The State of

EHS 2016

Triumvirate Environmental’s

Warren SukernekJanuary 28, 2016

Predictions, priorities and trends for 2016

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Warren SukernekMarketing DirectorTriumvirate Environmental

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• Pattern of success in large businesses and start-up companies

About Triumvirate

• Introduction• EH&S Management & Services

480 people• Various services performed

• Offices from Maine to Florida• Focused on four vertical markets

• Life sciences• Education• Healthcare• Industrial

• Our background on innovation

Agenda

Survey Description & Demographics

Staffing & Budgets

Priorities & Trends for 2016

Technology in EH&S

Summary/Q&A

Research Focused on

2016 Priorities and Budgets

Objective:First survey of an annual project to provide

EH&S professionals with the knowledge and insight about upcoming trends and

events impacting the industry.

Research Goals

Take a snapshot of the current EH&S professionals and organizations that they

represent

Identify the trends, regulations, and changes that will impact their operations

Allow professionals and organizations to benchmark their priorities and budgets against similar firms in the EHS field

Survey Design

The survey asked respondents 22 questions:

Role, industry, company sizeBudgets, staffing, contractorsPriorities, challenges, trends

Timeframe: Late 2015

Who Took the Survey?

• Approximately 200 EH&S professionals

• Last two weeks of 2015• 22 questions• Responses for challenges,

trends, budget and more were generally the same across the board

32%

38%

25%

2%

3%

Respondent Experience Level

Associate

Manager

Director

C-Level

Other/Not Specified

10%

43%13%

34%

Organization Industry

Lifesciences

Industrial/Other

Healthcare

Education

17%

31%

12%

19%

21%

Company Size

1-100

101-500

501-1000

1001-5000

5000+

Was Environmental, Health & Safety Your

Original Career Choice?

Poll Question

Demographics

Even though EHS may not have been an original career choice, we can infer it has been a rewarding career as 27% of respondents are Director or above. Many EH&S professionals were originally in another science or

environmental-related field.

Yes38%

No56%

Othe…

Was this your original career choice?

Yes

No

Other

50%

16%

34%

Department

EHS

Facilities

Other

Agenda

Staffing & Budgets

Survey Description & Demographics

Priorities & Trends for 2016

Technology in EH&S

Summary/Q&A

Staffing & BudgetsOver 2/3 of EH&S professionals feel their

department is currently understaffed

73% of EH&S departments budgets won’t be growing in the next year

65% anticipate department size will remain the same in 2016

90% of respondents anticipate contractingbudget and hiring practices will remain the

same

33%

39%

26%

2%0%

Staffing Evaluation

Very Understaffed

Slightly Understaffed

Appropriately Staffed

Slightly Over Staffed

Very Overstaffed

“Whatever you can do to connect with Engineering and Management disciplines to understand the benefits and importance of

EHS & sustainability to the bottom line would go a long way toward making an EHS

professional's job more a part of the organization's goals and successes rather

than looked on as a cost sucking enterprise.”

You Might Be

Thinking...

If the majority of EH&S professionals feel their departments are

understaffed and aren’t expected to grow over the next year, how will they keep up with the workload?

Use of Contractors

Most Popular Reason for Hiring Contractors:

“More cost effective than full-time hires”

Second Biggest Reason:

“Easier approval for short-term/project-based work”

Other Responses:

“Specialized expertise”, “More efficient”, “Simpler”

Projects for

Consultants

• Regulatory training which requires constant focus on industry updates and agency directives

• Complex, challenging planning activities

• Cumbersome, time consumingand sensitive reporting

Agenda

Priorities & Trends for 2016

Survey Description & Demographics

Staffing & Budgets

Technology in EH&S

Summary/Q&A

2016 Priorities

Priorities & Trends by RoleAssociates/ Managers

Regulatory Compliance

Safety/ Safety Culture

Training

Cost Savings

Waste Management

Sustainability was 7th

Director/C-level

Safety

Regulatory Compliance

Training

Waste Management

Cost Savings

Focus on SafetySafety

LeadershipAverage Rating

Average Rating

(Director Level and Above Are Eliminated)

Explanation

How committed is leadership to

safety? 5 being most committed

3.31 2

This stat suggests company leadership could make their commitment to

safety more public to their employees. The opinion on average level of

commitment by leadership is over 30% lower when leadership is eliminated

from the poll.How visible

is management

in safety leadership? 5 being most

visible

2.7 1.6

This stat supports the idea that management needs to be more visible in their commitment to safety. While the average rating for commitment is 2.7 out of 5 (5 being most committed) for all respondents, when responses from those in a leadership role are

removed, the average sinks more than a point.

“We are very reactionary so I expect that trend to

continue.”

Quotes from Respondents

“Maintaining EH&S visibility and the critical importance of safety and environmental

compliance to the Senior/Executive Leadership. EH&S and its functions are taking a backseat to many other programs, and EHS

is becoming dispersed and diluted among other functions.”

Quotes from Respondents

A Focus on

Safety & Compliance

Changing regulations and an increased focus on compliance

Compliance/Regulatory = 41%

Safety is most popular topic at 30%

29% Other Items: Chemical inventory, sustainability, waste

management

8%

29%

8%12%

30%

10%

3%

What EHS Topic Are You Most Interesting In Learning About?

Chemical Inventory

Compliance andRegulatoryOther

Regulatory Training

Safety

Sustainability

Waste Management

Agenda

Technology in EH&S

Survey Description & Demographics

Staffing & Budgets

Priorities & Trends for 2016

Summary/Q&A

What’s the Most Important

Software Tool that You’re Using?

Poll Question

Use of Technology in EHS

9%6%

34%

17%

34%

Most Important Software Tool You're Using

Waste Management

Program Management

Other

Compliance and Reporting

Chemical Inventory

Use of Technology in EHS

Phones and technology as both a

way to improve and simplify EH&S

tasks as well as a safety hazard

Social Media & Communication

At 74%, LinkedIn is the most popular social network for EH&S professionals

60% of respondents get their updates from webinars, 39% from LinkedIn

EH&S professionals see the increasing prevalence of tech in their everyday life

Agenda

Summary/Q&A

Survey Description & Demographics

Staffing & Budgets

Priorities & Trends for 2016

Technology in EH&S

Summary

EH&S is an often underappreciated and understaffed function

Technology use is growing, but still pales compared to other departments

Sustainability is on people’s minds, but it is not a priority in terms of organizational goals

Safety and regulatory compliance continue to be priorities

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