EHS Managers are Increasingly Appreciated by Their Organizations, Enviro.BLR.com Survey Finds
Environmental health and safety managers are perceived as doing a valuable job by their employers. The bad news is that only half of those taking part in BLR's survey report that they regularly communicate the business value of their environmental or safety activities.
Old Saybrook, CT (PRWEB) 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 Enviro.BLR.com –
Making State Environmental Compliance Easier – may be downloaded at http://www.blr.com/80502500/PRS7
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
upper-level management,” Condon commented.
When asked to relay their
biggest on-the-job headaches, 24% of the EHS managers surveyed listed paperwork
and red tape, 14% referred to problems getting upper management buy-in, 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 Enviro.BLR.com provides regulatory activity tracking,
plain-English analysis of EHS regulations, detailed training meetings,
checklists and forms, and access to its team of expert attorneys and
practitioners for 1-day compliance answers.
About BLR
Old Saybrook,
Conn.-based BLR produces plain-English compliance and training resources for
environmental, safety, HR, and compensation managers. For a free catalog, call
800-727-5257 or visit www.BLR.com.
Contact:
Environmental Managing Editor Clare Condon
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/3/prweb222835.htm