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Regulation update: EPA announces final National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) rule

BSI's Experts Corner: Home for insights from BSI’s practice directors and industry experts on digital trust, environmental, health, safety, security, and sustainability.

March 6, 2024 - As announced on February 7, 2024, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is lowering the primary annual

Mar. 6, 2024

BSI Consulting

7 Key Steps for Improving your EHS Information Management Business Case

In today’s dynamic business environment, corporate governance, and the need for greater confidence in internal control processes, is leading to a situation where corporate Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) teams are facing a paradox; they are being asked to achieve ever-increasing compliance standards and improved performance reporting, with greater information demands, against a backdrop of stretched internal business processes, leaner support structures and increased competition for inter

Dec. 31, 2004

Gary Robinson

Operating and Financial Review (OFR): Using corporate environmental, health & safety management systems to accelerate compliance and increase competitive advantage

In January 2005, the UK government published the final draft of the Regulations that will require mandatory reporting by all UK quoted companies of an Operating and Financial Review (OFR). Not only are there criminal liabilities for not completing an OFR, there are fines for Directors who complete them without due care and skill, and there are potential civil liabilities for misrepresenting a company’s future outlook and prospects.

The aim of the OFR i

Dec. 31, 2004

Hewitt Roberts

Externalities Management: A Strategic Approach to Improving Corporate Social Responsibility

Whether it is improved access to information, the increasing reach and influence of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), or growing consumer consciousness, society is now forcing corporations to be

Dec. 31, 2003

Hewitt Roberts

Corporate Social Responsibility and the Future of Environmental, Health and Safety Management

Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) management is a fundamental and inextricable component of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Therefore, as the issue of CSR climbs the corporate agenda and is increasingly seen as an essential ingredient of a business

Dec. 31, 2002

Hewitt Roberts, CEO, Entropy International

Environmental, Quality and Health & Safety Management On-line: The Efficiencies, Performance Improvements and Cost-Effectiveness of Web and Intranet-based EQS Software Solutions

1. Introduction

The sustainability imperative

The ‘Global 2500’ company spends £56 million on all aspects of environmental management and likely up to three times that for environmental, health, safety and quality management. Of this, as much as 64% relates solely to the costs of information management. Consequently, for every pound spent on environmental, health and safety or quality management, another £1.75 is spent managing the information behind it . Consequently

Dec. 31, 2002

Hewitt Roberts

Environmental, Quality and Health & Safety Management On-line: The Efficiencies, Performance Improvements and Cost-Effectiveness of Web and Intranet-based EQS Software Solutions

The sustainability imperative

The ‘Global 2500’ company spends £56 million on all aspects of environmental management and likely up to three times that for environmental, health, safety and quality management. Of this, as much as 64% relates solely to the costs of information management. Consequently, for every pound spent on environmental, health and safety or quality management, another £1.75 is spent managing the information behind it . Consequently, environmental,

Dec. 31, 2002

Hewitt Roberts