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The rise of the chief sustainability officer

Corporate Knights

She pushed executives to see climate issues not just as an emissions problem, but as the source of new business opportunities through innovations in sustainable materials and processes, such as producing ethanol from plant waste and reducing the volatile organic compounds in paints.

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What does Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) mean?

Sphera

While we have harnessed these energies for the greater good, they also present hazards, and it’s the employer’s responsibility to protect employees from harmful interactions with the energy sources they use. Tagout involves placing a tag on an on-off switch or other shut-off device to tell workers not to energize the machinery or equipment.

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