The business community
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is an important factor in driving innovation and bringing it to the market. We co-launched this competition with GRI in an effort to encourage some of the sustainable forerunners and support them in building their businesses for the future.”
GRI received over 50 applications from nearly two dozen countries around the world. The jury, consisting of Eric Bouwmeester, Wilbert Lek, Nancy Kamp-Roelands, Jonatan Pinkse, and Giuseppe van der Helm evaluated the applications and their contribution to sustainability. The five winning organizations from The Netherlands, France, Canada, the U.S. and the UK not only receive a free booth, but also two free conference registrations to attend all conference sessions and network with conference participants. “Participating
in the 2010 Conference Market Place [will] give us an incredible opportunity to showcase our technology and the results our customers have been able to achieve, said Big Five winner Pierre- François Thaler of EcoVadis. “Attending the Conference will give us an opportunity to replicate in other geographic regions what we have been able to do so far in Europe.” Participants of the 2010
Amsterdam Global Conference can look forward to engaging with the innovative Big Five Competition Winners throughout the two and a half day Conference. For further information on both the Conference and the Market Place, visit GRI’s Conference website at
www.amsterdamgriconference.org
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