EHS Managers are Increasingly Appreciated by Their Organizations EnviroBLRcom Survey Finds

March 31 2005 Environmental health and safety managers are perceived as doing a valuable job with 75 of the 470 respondents in a Business and Legal Reports Inc online survey agreeing with the statement that their organizations see the value in their EHS activities The trend is positive too with 77 reporting that expectations for EHS have increased over the past 5 years Full results of the survey conducted by EnviroBLRcom - Making State Environmental Compliance Easier - may be downloaded at httpwwwblrcom80502500PRS7 If increased EHS stature is the good news however the bad news is that only half of those taking part in the survey report that they regularly communicate the business value of their environmental or safety activities or that they have a formal process for measuring EHS performance The profession is growing in stature and recognizes that it needs to manage toward business drivers said Clare Condon managing editor of BLR's environmental products The response to BLR's survey shows that EHS professionals need to complete the cycle by finding out how to communicate the value of their environmental and safety activities to upperlevel management Condon commented When asked to relay their biggest onthejob headaches 24 of the EHS managers surveyed listed paperwork and red tape 14 referred to problems getting upper management buyin and 27 reported problems with employee training and compliance Encouragingly enough more managers say that their budgets are increasing 38 than decreasing 20 To address these growing needs in an era of increased responsibilities BLR's EnviroBLRcom provides regulatory activity tracking plainEnglish analysis of EHS regulations detailed training meetings checklists and forms and access to its team of expert attorneys and practitioners for 1day compliance answers About BLR Old Saybrook Connbased BLR produces plainEnglish compliance and training resources for environmental safety HR and compensation managers For a free catalog call 8007275257 or visit wwwBLRcom Contactnbspnbspnbsp Environmental Managing Editor Clare Condon email protected from spam bots 8605100100 x 2240



EHS Managers are Increasingly Appreciated by Their Organizations EnviroBLRcom Survey Finds

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