Rethinking EHS: Global Goals. Local Delivery.

Episode 8 of Rethinking EHS explores the role of EHS and sustainability in M&A, with a focus on global goals and local delivery throughout the deal life cycle.The discussion considers a shift from asking what liabilities a buyer may inherit to asking whether a business will remain investable and operationally resilient over the coming decade. The guests explore how due diligence can inform valuations and investment decisions, alongside practical challenges such as incomplete records, constrained site investigations and uncertainty about historic assets. A suspected buried storage tank illustrates how unresolved environmental questions can delay a transaction and require a negotiated route forward.Local regulatory expectations and cultural differences shape how risks are understood, investigated and communicated. The conversation compares compliance-led and risk-based approaches, stresses the importance of local support, and highlights the need to translate due diligence findings into operational action after acquisition. Looking ahead, climate resilience, water availability and supply chain risks are broadening the scope of due diligence, with examples showing how flooding, drought and resource constraints can affect logistics, expansion and investment value.---Guest quotes:Andrew Young “Will this business remain investable and operationally resilient over the next decade or decade plus?”Andy Sweetman “I think that’s where having really good local support when you’re doing an international deal is absolutely vital.”Links: https://Inogenalliance.com/resources https://Inogenalliance.com/podcast Andy Sweetman on LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-sweetman-a4647261/ Andrew Young on LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-young-a8a3a21/Keith Knoke: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keith-knoke-27587a7/  Sponsor Copy Rethinking EHS is brought to you by the Inogen Alliance. Inogen Alliance is a global network of 70+ companies providing environment, health, safety, and sustainability services, working together to provide one point of contact to guide multinational organizations to meet their global commitments locally.  Visit inogenalliance.com to learn more. Produced by https://madcontent.co.nz/  

This bonus episode of Rethinking EHS, Season 3 takes a closer look at AI at work through a psychosocial safety lens. Charlotte and Giorgia use a hypothetical implementation of AI-enabled workflow and performance tools to explore how a seemingly helpful change can affect employees’ experience of work.They consider warning signs such as reduced role clarity, perceived surveillance, increased demands and scheduling decisions that fail to account for fatigue. The conversation distinguishes using AI to support human judgement from relying on its outputs without understanding their limits or the context behind the data.Giorgia argues for involving EHS throughout the change process, from early design to later review. Consultation with workers, clear explanations of what information is collected and how it will be used, and checks on workload and autonomy can help organisations spot unintended effects. Her closing question asks whether the organisation would be comfortable explaining to a worker how the system influenced a decision about them.Links: https://Inogenalliance.com/resources https://Inogenalliance.com/podcast Charlotte Buffoni on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlotte-buffoni-a42b9629/ Giorgia Mcguigan on LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/giorgia-m-2765241a5/  Sponsor Copy:Rethinking EHS is brought to you by the Inogen Alliance. Inogen Alliance is a global network of 70+ companies providing environment, health, safety, and sustainability services, working together to provide one point of contact to guide multinational organizations to meet their global commitments locally.  Visit inogenalliance.com to learn more. Produced by https://madcontent.co.nz/

Episode 7 of Rethinking EHS, Season 3 examines psychosocial safety and behaviour-based approaches as part of a broader, people-centred view of workplace risk.In Australia, Giorgia describes a shift towards consultation with workers and a more active assessment of psychosocial hazards. Dheepak explains how decisions on the shop floor are shaped by systems, habits and leadership, and describes a behavioural science approach that seeks to understand why unsafe actions occur before choosing an intervention. Their examples link workload, fatigue, production targets and the ability to speak up with day-to-day safety outcomes.The guests challenge the idea that mental health belongs only to HR or can be solved through employee assistance programmes and personal resilience. They discuss how multinationals can hold to common principles of fairness and respect while adapting practices to local contexts. Looking ahead, the conversation turns to leadership behaviour, human factors, leading indicators and a shift from reacting to incidents towards prediction and prevention.Guest quotes:Giorgia McGuigan:“We have to consult our workforce. We have to reflect on the changes. We have to assess the risk and then action the risk.”Dheepak:“We have to look at the systems, the culture that we have driven.”Timestamps:00:00:03 – Introduction: Psychosocial risk and a broader view of EHS00:01:34 – Introducing perspectives from India and Australia00:02:15 – Why psychosocial safety is gaining attention00:03:56 – How human factors influence safe choices00:05:43 – Australia: From compliance to practical risk management00:07:31 – Workplace consultation and preventative support00:08:57 – Balancing immediate help with long-term prevention00:09:17 – Organisations seek guidance on psychosocial risks00:10:26 – Beyond traditional behaviour-based safety00:13:11 – Understanding why unsafe behaviour occurs00:15:31 – Procedures, change and barriers to speaking up00:17:20 – Comparing operational risks across regions00:20:32 – Leadership and common mental health myths00:23:29 – Why mental health is an organisation-wide issue00:25:50 – Global principles and local approaches00:26:21 – Fairness, respect and cultural context00:30:47 – Integrating psychosocial risk into EHS systems00:34:53 – Leadership, culture and frontline safety00:40:28 – From incident response to prediction and prevention00:43:37 – Closing reflections and where to follow the series Links:https://Inogenalliance.com/resourceshttps://Inogenalliance.com/podcastCharlotte Buffoni on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlotte-buffoni-a42b9629/Giorgia Mcguigan on LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/giorgia-m-2765241a5/ Dheepak Sithra on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rsdheepak/Sponsor Copy Rethinking EHS is brought to you by the Inogen Alliance. Inogen Alliance is a global network of 70+ companies providing environment, health, safety, and sustainability services, working together to provide one point of contact to guide multinational organizations to meet their global commitments locally. Visit inogenalliance.com to learn more.Produced by https://madcontent.co.nz/ 

Episode notes: This bonus episode expands on Episode 6 with three facility-level examples of water resilience in practice. While each begins with a different physical risk, all demonstrate the importance of translating climate assessment into engineering, operational, and business continuity decisions. The first case examines recurring river flooding shaped by reservoir releases, coastal tides, and local topography. C. Rajadurai explains how flood modelling can be overlaid with critical assets to identify vulnerability and recovery time, helping facilities prioritise electrical systems, transformers, and other equipment for elevation, protective walls, or pumping. The discussion then turns to extreme rainfall and water scarcity. Site-specific stormwater modelling can reveal whether ageing drainage networks remain adequate, while diverting roof runoff to groundwater recharge can reduce flooding without rebuilding the whole system. Diversifying supply through rainwater collection and treated municipal wastewater also reduces reliance on a single groundwater source and strengthens business continuity. Guest quotes: C. Rajadurai: “Source diversification is not only a water management strategy; it is part of business resilience and the business continuity plan.” C. Rajadurai: “Climate risk assessment becomes valuable when findings reach engineering drawings and planning teams, translating risk into on-the-ground implementation.” Sponsor Copy Rethinking EHS is brought to you by the Inogen Alliance. Inogen Alliance is a global network of 70+ companies providing environment, health, safety, and sustainability services, working together to provide one point of contact to guide multinational organizations to meet their global commitments locally.  Links:  https://Inogenalliance.com/resources  https://Inogenalliance.com/podcast Visit inogenalliance.com to learn more. Produced by https://madcontent.co.nz/

Episode 6 of Rethinking EHS, Season 3 focuses on water-related infrastructure resilience and how organisations can prepare for more frequent and severe climate-induced water risks. Across the UK, India and Switzerland, the discussion shows that resilience challenges take different forms — from surface-water and coastal flooding to drought, intense downpours, glacier melt and slope instability. A recurring lesson is that infrastructure can no longer be planned as isolated assets or designed only around historical climate records; connected systems and cascading failures must be considered. Looking ahead, the guests emphasise proactive, pre-event planning: integrating climate risk assessments into asset management, combining engineered and nature-based solutions, improving forecasting and monitoring, learning across regions, and mapping supply-chain exposure. The goal is not simply to withstand the next event, but to keep essential services operating, recover quickly and remain fit for purpose over the full design life. --- Guest quotes: Alex Perryman: “So I'd say in the UK we're talking about the whole spectrum, like too much water, too little water and everything in between and the quality of it, the availability of it, how efficiently we use it and how we reuse it even as a resource.” Michalis Lellis: “Climate conditions are changing and infrastructure that was once considered resilient may no longer provide the same level of protection in the future.” --- Sponsor Copy Rethinking EHS is brought to you by the Inogen Alliance. Inogen Alliance is a global network of 70+ companies providing environment, health, safety, and sustainability services, working together to provide one point of contact to guide multinational organizations to meet their global commitments locally. Visit inogenalliance.com to learn more. Produced by https://madcontent.co.nz/