EHS & Sustainability

Energy industry companies are now incorporating sustainability into their core business operations in order to reduce growing risks and complexities that threaten their ability to meet their business performance goals.

During CERAWeek 2012, which was held March 5-9 in Houston, industry and policy leaders observed that energy companies are taking proactive steps to ensure compliance with proliferating regulations while also responding to investors and customers who demand transparent more...

IHS (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of information and analytics, announced today that Tikkurila, a leading European provider of decorative paints, has selected the IHS Product Stewardship Solution™ to support its compliance program for Safety Data Sheet (SDS) management and distribution.

IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of information and analysis, is strengthening its commitment to corporate social responsibility by establishing a new Corporate Sustainability goal in 2012. This goal joins the company’s four other long-standing goals upon which it focuses its efforts and measures its success.

A new landmark regulation from the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has taken effect requiring oil and gas operators on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) to strengthen safety procedures and reporting on safety performance at their facilities.  Many operators may need help complying with the new Safety and Environmental Management Systems (SEMS) regulation in order to maintain their licenses to operate, according to Scott Lockhart, vice president-EHS & more...

IHS (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of information and analysis, today announced the release of new functionality within the IHS GHG & Energy Solution™ to help organizations comply more easily with the Mandatory Reporting Rule (MRR) for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, as required by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  This IHS software enhancement will enable users to save time and reduce risks by automating the preparation of data for submission via EPA more...

IHS (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of information and analysis, announced today that Gartner has published a new research report that includes IHS as one of four information technology providers that deliver solutions to address business challenges associated with sustainability management. 

The report, titled Sustainability Innovation Key Initiative Overview, and authored by Stephen Stokes, a research vice president in Gartner’s Supply Chain Leaders group, more...

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is expected to modify its longtime Hazard Communication Standard by adopting the
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IHS (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of information and analysis, today announced that Senior Director, Environmental Services David Cain and Microsoft Senior Director Environment Sustainability Bill Mitchel will present a session titled “Enterprise Carbon Accounting Systems Enable Business Intelligence” at the Carbon Management for Power Plants 2011 Summit at 2:00 p.m.

A cradle-to-plant-gate study to determine the carbon footprint or environmental impact of polypropylene, one of the chemical industry’s largest-volume products, has found that a diversity of manufacturing routes leads to a diversity of carbon footprints for the product that range by almost a factor of six – nearly an order of magnitude – according to a new report from information and analysis provider IHS (NYSE: IHS).

IHS (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of information and analysis, today announced that Duke Energy was selected as the “Best of the Best” among this year’s IHS SPECTRUM Excellence Award winners based on its use of an enterprise-wide information system to address a host of environmental, health, safety and sustainability (EHS&S) challenges.

IHS (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of information and analysis, today announced that Corporate Sustainability Director Marilyn Johnson will present “Purple Fever Sweeps Europe — The CLP — Classification, Labeling and Packaging of Chemical Substances” at the American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition (AIHce), which will take place May 14-19 in Portland, Ore.  The conference is expected to attract an estimated 5,200 workplace safety professionals.

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