Recorded EHS & Compliance Webinars

ERA’s expert webinars on environmental compliance, health & safety, and more

Here is where you will find a selection of ERA’s free webinars. These have been created and compiled in consultation with EH&S industry leaders, as well as with our dedicated team of environmental scientists.

These webinars cover a wide range of topics and industry events, from environmental management and reporting to health and safety and compliance. We update this page regularly  with the very latest, free EH&S webinars given by ERA.

Tier II Reporting Insights and Best Practices

We reviewed our Tier II webinar and repurposed it into a personalized demo encompassing everything you need to know about Tier II and using software for your report submission, updated for 2023. Pick the topics that most interest you and let our compliance experts guide you through reporting dos and don'ts, the online upload process, and selecting the right software for your state. You'll even get an overview of ERA's Tier II solution in action.

Run time: up to you! (at most one hour)

On Demand GHS Compliance Webinar: SDS on Demand Software

Safety Data Sheet (SDS) authoring doesn't need to be a complicated process, especially if you only have a few SDSs to maintain. This webinar outlines a new system for quickly and affordably authoring small batches of SDSs in accordance with the Globally Harmonized System (GHS).

Run Time: approximately 30 minutes

Telling Your Story with Data: Sustainability on Demand Software

The Wildlife Habitat Council invited ERA's expert speakers to lead a short session on sustainability management: how your data can be used to tell a story that grows your business, and how to best manage that data so it doesn't become a burden on your time. In this short webinar, you'll learn the latest best practices and see ERA's Sustainability on Demand software in action. 

Run Time: approximately 20 minutes

Simple Steps to Automating Your Air Permit Compliance

Air permits are often one of the most complicated parts of any business' environmental requirements. That's why our air permit experts teamed up with the air consultants at GT Environmental to bring you a full hour of air permit best practices, automation tips, and insights on some of the biggest challenges we've helped solve. 

Run Time: approximately 60 minutes

How to Improve Your Discharge Monitoring Reporting Using Automation

Discharge Monitoring Reporting (DMR) and water quality compliance management can be complex due to the many different parameters that need to be monitored and the different data streams like lab sampling and CMS equipment. 

This webinar from ERA and SynTerra Corp tackles a wide range of DMR questions sent in by the audience. You'll learn the basics of DMR, what's challenging in DMR, and how it can be automated.

Run time: approximately 48 minutes

How to Improve Your TRI Data & How Software Can Help

Get set for Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) in Reporting Year 2019 with ERA Environmental. The former EPA Region 2 Coordinator is joined by ERA senior EHS project manager Laura Weinkam to talk discuss changes to the TRI program for RY 2019, including recently-added chemicals. Learn how to validate your TRI data before submission and how ERA software can help streamline the process.  

 Run time: approximately 50 minutes.

Air Emissions Spotlight: Tackling VOC Compliance

Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are considered one of the most complicated categories to track and report correctly. ERA and air experts Tetra Tech collaborated to create an educational webinar to take the mystery out of VOC compliance and reporting. Mick Johnson from Tetra Tech and Erin Manitou from ERA join forces to share VOC best practices and how ERA software is designed to tackle the specific challenges of VOC management. 

Run time: approximately 45 minutes.

Air Quality Compliance for Surface Coating Operations

In this joint webinar with Trinity Consultants, ERA air compliance specialist Erin Manitou and consultant Nicole Saniti delve into the challenges of air quality compliance for any manufacturer that uses paints, topcoats, primers, or any other type of surface coating. 

You'll learn expert tips on VOCs, HAPs, relevant air regulations, and then get a look at how ERA software is used by manufacturers to simplify the management of emission reports and chemical inventory management.

Run time: approximately 50 minutes.

TRI Insider Insights: TRI Reporting with Former TRI Coordinator (Region 2) Nora Lopez 

ERA Environmental Management Solutions has teamed up with recently-retired high-level EPA Toxic Release Inventory Coordinator Nora Lopez (Region 2) to bring you a must-see TRI Webinar.

Nora Lopez shares her decades of TRI experience: learn how to improve accuracy, spot red flags that would get you fined or audited, and be more confident in your final TRI emission quantifications. Get full access to the expert TRI information and Form R reporting advice.

Incident Management Automation for Your Workplace

Most businesses already have an incident management protocol in place, but few know how to optimize their management strategy to make the most of their data and reduce program costs.

This Health & Safety webinar, led by Dr. Ehsan Maghsoudi (Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering), teaches you some actionable best practices to incorporate data automation into your incident management strategy. 

We cover topics from the cutting-edge of H&S best practices, including:

1. 7 steps to automate incident management process
2. Compliance requirements for electronic reporting to OSHA
3. Integrating HR and worker compensation data with H&S data

GDPR's Impact on Your H&S Compliance

Are you aware of how the new GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) privacy laws regulate the data you are allowed to collect about workplace incidents and near misses? Health & Safety specialists need to be prepared to change the data they collect, how they process and store data, and be able to justify their processes to corporate legal teams.  Health & Safety departments are not exempt from this strict new privacy regulation. That's why it should be your top priority to learn specifically how GDPR impacts you.

This free 45 minute webinar focuses on teaching H&S managers and their teams about how the GDPR privacy regulation will influence their operations, using Incident Management as a working case study for discussion.  

Championing Sustainable Automotive Innovation

ERA Environmental, a member of the Supplier Partnership's Materials Work Group, was invited to be a key speaker at the 2013 Summit on Accelerating Innovation to Drive Sustainable Automotive Manufacturing Growth Across North America.

ERA's Gary Vegh was there to share insights and innovations that will help automotive OEMs and their supply chains increase transparency and make managing their environmental data a more efficient process.

Watch the recording of the live talk here and learn how the automotive industry is advancing sustainability for all of North America.

Lean Manufacturing: How EHS Software Can Make it Reality

Are you one of the many companies in the U.S. facing the almost insurmountable challenge of meeting EHS Compliance responsibilities with reduced resources?

Do you have higher manufacturing expectations?

Has your company adopted a Lean Manufacturing mentality?

This webinar focuses on a roundtable discussion between officers of J.B Poindexter & Co., Inc. and their consultants, as they examine the steps involved in JBPCO moving towards a viable solution to meeting these problems head on and overcoming them.

EHS Data Automation: Why It's Important and How It Can Help

EHS Managers need to focus on managing activities, rather than manual data entry, transcribing reports and hunting for missing information. This takes valuable time away from your busy day.

Discover the advantages that experienced and innovative EHS Professionals enjoy when they automate EHS work flows – eliminating manual data entry, auto generating reports, receiving threshold alerts and much more.