How to Effectively Manage an EHS Program at the International Level

Duration 60 Mins
Level Basic & Intermediate & Advanced
Webinar ID IQW15C8759

  • The management of cultural differences
  • Command and control verses competition as a means of enforcing requirements
  • Managing EHS concerns and issues over great distances
  • Command and control management
  • ISO management
  • Comparisons between command and control and ISO 
 

Overview of the webinar

The webinar is designed to provide insights into how to manage an EHS function on a global basis. It will address the difficulties of managing different cultures and how best to integrate these cultures to add value to the organization. The managing of an EHS program at the international level in challenging. In part this is due to the different cultures of the countries where company facilities are located. There is also the issue of how to manage a company crisis in one part of the world while the corporate headquarters is located in another part of the world. This is what happened to BP in the Gulf of Mexico and Union Carbide in Bhopal, India. These and more examples of managing to EHS function will be presented during this webinar. Please join us.

Who should attend?

  • EHS Managers
  • Directors, Vice Presidents and any Company Representative involved in or soon to be involved in global operations

Why should you attend?

You should attend to learn about managing EHS global issues such as global warming, acid rain and many others. You will hear how different cultures address and respond to common issues and how to manage such issues. Further many cultures do not operate in a command and control environment such as we do in the states. They focus on standards from the International Standards Organization (ISO) to manage EHS issues. This webinar will address and compare how ISO standards compare to a command and control management approach.
 

Faculty - Mr.Vince Marchesani

Vince Marchesani is the President and CEO of Environmental, Health and Safety International LLC. Vince Marchesani has held the position of VP, Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) at Basell (retired). He has 30+ years of profound experience in the chemical industry and has worked for 11 years in government writing environmental regulations. His educational qualifications include BS and MS degrees from Drexel University and a PhD degree from Rutgers University. 
Mr. Marchesani holds 5 copyrights in the area of EHS management. Mr. Marchesani apart from developing EHS performance improvement and crisis management systems has also published numerous papers on EHS topics and a co-authored book on air pollution management. Of late he has published a book titled, "The Fundamentals of Crisis Management." 
Being a multi-talented professional Vince Marchesani has chaired numerous committees at the American Chemistry Council, and the Society for Plastic Industries in Washington DC and has been instrumental in the design and implementation of EHS governance, management and leadership systems.
 

 

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