Strategic Environmental Performance
Sustainable Improvements in Environment Safety and Health
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California, USA
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Strategic Environmental Performance
Obtaining and Sustaining Compliance
Alston Frances and Brian Perkins
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Strategic Environmental Performance
Obtaining and Sustaining Compliance
Dr. Frances Alston and Brian K. Perkins
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Dr. Frances Alston has built a solid career leading the development and management of Environment, Safety, Health and Quality (ESH&Q) programs in diverse cultural environments. Throughout her career, she has delivered superior performance within complex, multi-stakeholder situations and has effectively dealt with challenging safety, operational, programmatic, regulatory and environmental issues.
She has been effective in facilitating integration of ESH&Q programs and policies as a core business function while leading a staff of business, scientific, engineering and technical professionals. Dr. Alston also has extensive knowledge and experience in assessing programs and cultures to determine areas for improvement and development of strategies that facilitate positive outcomes.
Dr. Alston holds a B.S. degree in industrial hygiene and safety, an M.S. degree in hazardous and waste materials management/environmental engineering, an M.S.E. in systems engineering/engineering management and a Ph.D. in industrial and systems engineering.
She is a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM) and hold certifications as a Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM) and a Certified Professional Engineering Manager (CPEM). She is Adjutant Professor at Oregon State University and the 2018 President for the American Society for Engineering Manager.
Brian K. Perkins has more than 30 years of experience in environmental safety and health, quality assurance, radioactive waste management and environmental remediation. He has held various management positions in a private industry and state government and has supported U.S. Department of Energy activities at the Nevada National Security Site, the Yucca Mountain Project and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Mr. Perkins has successfully led multidisciplinary teams in the development and implementation of efficient and sustainable environmental compliance and waste management programs in various complex and highly regulated arenas. His program management and operational experience also includes environmental management systems, integrated safety management, nuclear facility safety and emergency response.
He earned his B.S. degree in geology from the University of Nevada Reno, an M.S. degree in environmental management from the University of San Francisco and has held certifications as an Environmental Manager, Environmental Auditor, NQA-1 Auditor and Hazardous Material Manager.
No matter what industry or the type of business an organization is engaged in, establishment of a corporate compliance structure is a must. A compliance structure or profile simply refers to identifying the laws and regulations that must be adhered to and the road map for ensuring compliance with applicable laws. Compliance is becoming more synonymous with conducting business no matter the industry or market in which a company competes. Regulatory compliance can range from those that apply to people management, from the viewpoint of human resource management, safety and health of workers while performing work, to protection of the environment. Recognizing that compliance for each company can be different depending on the mission of that company, the question that is important for each organization to contemplate is, what is compliance for my company? Compliance, simply put, is a companys ability to identify, conform to and follow the rules and regulations that apply to them as they conduct business. The applicable rules and regulations form the basis of a companys compliance profile. However, for some companies, it is not always easy to identify all the regulations that govern the ways in which they conduct business. In such cases, some organizations discover through regulatory inspections that they are not in compliance with a law or regulation that they have not even considered as a part of their compliance profile for the business. The compliance profile of a company is dependent upon various variables such as:
- The number of workers that a company employs
- The types of hazards that an employee can be exposed to during the performance of their tasks
- The type of potential emissions and releases to the environment
- The type of products produced
- The types of chemical products utilized while conducting business
- The type of waste or by-products produced from conducting business
- The state in which business is being conducted and the regulatory requirements specific to business conducted within that state
In addition to paying attention to the variables that can impact the structure of compliance, corporate leaders must also focus on the prevailing top compliance issues as they unfold. Keeping abreast of these issues provide an opportunity for a company to examine or assess compliance and the mechanisms used to address any of the applicable prevailing issues. These issues may include: