Sustainability In Action

Blog – Trending Topics

Vanguard is pleased to recognize Stephanie Newman, Director of Personnel, for her professionalism and technical support regarding pictures and images to enhance reader appeal to the articles provided below.

• Biodiversity in America: A Tapestry Woven Through National Parks and Natural Landscapes – Michael Jameson
• Extreme Heat Protection: OSHA’s New Regulatory Priority – Mairis Ramos
• Industrial Plastics Pollution and Chemical Hazards Common to Plastics – Mark Frazier
• Notable Species and Conservation Efforts in U.S. National Parks – Michael Jameson
• Solar Energy: Environmental Benefits and Potential Drawbacks – Mark Kohout

Blog Archive

STATE-SPECIFIC RESOURCES

• Michigan Pollution Incident Prevention Program (PIPP)
• Minnesota Chemicals of High Concern List
• Nevada PFAS Action Plan
• Pennsylvania COVID Mandate 2020
• Pennsylvania’s Environmental Hazard List and Special Hazardous Substance List

• Proposition 65 Warnings for Foods - California
• Proposition 65 Warnings for product places - California
• Proposition 65 Warnings for chemicals - California
• The Tennessee Hazardous Chemical Right-To-Know Law (Template for Compliance with OSHA/GHS in Tennessee)
• Washington State Chemicals of High Concern to Children

GLOBAL RESOURCES

• Acronyms
• Basel Convention under the United Nations Env’t Programme
• Carcinogens, Mutagens, and Reproductive Toxins
• Definitions
• Drinking Water & Your Health
• EarthJustice: 50 Years of Going to Court – Future of the Planet
• Emergency Procedures for Accidental Release or Spill
• Endangered Species Throughout The World
• Endocrine Disruptors & PFAS
• Environmental Integrity Project
• Environmental Performance Index: Results & Global Scoreboard
• Environmental Performance Index: Country Profiles
• EU: Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)

• Global Automotive Declarable Substance List
• Global Trends in Climate Change Litigation (2023)
• ISO 26000 Social Responsibility
• PFAS in the European Union
• Periodic Table of Elements / List of Elements in Spreadsheet Format
• The United Nations Dangerous Goods List
• The European Union Conflict Minerals Directive(EU 2017/821) (Supply Chain Implications for EU’S Conflict Minerals)
• Toxicant and Disease Database
• United Nation’s 17 Goals for World Sustainability
• United Nations Environment Programme
• United Nations GHS Around the World
• Volatile Organic Compounds: Understanding Its Adverse Effects on the Environment
• World’s 100 Worst Polluted Cities — 83 are in India