In an era of rapid regulatory change, Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) professionals face mounting pressure to ensure their audit checklists and compliance tasks are maintained for facilities located across the globe. While generative AI tools like ChatGPT can be used for EHS research, they lack the precision, reliability, and specialization in EHS required for managing compliance risk. STP ComplianceEHS, as a dedicated EHS content provider, provides a targeted platform through the RegHub product for monitoring regulatory change, including expert editorial oversight, global coverage, and purpose-built compliance tools.
Key Advantages of STP Over Public AI Models
1. Editorial Oversight Ensures Accuracy
STP employs a team of legal and regulatory experts who vet regulatory changes. This expert-in-the-loop process eliminates the risk of AI “hallucinations” and ensures that all content is fact-checked, contextually accurate, and legally sound. The STP editorial team ensures that regulatory change notifications include accurate metadata, such as legal citations, and accurate dates relating to the rulemaking process, such as comment deadlines and in force dates. All regulatory change notifications link back to the source of truth – the register text or source regulation or legislation.
2. Detection of Small Regulatory Changes
Public AI models rely on widely available sources and content that is posted on the Internet. However, this can miss critical regulatory updates that may not be reported on by the media. STP monitors granular changes to regulations, legislation, and standards. This includes minor amendments, clarifications, and administrative notices.
Public AI models are more likely to focus on recent changes to final regulatory rules. STP’s monitoring service also tracks proposed rulemaking and legislation*. Proposed rules are tagged with the contact person and comment period, allowing clients to not only be aware of upcoming changes but also to provide feedback during the regulatory process.
3. Translated Local Language Summaries
STP tracks regulatory changes across jurisdictions where our customers operate*, including non-English-speaking regions. In many cases, these regulatory changes may be misunderstood or missed by the public AI models. Technical changes to regulations published in other languages may be misunderstood by AI models due to poor quality machine translations that prevent the model from understanding the regulatory context. As mentioned above, some regulatory changes may be missed altogether if they are not covered in English-language media, or even in the local media of the relevant jurisdiction. STP’s editorial team summarizes foreign-language regulatory and legislative changes into English. Regulatory changes are screened to ensure that they fit our client’s regulatory content and that each change is tagged for its relevant subject matter areas. This helps global EHS teams receive actionable insights regardless of origin.
4. Legal Citation Library & RegRegister
STP maintains a citation library and repository of legal text for EHS regulations and legislation across North America*. This powers the RegRegister, enabling clients to build comprehensive legal registers of citations that are relevant to their facilities.
Creating a RegRegister provides EHS departments a set it and forget it solution. This saves time over having staff perform manual AI queries. Once the monitoring profile is setup, your staff receive Weekly, Monthly, or Quarterly email notifications to inform you of any proposed or final amendments to tracked citations. This reduces the need for managers to follow up with EHS staff and ensures staff are focused on updating policies for relevant changes.
Conclusion
While public AI models offer convenience and can save users time in completing repetitive tasks, they are not a replacement for an EHS regulatory monitoring solution. The AI models lack the depth, reliability, and regulatory specialization required for EHS compliance. STP’s editorial rigor, global reach, and specialized tools make it the trusted choice for organizations that cannot afford to miss a regulatory beat.
As part of our commitment to innovation, our authors and editorial teams are using AI in their workflows. This helps us work faster and expand our content coverage. STP is actively exploring the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance our platform features. Given the high importance of accuracy in compliance-related content — and the potential risks of misinformation — we are taking a measured and responsible approach. Our focus is on ensuring that any AI integration meets rigorous standards for accuracy, reliability, and compliance so our customers continue to have peace of mind in STP content. Stay tuned for future STP product enhancements related to AI that will be announced in our monthly newsletters.
*See the STP product list for details on which jurisdictions are covered and the level of coverage for regulation, legislation, and standards in each jurisdiction.
About the Author
Daniel Friedman is the Product Manager of RegHub at STP ComplianceEHS, where he leads the design, development, and delivery of solutions that help organizations manage the complex and evolving EHS and ESG regulatory landscape.
With more than a decade of experience in the software industry, including over three years with STP, Daniel brings a deep understanding of how to transform complex technical and regulatory requirements into intuitive, high-performing SaaS products. His background in technical writing and software development supports his ability to bridge the gap between technical teams and end users, ensuring RegHub continues to deliver clarity, usability, and measurable value to compliance professionals.
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