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Creating a Safer, Smarter Approach to Workplace Safety

For senior EHS leaders in food and beverage, 2026 brings heightened regulatory scrutiny, persistent worker safety risk, and growing expectations for transparency, consistency, and control across operations.

Legislative change, multi‑site complexity, and ongoing injury exposure are placing new demands on EHS functions that are often still supported by fragmented systems and manual processes.

This Think Tank is designed for EHS VPs and senior safety leaders who want to understand how technology is being used across the sector to strengthen oversight, improve decision‑making, and move from reactive compliance toward proactive risk management and operational resilience.

Discussion

Topics

Regulatory pressure and EHS accountability: How new and evolving regulations are increasing EHS oversight requirements, and how leaders are maintaining confidence in compliance, evidence, and reporting across multiple sites.

Controlling risk in high‑hazard food manufacturing environments: Persistent causes of serious injuries in food and beverage operations, what data is telling EHS leaders today, and where prevention efforts are falling short.

Incident, near‑miss, and investigation effectiveness: How organisations are improving the quality, consistency, and follow‑through of incident reporting and investigations to prevent repeat events.

EHS visibility at scale: Challenges of managing safety performance across geographically distributed sites, contractors, and operations, and how technology helps surface trends and risk hotspots earlier.

Building a resilient, future‑ready EHS function: What senior EHS leaders are prioritising to stay ahead of regulatory change, reduce operational disruption, and demonstrate measurable safety performance improvement.

SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT

Courtney D. Lewis, CSP

EHS Advisor at Intelex

Courtney is an Environmental, Health, and Safety professional with experience helping organizations improve safety performance, strengthen regulatory compliance, and implement technology solutions that support operational excellence. Throughout her career, she has held EHS leadership roles with organizations in the oil and gas midstream, industrial explosives and automotive manufacturing sectors, before transitioning into enterprise EHS technology through roles with EHS software providers and consulting firms. Her expertise spans environmental compliance, occupational safety, process safety management (PSM), and enterprise EHS software, enabling organizations to build practical, sustainable programs that reduce risk and drive continuous improvement. Area of Expertise: EHS Strategy & Digital Transformation Courtney helps organizations bridge operational EHS challenges with technology solutions that improve compliance, increase efficiency, and strengthen safety culture. By combining practitioner experience with deep knowledge of enterprise EHS systems, she partners with organizations to simplify complex processes, support digital transformation, and deliver practical solutions that create lasting business value.

ABOUT

Intelex

Intelex Technologies is a global leader in Environmental, Health, Safety, and Quality (EHSQ) management software. Since 1992, Intelex has empowered organizations to drive operational excellence, reduce risk, and ensure regulatory compliance through its robust, flexible, and user-friendly cloud-based platform. Serving thousands of businesses across over 150 countries, Intelex enables smarter decision-making by centralizing data and turning insights into action. Backed by global support and continuous innovation, Intelex helps companies build a safer, more sustainable world—one workplace at a time.