The men and women who manage the environmental, health and safety programs in the United States today know all too well how "interesting" are the times in which they live. The landscape upon which they are asked to build their management systems seems to change with each passing year, if not each day. The "norms" upon which many of us have established the EHS practice no longer seem relevant.

We’re being asked to do more with less, become more efficient, be more focused on the business goals of the enterprise, add value to the corporation....

At the same time, the EHS management focus for the last 30 years, namely the federal, state and local regulatory structure, seems to be on a path to "reinvent" itself as less compliance and enforcement oriented, and become... well, we’re not sure yet.

The most exciting development for many companies is the opportunity to refocus their energies toward the most significant EHS impacts within their operations, as opposed to reacting to the latest regulatory directive. New management system models, most prominently ISO 14001, are being used to redirect the available resources in more productive ways.

The goal of EHS Management Partners is to help EHS managers cope with these challenges. By providing experience-based advice and tools designed for your special circumstances, we will work with you to move into the next era of EHS Management.