JOURNEY TO
COMPLIANCE:
6 Steps to EHS Regulatory Compliance
Studies have shown that the cost of complying
with the law is substantially less than the costs
(direct and indirect) that can result from an incident
of non-compliance – where the damage to a
business often goes well beyond the fine imposed
and has a bearing on share price, marketing
efforts, brand perception and employee morale,
amongst other things.
Clearly, there are a wide range of parties that
share an interest in a company being compliant
with the law. Enforcement bodies exist to make
sure companies and individuals comply, but
equally concerned are shareholders; employees;
consumers; government bodies; the general
public; insurance companies; suppliers; and,
above all, your employees.
this area. So however you approach compliance,
it needs to be done as effectively and efficiently as
possible.
Regardless of your company’s progress on the
regulatory compliance journey, Enhesa has the
tools to help you attain your goals. We have for
several years now been focusing on offering
services that manage every aspect of our
multination client’s regulatory compliance program.
To this end, we frequently refer to our
“6 steps to compliance” methodology to help guide
your journey. The 6 steps approach is by no means
The Bible of EHS regulatory compliance and it can
take years to progress through the different steps –
but it gives a framework and vision.
SO WE ALL WANT TO “BE
COMPLIANT”. THAT IS EASY
TO SAY; BUT IN GLOBAL
COMPANIES THIS IS LOT EASIER
TO SAY THAN TO BE DONE.
OUR CLIENTS
COME TO US AT
VARIOUS STAGES OF
THEIR JOURNEY TO EHS
REGULATORY COMPLIANCE.
THESE JOURNEYS RARELY
START IN THE SAME PLACE – IT
MAY BE AN EDICT FROM ABOVE,
IT MAY BE YOUR OWN INITIATIVE,
IT MAY BE, HEAVEN FORBID,
THAT YOUR ORGANIZATION IS
BELATEDLY RESPONDING TO AN
INCIDENT OR ACCIDENT THAT HAS
HAD ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES
FOR YOUR BUSINESS.
Regardless of the source, the ultimate goal is
always the same: the wish to be in compliance
with EHS and product regulations wherever you
operate or put products on the market.
It goes without saying that your primary role as
an EHS manager or director is to avoid people
getting hurt or sick, or that you pollute a river or
the air (for example). Laws are of course designed
to help to facilitate this. However, the financial
costs associated with things going wrong provide
an equally prominent motivation to manage EHS
pro-actively and effectively.
With regards to regulations that need to
be complied with there are substantial
and varied challenges to overcome.
We recently carried out a study
across global EHS professionals
who were asked to describe their
main challenges in this respect.
The results were not particularly
surprising, but highlight the broad
range of hurdles to overcome
– across all your sites and
continually…
The word cloud below provides a
concise overview of the results of
our questionnaire.
Do you have the resources to
manage and keep on top of all of
these challenges? Corporate EHS
teams can vary in size, as can budgets
and executive leadership and interest in
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