reduce environmental impact, from reducing food waste in cafeterias and canteens to investing in innovative technology that will help reduce emissions. As awareness of the central role that ESG plays in gaining access to investor capital escalates, industry experts are anticipating that more senior leadership will promote greener thinking in their own businesses. When it comes to creating a culture of compliance, getting buy-in from the folks on the frontlines who are executing on necessary tasks is critical – but we know that compliance tasks can often be complex and difficult especially if you aren’t immersed in deep environmental expertise. Technology can play a key role in democratizing compliance and embedding environmental consciousness into everyday activities. For example, if an employee can follow step-by-step inspection guidance with EHS software on a mobile device, the software can simplify the process by presenting only those questions about equipment at that particular facility. Additionally, electronic documentation provides two significant risk-reducing benefits: 1. By keeping critical documents like inspections and waste manifests in a SaaS-based software system, you can always be sure you’ll be able to present necessary documentation to relevant regulatory bodies. 2. Electronic documentation makes it easy to see the status of compliance activities at one location, or across many locations – giving leadership visibility into compliance status at any given moment and encouraging operations to complete regular tasks in a timely fashion. Finally, communicating about the importance of executing on tasks can help build a more participatory culture. We often focus on the details of what, when and how tasks must be completed. These are all critical, of course, but making sure to focus on why these tasks are important can create more operational buy-in. If an operations team knows that incomplete 20 © CORITY SOFTWARE INC.