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The Changing Climate for EHS Auditing

One of Philadelphia’s most famous residents, Benjamin Franklin, is quoted as saying “Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.”  Author and management expert, Peter Drucker, referenced another of Franklin’s quotations saying that “Everybody has accepted by now that change is unavoidable.  But that still implies that change is like death and taxes it should be postponed as long as possible and no change would be vastly preferable.  But in a period of upheaval, such as the one we are living in, change is the norm.”

Auditing programs must change as quickly as business in general in order to remain relevant.  What changes are your colleagues implementing to remain relevant?  What strategies are they employing to improve and support their business objectives?  What tools would make your job more efficient?  These are the issues to be discussed at the Fall Meeting of The Auditing Roundtable, the oldest and largest organization of professional EHS and management systems auditors.  Hear how others are assessing sustainability information as part of their EHS compliance and management systems audits.  Find out how others are coordinating self-assessment activity with their corporate auditing programs.  SKF, a global supplier of roller bearings and seals will discuss how they have adapted their sustainability program in this challenging business environment. 

A year ago, the United States Congress seemed on track for a cap and trade bill addressing control of greenhouse gases.  Now, like every other legislative agenda item, the future is not so certain.  What is certain is that Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases is an obligation and businesses need to be collecting information now.  Hear from Gary Hart (ICAP Energy) and Jason Kroft (Strikeman Elliot) as they bring us up to date on existing and future regulation of greenhouse gases.  Johnson & Johnson, a company in the middle of gathering information for its greenhouse gas inventory, will shed light on how they’re assuring this reporting obligation fits into its other sustainability strategies.  While almost everyone has an understanding now that they have a carbon footprint – even if they aren’t sure what theirs is – what about your water footprint?  We’ll hear about why you ought to be keeping an eye on both your water and your carbon footprint, along with your energy usage. 

It is also certain that both USEPA and OSHA have increased inspection and enforcement budgets and plan to put their new resources to work.  Find out the latest concerning greenhouse gas, enforcement trends and the role that auditors have in helping improve their organizations and achieve success.  Samantha Phillips Beers, Director Enforcement, Compliance and Environmental Justice USEPA Region 3 will discuss how agency enforcement intends to bring about change.

Through plenary sessions, exhibits, interest groups and industry roundtables, The Auditing Roundtable is the place for obtaining information and exchanging ideas.  Plenary sessions will address approaches to auditing process safety management, care and feeding of protocols, corrective and preventive action, relationships with consultants and more.  Two CEU courses will be offered on Tuesday September 7, 2010.  Thea Dunmire (ENLAR Compliance Services) will lead a course on the role of Ethics in EHS Auditing and the other short course will focus on Root Cause Analysis and be led by Dr. Randy Roig (Specialty Technical Consultants).