Climate Action- The Race to Move from Targets to Actions Starts Now
Implications for Logistics and Commuting In a massive step towards positive climate action in Ireland, President Higgins has signed the climate action Bill into Law. The process for setting sectoral targets starts now. The magnitude of the cuts required are absolutely huge, and as the recent succession of wildfires, heatwaves, and catastrophic flooding has shown […]
Overcoming the Barriers to Improving SME Energy Performance Through Grant-Aided Energy Audit Vouchers
Like other EU member states, Ireland has binding targets for 2030. Ireland has committed in its NECP to reducing overall GHG emissions annually by 7 % on average towards 2030, representing the equivalent of a 45 % reduction between 1990 and 2030, or 51 % from the end of 2018 baseline. According to the most […]
The Potential for use of Smart Glasses as an Effective Training Tool?
What are Smart Glasses and how can they help with training? Smart Glasses are basically wearable computer glasses that add or overlay information alongside to what the wearer sees. Smart Glasses allow a worker to see training images and video in their vision while they are in the actual location where they will be doing […]
SEAI’s Newest Grant Initiative for SMEs – Support Scheme for Energy Audits
Antaris are proud to partner with SEAI in the promotion and delivery of the newest Grant initiative aimed at Small and Medium Enterprise (SMEs), the Support Scheme for Energy Audits (SSEA). The SSEA is a voucher scheme administered by SEAI and fulfilled by SEAI Registered Energy Auditors (of which Antaris is one) to facilitate SMEs […]
Virtual Management System Audits
The Obstacles and Benefits of Virtual EHS Audits? The global pandemic has resulted in challenges in all walks of life. Those of us involved in auditing, auditor training and certification of management systems have had to try to overcome some of the challenges posed by remote or virtual auditing. Widespread social distancing requirements and travel […]
ISO 45003 & the 3 Ps
ISO 45003:2021 Occupational health and safety management — Psychological health and safety at work — Guidelines for managing psychosocial risks was published yesterday. ISO 45003 provides guidance on the management of psychosocial risks and promotes well-being at work, as part of an occupational health and safety (OH&S) management system. These guidelines are intended to be […]
Antaris Consulting has committed to reducing our absolute scope 1 and scope 2 GHG emissions by 50% by 2030 (from a 2018 base year), and to measuring and reducing our scope 3 emissions. Antaris Consulting has had its emissions reduction targets from company operations (scopes 1 and 2) approved by the Science Based Targets initiative […]
Sustainable Living: Consumer Choices
More than 50% of the energy-related emissions reductions needed to get to net-zero will come from consumer choices. The UN has published details on 10 specific actions we can all take to reduce our impact on the environment and on energy use in particular. See https://www.un.org/ActNow While we don’t buy a new car every day […]
ISO 26000 and the UN Sustainable Development Goals
ISO 26000, Guidance on social responsibility, was developed by ISO to provide organisations with tools to improve Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and contribute to sustainability in alignment with the UN Sustainability Goals. In addition to ISO 26000, there are standards that support each of the UN SDGs. These include ISO 20400, Sustainable procurement – Guidance, […]
Battle Against Climate Change: Moving Beyond the “Phoney War”
Back at the start of the second world war, the period of months to the end of 1939 and the beginning of 1940 was dubbed “the phoney war”. This was the time during which the UK had declared war (following the blitzkrieg attack on Poland) but seemingly nothing happened. It was a war apparently without […]
