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Exemplar Global Interviews Mel DeGregorio
Exemplar Global interviewed Mel DeGregorio, GreenUp’s Lead Facilitator and Principal Consultant on ISO auditing, environmental management systems and auditor training…
EXEMPLAR GLOBAL: Tell me about your background and how you found your way to auditing.
MEL DEGREGORIO: I had two great passions in my life: Volleyball, which I have played for more than 25 years, and horseback riding. The problem was, though, that I was too short for volleyball to become an international player and too tall for being a horse jockey! While I was thinking and hoping that I have got to be good for something (laughter), my delightful thermodynamics course in college was very subtly forcing me to re-evaluate my life choices every week…
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Environmental Certification Package for the New Environmental Professional!
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GreenUp Academy is an Exemplar Global Recognized Training Provider
We are proud to announce that as of June 17, 2020, we have become an Exemplar Global Recognized Training Provider. Our certified courses include:
- ISO 14001 Internal Auditor
- ISO 45001 Internal Auditor
- Integrated ISO 14001/45001 Internal Auditor
- RC 14001 Internal Auditor (per request)
- Environmental Certification Package for the New Environmental Professional
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Exemplar Global Inc. provides personnel certification, credential management for individuals seeking further professional recognition and independent certification for training providers to enhance their course quality and outcomes for the past 25 years.
Advantages of GreenUp’s Exemplar Global Recognized Training Provider Certification for GreenUp Academy Students
- Receiving a training from an internationally recognized and certified organization demonstrating the proven quality of the training
- Each student will receive an Exemplar Global Graduate Certificate valid for 12 months in addition to a GreenUp Academy certificate for each course
- One self-coaching assessment
- Access to 12-months of extended learning content
- Exclusive benefits including: complimentary access to online events, online magazine, newsletters, and low-cost professional liability insurance
- Access to an exclusive LinkedIn Community
- Opportunity to explore career enhancement and employment opportunities
GreenUp Academy Training Calendar
3 Most Crucial Steps to Complete Before Your ISO 14001/45001 Audit! 30-Minute Live Webinar
- Thursday, June 25 at 2:00 pm Eastern Time
- This is a 30-minute live webinar.
- This webinar will discuss the final preparations before an ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 Stage 1, Stage 2 or Surveillance audits.
- This webinar will not address how to implement an ISO management system.
- Handouts and certificate of attendance will be provided.
Who should attend?
- Environmental, health and safety (EHS) managers, specialists, coordinators
- Corporate EHS representatives
- Plant managers, site directors
- Any facility that is certified to ISO 14001, ISO 45001 or OHSAS
- Any facility that is willing to get certified to ISO 14001, ISO 45001 or OHSAS
How to Create an Effective Corrective Action for an ISO 14001/45001 Nonconformity?
Webinar Description:
- This is a 1-hour live webinar.
- Nonconformity and corrective action process by ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 Standards will be reviewed.
- This webinar will demonstrate creating a corrective action to address an ISO 14001, ISO 45001 or OHSAS environmental, health and safety (EHS) management system nonconformity.
- Each step required to create a corrective action including root cause analysis, correction, implementation and verification of effectiveness steps will be discussed.
- Numerous real life nonconformities and their related corrective actions will be discussed.
- Difference between Correction (or Containment) versus Corrective Action will be reviewed.
- Sample Corrective Action Forms that were created professionally and were audited by third party Lead Auditors in numerous occasions will be offered to each participant.
- Each form is conformant to most of the ISO Standards and completely customizable.
- Each participant will receive a certificate of attendance.
- Handouts will be provided.
Who should attend?
- Environmental, health and safety (EHS) management systems representatives
- EHS managers, specialists, coordinators
- Internal ISO auditors
- Corporate EHS representatives
- Plant managers, site directors
- Any facility that is certified to ISO 14001, ISO 45001 or OHSAS
- Any facility that is willing to get certified to ISO 14001, ISO 45001 or OHSAS
How Do We Conduct Virtual/Remote Environmental, Health & Safety Audits? FREE 50-Minute Pre-Recorded Live Webinar
This webinar focuses on:
- Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Regulatory Compliance and ISO 14001 & ISO 45001 Management System Audits
- It will describe GreenUp’s efficient way to conduct virtual/remote EHS audits.
Who should watch?
- Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) managers, specialists, coordinators
- Plant managers, site directors
- ISO 14001 auditors, ISO 45001 auditors
- EHS inspectors
- Anybody else willing to understand how GreenUp conducts a virtual/remote EHS audit
How to Comply with your Stormwater Plan? – 2 Hour Live Webinar
May 22, 2020 at 11:30 am – 1:30 pm Eastern Time
- This is a 2-hour live webinar.
- This webinar will focus on Stormwater Regulations associated with Industrial activities for the general industry at Federal level.
- Key requirements of Environmental Protection Agency’s 2015 Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP) and MSGP applicability will be discussed.
- Key requirements for an SWPPP and how to accurately and effectively maintain an SWPPP will be discussed in detail along with real life examples.
- Most common SWPPP and Stormwater general permit violations and how to avoid them will be revealed.
- This webinar will be facilitated by an experienced industry expert with an international accreditation on environmental regulatory audits from Exemplar Global.
- Each participant will receive a certificate of attendance. There will be one certificate issued per order.
- This webinar comes with handouts for the presentation, recorded webinar link, online tools and related material including case studies.
Who should attend?
- Environmental managers, specialists, coordinators
- Plant managers, site directors
- ISO 14001 auditors
- Anybody else willing to understand the Stormwater associated with industrial activity and SWPPP requirements
How to Comply with the Key SPCC Plan Requirements? 2-Hour Live Webinar
Tuesday, May 12, at 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Thursday, May 14, at 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
- This is a two-hour live webinar.
- This webinar will give an overview of Spill Prevention Control & Countermeasure (SPCC) Rule.
- SPCC Plan applicability and different SPCC plan criteria will be reviewed.
- Key SPCC Plan requirements will be discussed in detail along with real life examples.
- Most common SPCC violations and how to avoid them will be revealed.
- This webinar will be facilitated by an experienced industry expert with an international accreditation on environmental regulatory audits from Exemplar Global.
- Each participant will receive a certificate of attendance. There will be one certificate issued per order.
- This webinar comes with handouts for the presentation, recorded webinar link, online tools and related material including case studies.
ISO 14001:2015 Online Internal Auditor Training
- May 5-6, 2020
- This is a 2-day online course.
- This course is designed for all types of industries that are currently certified or willing to get certified to ISO 14001:2015 Standard.
- Handouts and customizable forms will be offered.
- A recording of the entire course will be made available.
- Each participant will receive a GreenUp Academy course attendance certificate.
- Demonstration of the internal audit process from start to finish (preparation for the audit, opening meeting, site tour, auditing of processes, interviews, document review, writing nonconformities, effective communication, closing meeting, report writing, etc.)
Hazardous Waste Management Simplified – 1 hour Live Webinar
- April 28 at 10:00 am ET
- April 30 at 2:00 pm ET
- This is a one-hour live webinar.
- This webinar will focus on US federal hazardous waste regulations applicable to most of the general industry hazardous waste generators with a few state variations
- This webinar will only focus on hazardous waste generators.
- Most commonly found hazardous waste violations will be reviewed.
- How to conduct an effective hazardous waste inspection at your facility will be visited.
- Pictures, real life scenarios and group work will be offered.
- Each participant will receive a webinar attendance certificate. There will be one certificate issued per order.
- Handouts and webinar recording will be offered.
How to Survive and Thrive as a New Environmental Professional?
I lived it… I’ve witnessed it in countless occasions…
I feel the pain of people who, for whatever reason, found themselves with the environmental responsibilities at an industrial facility without proper background, knowledge or applicable experience in the environmental field. Not knowing what you don’t know could be quite of a disadvantage… Knowing where to start from and how, the complexity of environmental regulations, penalties, fines, earning the respect of leadership team and the trust of your peers and other workers could be physically, emotionally and mentally exhausting and draining. Getting a handle on all of this takes some time, effort, commitment and strategy.
I was a NEW environmental professional once, I understand! I see you…
Now, I have the platform to share what I’ve learned in the past 18 years dealing with hundreds of environmental professionals, and industrial facilities in the U.S. and other countries. My goal is to prevent you, the new folks, from making the well-known professional and behavioral mistakes, and steer you in the right direction along with sharing a few secrets of the trade… Environmental field could be your calling.
Think about discovering your life purpose, meeting and exceeding your potential while unleashing that abundant, endless, wild inner energy that only shows up when you have a purpose, passion and sharp focus… When you combine your passion with persistence, commitment, positive attitude and smart work; then comes the priceless, sweet and addictive taste of success… It’s irresistible!
I’m not saying that environmental field is everybody’s calling. All I’m saying is that since you’ve already become the environmental person at your site (unless you quit already!), don’t just dismiss the field yet or get frustrated and resentful before you give it a chance. Find out more about it, transition into your new position by surrounding yourself with the right knowledge. We all know that knowledge is power! After you know more about this field, if you’re still not interested, by all means, then, move on to the other things that will make you happy and make you feel satisfied in your career.
During my environmental regulatory compliance and IS0 14001 environmental management system audits at different sites, do you know how many times I’ve witnessed the helplessness of the environmental managers, coordinators or specialists? The answer is more than I wanted to see.
I used to say to myself, if they only knew how to make this better in such an easier manner… I’ve tried to help, of course, as much as I could, without violating the given time and conflict of interest guidelines and restrictions; however, I knew that they needed more…
So I decided to start this mission of helping the new environmental professionals. As a first step; I created a 2-hour webinar, which is only the start of an attempt to smooth this transition for you, and help you towards excelling at your job, and perhaps, help the environmental field to gain some talented people just like you… I have so much to share…
If you want to give it a try, REGISTER here for this webinar:
How to Survive and Thrive as a New Environmental Professional?
You can also take a look at our other webinars here: Greenupacademy.com/webinars/
If you’re not a webinar type, that’s ok too. Shoot me an email or contact me at LinkedIn with any questions. I would be happy to help. I actually strongly encourage you to contact me and let me know about your needs, concerns and share your story. You will remain completely anonymous, I promise. I need your input to create the next steps of this mission that will help you and your other colleagues in different industries and different geographic locations. Thank you all in advance, and thank you for reading.
More to follow… Mel
meldegregorio@greenupconsultants.com
GreenUp Academy Lead Facilitator
GreenUp Academy Webinar Schedule October 21 – 25, 2019
ISO 45001 Demystified
1.5-hour Live Webinar:
- Tuesday, October 22, 2019: 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm EDT
- Wednesday, October 23, 2019: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT
- Thursday , October 24, 2019: 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
- Friday, October 25, 2019: 8:30 am – 10:00 am EDT
This webinar is designed for all types of industries that are currently certified to OHSAS 18001, and are willing to upgrade to the newly published ISO 45001:2018, or just willing to get certified to ISO 45001:2018 Standard for the first time.
Join us this week and understand ISO 45001 requirements correctly the first time.
5 Deadly Mistakes Senior Management Makes while Implementing ISO 14001
1-hour Live Webinar:
- Tuesday, October 22, 2019: 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
- Thursday , October 24, 2019: 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm EDT
This webinar is designed for the members of senior leadership team of all types of industries that are currently certified or willing to get certified to ISO 14001:2015 Standard. The goal is to clarify the requirements of ISO 14001:2015 for the top management of an organization and share the most common and destructive mistakes that are made while implementing and maintaining an ISO 14001 environmental management system.
Knowledge is power! Start or continue your ISO journey well-equipped with knowledge.
How to Identify the Context of Your Organization per ISO 45001?
1-hour Live Webinar:
- Tuesday, October 22, 2019: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
- Wednesday, October 23, 2019: 8:30 am – 9:30 am EDT
- Thursday , October 24, 2019: 9:30 am – 10:30 am EDT
- Friday, October 25, 2019: 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm EDT
Section 4 of ISO 45001, which describes the requirements for the “Context of the Organization” caused some confusion for many organizations. The new terminology such as:
- Issues
- Intended Outcomes
- Interested Parties
must be understood to adequately conform to the requirements of ISO 45001. Join us this week and, let’s find answers together.
How to Manage Universal Waste?
1-hour Live Webinar:
- Wednesday, October 23, 2019: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
- Thursday , October 24, 2019: 8:00 am – 9:00 am EDT
- Friday, October 25, 2019: 11:45 am – 12:45 pm EDT
Do you have any of these items at your facility?
- Batteries
- Lamps
- Pesticides
- Mercury-containing equipment
If “yes” than your facility could be a “Universal Waste Handler”, and be subject to Federal and State Universal Waste Regulations.
Check out our webinar and let’s find out together!
Stormwater Regulatory Compliance
1-hour Live Webinar:
- Tuesday, October 22, 2019: 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm EDT
- Wednesday, October 23, 2019: 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EDT
- Thursday , October 24, 2019: 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm EDT
- Friday, October 25, 2019: 10:30 am – 11:30 am EDT
With the widespread confusion regarding the applicability of stormwater regulations to industrial operations, we get many questions pertaining to the following:
- Can we store this dumpster outside, uncovered?
- Does the “No Exposure” certification apply to us?
- Why do we need a general permit?
- What stormwater best practices do you recommend?
- How do we comply with our stormwater general permit?
Save your seat now!
Hazardous Waste Management Simplified
1-hour Live Webinar:
- Tuesday, October 22, 2019: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm EDT
- Wednesday, October 23, 2019: 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT
- Thursday , October 24, 2019: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
- Friday, October 25, 2019: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
In an industrial facility, it’s very rare to impossible to not to see some type of hazardous waste. Let’s take a look at the related regulations together.
- Can we dispose of this waste in regular trash?
- What is a hazardous waste generator?
- Do I have to switch to the new E-manifest system?
- How do we comply with hazardous waste regulations?
- Look at your facility through the eyes of a former hazardous waste inspector from Indiana Department of Environmental Management
Join us this week and, let’s learn together.
GreenUp Academy Weekly Webinar Schedule (Nov 12-16, 2018)
How to Respond to a Registrar Nonconformity Correctly the First Time?
2-hour Live Webinar:
Wednesday, November 14, 2018: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm EST
Friday, November 16, 2018: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm EST
You’ve had your ISO audit, and now you have some nonconformities. The lead auditor asked you to submit corrective actions, and you are not sure how to create them or the corrective actions you submitted to your Registrar have been rejected by your lead auditor. With many less than favorable circumstances, join us to put an end to these scenarios! In this webinar, you will learn how to:
- Generate your corrective action plan with proper root cause analysis, correction, corrective action and verification
- Eliminate any rejection from your Registrar and lead auditor
- Train the people in your company to generate adequate and effective corrective action plans to minimize waste of time and energy
- Avoid most common mistakes when generating corrective action plans for your management system nonconformities
- Implement your corrective actions effectively to eliminate recurring of the same issues
Stormwater Regulatory Compliance
2-hour Live Webinar:
Tuesday, November 13, 2018: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm EST
Thursday, November 15, 2018: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm EST
Thursday, November 15, 2018: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm EST
With the widespread confusion regarding the applicability of stormwater regulations to industrial operations, we get many questions pertaining to following:
- Can we store this dumpster outside, uncovered?
- Does the “No Exposure” certification apply to us?
- Why do we need a general permit?
- What stormwater best practices do you recommend?
- How do we comply with our stormwater general permit?
Join us this week and, let’s find answers together.
Live Interview with ISO 14001:2015 Lead Auditors
1-hour Live Interview:
Thursday, November 15, 2018: 10:30 am – 11:30 am EST
Join us in this live interview with two (2) internationally accredited ISO management systems lead auditors while they share their combined experience of over 40 years in the field. With a list of pre-compiled questions, including:
- ISO 14001 certification and surveillance audits behind the scenes
- Most common nonconformities
- Most common confusion among certified clients
- Best practices
- Tips on effective implementation of ISO Standards, etc.,
you are highly encouraged to ask all your individual questions regarding your ISO system, audits and much more…
Get an hour all access consulting pass with two experts who have experienced all aspects of the EHS world.
How to Create and Maintain a Hazardous Waste Contingency Plan – 2 Hour Live Webinar
July 23, 2020 at 2:00 pm Eastern Time
Webinar Description and Contents
- This is a two-hour live webinar.
- Hazardous waste contingency plan requirements at Federal level will be reviewed in detail. Selected state requirements will also be discussed.
- Most commonly found hazardous waste contingency plan related issues observed in different types of industries nationwide will be discussed.
- How to conduct an effective hazardous waste inspection at your facility to better comply with your contingency plan will be reviewed.
- Pictures, real life scenarios and group work will be offered.
- Cheat sheets, online resources and other useful tools where applicable will be shared.
- This webinar will be facilitated by an internationally certified industry expert.
- Each participant will receive a webinar attendance certificate. There will be one certificate issued per order.
- This webinar comes with handouts for the presentation, recorded webinar link and sample documents or exercises (where applicable).
Who should attend?
- Environmental managers, specialists, coordinators
- Plant managers, site directors
- ISO 14001 auditors
- Anybody else willing to understand hazardous waste contingency plan requirements