Meet the Green Team: VelocityEHS
VelocityEHS joined us for a Green Teams clean-up on July 26th at Humboldt Park.
Relied on by more than 10 million users worldwide to drive operational excellence and achieve outstanding outcomes, VelocityEHS is the global leader in true SaaS enterprise EHS & ESG technology. The VelocityEHS Accelerate® Platform is the definitive gold-standard for environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG), delivering best-in-class capabilities for materiality assessments, safety, industrial ergonomics, control of work, health, operational risk, and environmental compliance.
The VelocityEHS team includes unparalleled industry expertise, with more certified experts in health, safety, industrial hygiene, ergonomics, sustainability, the environment, AI, and machine learning than any EHS software provider. Recognized by the EHS industry’s top independent analysts as a Leader in the Verdantix 2021 Green Quadrant Analysis—VelocityEHS is committed to industry thought leadership and to accelerating the pace of innovation through its software solutions and vision. Its privacy and security protocols, which include SOC2 Type II attestation, are among the most stringent in the industry. VelocityEHS is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with locations in Ann Arbor, Michigan; Tampa, Florida; Oakville, Ontario; London, England; Perth, Western Australia; and Cork, Ireland.
Why is volunteering for the parks important to your organization?
Volunteering for the parks is important to our organization because it allows us to have an impact on the local communities and ecosystems that we operate in. Cleaning and preserving our local park spaces enable the local community to fully enjoy the public spaces that are available to them. Supporting the parks also helps protect and preserve local ecosystems that are present in Chicago's unique habitats. It also allows our employees an opportunity to engage with local community organizations and make a difference close to where they’re located.
How does your organization’s mission relate to the work you’re doing with CPF?
Our mission at VelocityEHS is to make the world’s workplaces safer and more sustainable. Our mission also applies internally to make our own workplace(s) safer and more sustainable. Our work with CPF allows us to provide opportunities for our employees to be sustainable, to engage in causes they believe in, and to benefit the local communities we operate in.
Share a highlight of your clean-up event experience.
We cleaned out and recycled a lot of glass bottles, aluminum cans and fishing equipment near natural habitats that would have otherwise been overlooked. We were lucky to see some neat wildlife in the process like: turtles, butterflies and birds. It was a gorgeous day!
Thank you for getting outside with us, VelocityEHS!
“Our work with CPF allows us to provide opportunities for our employees to be sustainable, to engage in causes they believe in, and to benefit the local communities we operate in.”
YOU CAN PITCH IN, TOO!
Thanks to the generous support of our Green Teams, the Chicago Parks Foundation equips thousands of volunteers with free supplies for our Pitch In for the Parks citywide program.
Schedule your own Green Teams event this season, or join the Pitch In for the Parks effort today.
You can also join us with a gift or become a Chicago Parks Foundation Member! Your support helps make vital park programming like Pitch In for the Parks possible. When you invest in the parks, you invest in the communities who love and depend on them.