Environmental Concerns: Time To Raise Our Voices!

From being a third world country to fast emerging as a superpower, India has grown by leaps and bounds.he industrial revolution has been a major catalyst to our growth so far and will be a crucial factor in our anticipated growth in the future. However, it is equally important that our growth is equitable and sustainable. Sustainable economic growth would mean growth of our economy, people, with minimal or no negative impacts on the environment. However, this has been the biggest challenge before us. Industrial growth is not possible without an impact on environment. The question is how to reduce the negative impact on already depleting resources. To address this challenge we need to create a vibrant community of sustainability champions, environmental stewards who would ensure the industrial growth happens while we are responsible towards the environment and people.

How is EHS+ changing the situation?

EHS+ is an initiative of Institute of Sustainable Communities to promote sustainable manufacturing practices globally. Sustainable manufacturing is creation of manufactured products that use processes that are non-polluting, conserve energy and natural resources, and are economically sound and safe for employees, communities, and consumers."

As the name indicates EHS+ is an institute dedicated to teaching the various aspects of From being a third world country to fast emerging as a superpower, India has grown by leaps and bounds.he industrial revolution has been a major catalyst to our growth so far and will be a crucial factor in our anticipated growth in the future. However, it is equally important that our growth is equitable and sustainable. Sustainable economic growth would mean growth of our economy, people, with minimal or no negative impacts on the environment. However, this has been the biggest challenge before us. Industrial growth is not possible without an impact on environment. The question is how to reduce the negative impact on already depleting resources. To address this challenge we need to create a vibrant community of sustainability champions, environmental Environment, Health and Safety in an industry. In India, the EHS+ Center operates in association with the Symbiosis Institute of International Business.

From the regular health and safety training to the specialized safety officer course, EHS+ has it all. There are regular short term as well as long term courses designed in line with industrial safety training modules prevalent in the industry.

Holistic Training

At EHS+, the focus is on imparting holistic training for each course topic as part of the environment health and safety training program. The trainer profiles at the EHS+ Center include leading industry EHS practitioners government officers and academicians from Symbiosis university. At EHS+, the approach is to provide the required training and mentoring support to the EHS managers to help overcome the biggest barriers inhibiting Indian industries from adapting to good environment and health safety practices in their routine manufacturing processes.

This is also important because it is the implementation of these practices that helps an industrial set up achieve its complete potential. For instance, there are several researches that successfully establish the importance of EHS training in improving the overall efficiency of the employees, and manufacturing processes, which ultimately contribute to overall growth of an industry.

The journey so far

EHS+ India chapter has been initiated just last year but this network has been silently doing its job in many other countries including China and Bangladesh. The EHS+ centers in China have trained and mentored over 18000 managers to acquire the required skills to implement safe and sustainable manufacturing practices in their factories. EHS+ Center in Bangladesh is helping the industries to move towards responsible manufacturing practices particularly in ready made garments sector for the greater good of the community.

For all information on how to apply, you can simply log in to http://ehs.siib.ac.in/ or contact the EHS center and get all the details!

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