Environmental sustainability is a GES core value. Sustainability measures and continuous improvement processes permeate every facet of our organization and enhance project execution for our clients. GES recently completed a comprehensive evaluation of our sustainability practices with EcoVadis and earned a Bronze medal, which places us among the top 35% of companies assessed. GES’ strengths included process optimization, employee training and development, health and safety, information security, ethics, and procurement policies. This is a big accomplishment for GES! 

Recruiting environmental professionals to work at GES is vital to our ongoing success. Our own VP of Marketing, Vince Passaro, recently did his part by accepting an invitation from Dr. Kim Lichtveld, MSPH, Chair and Associate Professor, to be a guest lecturer at his alma mater, the University of Findlay, OH (UF). In 1981, Vince graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in biology, but he is credited with being their first unofficial graduate of the school’s Environment, Health, Safety & Sustainability (EHSS) program.

GES completed the annual inspection of over 100 miles of natural gas pipeline in Pennsylvania and West Virginia for a large U.S. natural gas producer. The inspections were part of the Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s (PHMSA) federally regulated program for pipelines and pipeline operations. GES employed the use of small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) equipped with an Optical Gas Imaging (OGI) camera, which detects and visualized hydrocarbon gases. Our FAA-licensed pilots were trained in accordance our client’s PHMSA-required Operator Qualification (OQ) program.

Subscribe to