Cost of work-related injuries:

• Loss of company reputation in the community
• Used to defeat needed permits and zoning changes
• Higher insurance premiums
• Inability to obtain insurance

• Enables EHS issues management
• Allows integration of EHS and financial cost-benefit measures
• Uncovers hidden or distorted costs
• Enables truer depiction of benefits
• Enables integrated requirements analysis
• Promotes data consistency
• Minimizes data redundancy
• Reduces chance for EHS-related project delays/project cancellations
• Leverage resources
• Promotes cost-efficient compliance
• Enables increased support of legal claims
• Allows prediction of future impact from developing regulations
• Provides more accurate EHS information

• Cost of worker compensation insurance (59%)
• "Right thing to do" (51%)
• "Increases profitability" (33%)
• Federal/state safety rules (31%)
• "Too many" accidents (29%)
• Employee morale (26%)
• Productivity (23%)
• OSHA fines (20%)
• Employee concerns (5%)
• Recommendation of outside experts (13%)

• More accurate EHS information
• Faster relay of EHS information
• More focused exchange of EHS information
• Increased ability to meet company EHS goals
• More cost-effective EHS regulatory compliance
• Proactive EHS programs

• Ability to lead, not react
• Greater ability to predict impact of future regulations on operations
• Greater ability to move towards a flat organizational structure
• Greater ability to plan plant loading and project scheduling
• Increased shareholder/stakeholder value - bottom line profits
• Enhanced image, community goodwill
• Increased EHS functionality throughout the business

• Between EHS metrics and corporate metrics
• Consistent and compatible data collection, reporting and management systems
• Between metrics, operations, and objectives
• Between metrics and audiences
• Responsive to the needs of management, business units, employees, regulators, public
• EHS considerations part of strategic business process