The Environmental Challenge of Going Global

• Published in: Growing Pains pp. 28 - 34
• Main Authors: Hedstrom, Gilbert S., McLean, Ronald A.N., Metzger, Bernhard H.
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 1999
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: EHS Performance; Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency; EHS Risk; WCED Report; Indah Kiat; Environment Al Management; World Development Report; Samut Prakarn; Energy Chemicals; Due Diligence Assessment; Internal Company Standards; Vice Versa; Non-wood Pulp; Post-consumer Waste Paper; EHS; Monomer Styrene; EHS Requirement; Open Society Institutions; Marginal Abatement Costs; Environmental Issues; EHS Manager; EHS Staff; Gdp Growth Rate; Environmental Management
• ISBN: 1874719233; 9781874719137; 9781874719236; 1874719136
• DOI: 10.4324/9781351283120-2

Corporate approaches to environmental, health and safety (EHS) issues must make business sense as well as EHS sense. Internally, EHS managers are being challenged to link EHS performance issues to the business matters that take priority with most line managers. Companies with strong internal cultures find it much easier to sustain environmental, health and safety controls worldwide. As companies become more familiar with the ongoing reality of managing EHS performance globally, they are applying these standards in the light of newly won insights and best practices. Any company takes pride in its EHS record or promotes it at home should be certain that its operations anywhere in the world can stand up to public scrutiny. Leading transnational companies have known for some time that sound EHS performance is vital to success wherever they operate. Host countries expect the best from firms with global resources.