Do you think Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) is just a 'must-be' function imposed by legislation or do you think it is a real value adding business function?
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Neil F
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Both.
EHS legislation is often forcing the many to follow the few who have already chosen to approach EHS as a value adding function.
Legislation is there to ensure short-term gains are not available to those who chose to unreasonably put at risk their business, environment or employees in the long term.
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Seen from the vantage point you are using, it is largely a must-be function, and for the short-term a likely additional cost.
However, it appears that unrestrained business as usual is not going to address the global problems of environmental decline, pollution and the like. I wish we could have just muddled along and addressed these 'externalities' without government mandate, but that's the way the world seems to be.
