Heat-related illnesses and deaths are mostly preventable. However, more than 1220 people die from extreme heat each year, with 3066 succumbing from heat-related illnesses between 2018-2022. During the Summer of 2023, there were 194 confirmed heat-associated deaths in just one Arizona county, while hundreds of other… Read More »Protecting Workers From Heat Illness
It’s all over but the shouting, as the saying goes. The war on ESG investing, financed by Big Business and waged by political opportunists who built a straw man out of “woke capitalism,” is rapidly running out of steam. “Recent… Read More »The War on ESG Investing is Over. Common Sense Has Prevailed.
Experiencing art need not be limited to visiting museums, marveling at impressive architecture, gazing at marble sculptures, or viewing street murals. Eco-friendly land art, also known as environmental or earth art, involves creating artistic installations or interventions in natural landscapes… Read More »Eco-Friendly Land Art
Access to healthcare plays a crucial role in ensuring the well being of individuals within a society. The Constitution of the World Health Organization states,“The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of… Read More »Why Access To Healthcare Is In Jeopardy
Forests form a crucial part of our ecosystem by providing homes to wildlife, supporting biodiversity and helping to reduce the impacts of climate change. Destroying forests has become a major global problem owing to human activities such as agriculture, urban… Read More »Addressing Deforestation With Modern Technologies
We’ve heard a lot about climate change and its effect of rising CO2 levels on the environment, but what about the impact of the resulting climate change on human health? It is not surprising that climate change has already significantly… Read More »Your Health and Climate Change
Age discrimination is “one of the last socially acceptable prejudices” in the U.S., according to the American Psychological Association (APA). In fact, discriminating against people based on inaccurate and negative stereotypes about age is so ingrained in our workplace and… Read More »Big Pharmas Age Problem
Plastics are everywhere – in the food and water we consume, on and in the ground, within lakes, streams, rivers and oceans and even in the air we breathe. The ubiquity of plastics is indeed terrifying when we consider the… Read More »Putting Plastics In Perspective
While ESG is basically a mechanism to evaluate investment risk, various interest groups have weaponized the term to promote their specific agendas. Now nearly every policy proposal, regardless of validity, is dismissed without considering the long term implications of ignoring… Read More »A Victory for ESG
The waste generated by the use of medical products is an urgent global environmental problem. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), “Of the total amount of waste generated by health-care activities, about 85% is general, non-hazardous waste comparable to… Read More »Medical Waste Management and ESG