News and Articles from Helia EHS

October is National Safe Work Month – a time to commit to building and maintaining a safe and healthy workplace. The workplace is an integral part of our lives, but it’s easy to forget that it can also be one of the most dangerous places we spend time. Every year, millions of workers experience a workplace accident or illness that interferes with their ability to work and live at home. However, there are things you

Air pollution is a serious public health problem that affects people around the world. Indoor air quality testing and outdoor air quality testing can help you to identify potential sources of poor indoor or outdoor air quality and take steps to improve them. Air pollution can be caused by a variety of factors including vehicle exhaust, industrial emissions, chemicals released into water supplies and more. However, you don’t have to live in an industrial town

What is Environmental Science? It’s National Science Week! Something we at Helia EHS like to celebrate in honour of all the fantastic environmental scientists we work with. If you’re interested in environmental science, it’s important to understand what this field covers. Environmental science is a broad discipline that includes several scientific areas relating to the environment. It covers aspects of biology, earth science, environmental health, sustainable development, green chemistry and ecology. Some environmental scientists study

Exploring General Environmental Duty The GED is at the centre of the Environment Protection Act 2017 (EP Act) and came into effect under the Victorian Environment Protection Act of 1 July 2021. It outlines new requirements to meet your environmental obligations. A core component of the new Act is a GED to businesses, which allocates responsibility of proactive management of potential environmental hazards.  This article provides an overview of what the GED is and how it

Determining the Need for Asbestos Audits If you’re a property owner or landlord, it’s your responsibility to make sure that your buildings are safe. One way to ensure this is by having your property audited for asbestos. You are legally required to have an asbestos register on-site and accessible at all times. Asbestos audits can help you find out if any of the materials in your building contain asbestos and whether they pose a health

Business is always looking to improve workplace safety performance. But how do they do so when often working within a highly regulated environment? The annual World Day for Safety and Health at Work promotes the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases globally. Last week the World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2022 focused on enhancing social dialogue towards a culture of safety and health. With this in mind, Helia EHS is committed to assisting in the

Conduct a Hazardous Building Materials Due Diligence Depending on the risk appetite of our clients and the condition and age of the building/s and/or the site in general to be purchased, a hazardous building materials (HBMs) due diligence may be undertaken. Part of Edge Group’s building (transaction) due diligence investigation services, it can conduct an assessment on the following materials: Especially in pre-purchase Mergers & Acquisition (M&A) assessments, we can act for a potential asset