How Dynamic is Your EHS Program? The beginning of the year is a great time to roll out your EHS program, but most industrial business entrepreneurs believe they already have an EHS program. The question is, Is your EHS program dynamic, proactive, and current? An EHS program must be dynamic to be current and compliant. …
An astounding number of companies fail to integrate consistent EHS practices into their operations. As a result, often find themselves scrambling to comply with an agency request, customer RFP or even a plaintiff’s demand. Establishing and tracking actionable metrics for EHS success is an area of challenge for many companies. As the Peter Drucker quote highlights, knowing what is important and how to measure it, is the key to improvement. As another year ends, it brings home the need for accurately measuring their EHS programs. While that sounds easy in principle, many companies lack the program visibility to effectively leverage metrics in their daily operations. Establishing key EHS Metrics is critical to measuring and improving their program.
“Without organizational alignment, management visibility and clear priorities, a company can never fully achieve EHS excellence.”
Three primary changes that will help companies avoid (unnecessary) urgent program demands:
The federal government regularly updates or proposes new safety regulations to expand worker safety when a risk becomes officially recognized.
One simple, yet extremely effective, practice that could save have avoided costly damage control is Job Type Hazard Assessments (“JTHA”).
How do you take it the next level and drive a corporate culture of EHS excellence? What do you need when launching a branded EHS Program?
To implement best EHS practices, your program must authorize action. Yet, many companies fail to integrate consistent EHS practices into their operations.
At EHS, we value our client’s time and look for trade shows that offer valuable information in exchange for the time spent. One such show is hosted by NORA, November 10-13 and we hope to see you there.
