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DOI: Digital Integration of EHS-Compliance and Risk Management in Industrial Enterprises: the EHS-Digital Loop Authoring Platform
Tanvi Bhushan , Master of Science in Environmental Engineering from Lamar University, Texas, USA Dhaval Sikligar , M.S., Computer Systems Architect, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) – Industrial IoT & Low‑Code Manufacturing Systems, USAAbstract
The accelerating convergence of digitalisation, sustainability demands, and heightened societal expectations is transforming the way industrial enterprises manage Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) risks. Once regarded chiefly as a cost of compliance, EHS has now become a strategic lever that shapes corporate resilience, investor confidence, and licence to operate. At the same time, rapid advances in industrial IoT, cloud analytics, and artificial intelligence are unlocking unprecedented volumes of operational data yet posing new integration challenges for safety professionals, risk managers, and board-level decision-makers alike.
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