The damage wrought by COVID-19 to businesses worldwide is self-evident. Moving forward, firms should examine the changes to working practices and technology which were necessitated by the pandemic to determine business priorities in the medium to long-term. To better understand how firms tackled COVID-19 and the renewed importance of EHS programs, Verdantix spoke to business leaders that have worked with the Benchmark ESG (Gensuite) team to establish measures to deal with COVID-19 across their businesses, resulting in an evolution of the discussion around EHS issues and greater emphasis placed on the role of EHS in wider business discussions.