Category: Competitive Environmental Intelligence Resources

environmental Strategist, between the lines: Indoor air quality can be up to 20 times worse than outdoor air and children are some of the most susceptible. Most schools are operating on tight budgets and being able to get an indoor air quality program implemented for free can be very valuable. The IAQ Council has over…

environmental Strategist, between the lines: If you work with any insured’s that use nonylphenol ethoxylates, or NPEs, typically found is industrial and household detergents, let them know this change is coming. We always talk about the indirect environmental exposures a business can face and here is a perfect example. For any business using cleaning agents…

environmental Strategist between the lines: This competitive environmental intelligence points out we are in the infancy with climate change and positions are beginning to take shape. The supreme court ruled in April 2007 the EPA can regulate green house gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. The court also ruled that states and municipalities are…

environmental Strategist, between the lines: CCA treated lumber has been found to leach chemicals, some plastics when heated (microwave, fire) have been found to leach chemicals, so car seats following the same path would not surprise me. There will need to be a lot more research performed to support this but an ounce of prevention,…

*There are estimates that up to 60% of all buildings can be considered sick buildings. *Indoor air quality can be 5 to 20 times worse than outdoor air. * Research indicates that people spend approximately 90 percent of their time indoors. * EPA estimates that poor indoor air may cost the nation tens of billions…

As communities become more urbanized, rooftops, roadways, parking lots, and other impervious surfaces replace natural ground cover. As impervious surfaces increase, run-off increases and infiltration into the ground decreases. Download the Low-impact development concepts Article

Environmental strategist, between the lines: This competitive environmental intelligence is from Risk and Insurance Magazine, May 2007, and a special they ran on “The Nations Most Overlooked Risks.” Based on guesstimates that vapors impact 439,000 sites nationwide, this means in your state on average there are 8,780 impacted sites. This is not a NIMBY (Not…

Market alert for contractors and those that hire construction services: Over the last year Environmental Risk Managers has experienced a steady rise in the number of standard contractors around the country being required to have contractor’s pollution liability (cpl) insurance in order to perform their construction services. An abnormally large percentage of contractors are finding…

environmental Strategist, between the lines: This EPA site opens with the following, “Environmental stewardship is the responsibility for environmental quality shared by all those whose actions affect the environment. Everyday, more than 300 million Americans make countless choices that can impact our environment. By being an active environmental steward you can reduce those impacts and…

environmental Strategist, between the lines: This report shows environmentally conscious consumers are a rapidly growing part of the economy and represent 1/3 of Americans. As consumers continue to get educated on our environmental issues they will become the majority, probably in the next few years. The survey points out businesses must have a credible environmental…