"Safety [health & environmental] work is today recognized as an economic necessity, and one of the most constructive movements that has ever come into our National life. It is the study of the right way to do things and is ... one of the greatest aids to shop efficiency and economy."

– ROBERT W. CAMPBELL (1914)

Our Mission

Identify and provide evidence-based findings that enable current and future business leaders to effectively advance business vitality through embracing the value of environmental, health, and safety management.

Our Goals

This international Award recognizes organizations that achieve business excellence by integrating environmental, health, and safety (EHS) management into their business operating systems. The Award aims to:

Recognize businesses that uphold EHS as a key business value and link measurable achievement in EHS performance to productivity and profitability.

Establish a validated process by which industries can measure the performance of their EHS operations system against well-tested and internationally accepted key performance indicators.

Use a rigorous systematic review process to capture and evaluate the successes and lessons learned.

Share leading edge EHS management systems and best practices for educational purposes worldwide.

The Award program is supported by a network of 22 Global Partners across five continents committed to promoting EHS as an integral component of business management worldwide. Outreach activities include identifying potential applicants and nominating candidates for the international Review Panel .

Through case studies, the international Review Panel of experts and leaders look for measurable EHS achievements linked to productivity, profitability, and other important business indicators.

GLOBAL PARTNERS: The Conference Board (Worldwide) | International Institute of Risk and Safety Management (Worldwide) | International Safety Council (Worldwide) | International Social Security Association (Worldwide) | National Safety Council of Australia LTD (Australia) | Industrial Accident Prevention Association (Canada) | Minerva Canada (Canada) | China Occupational Safety and Health Association (China) | Institute of Safety and Health Practitioners, Hong Kong (China) | Occupational Safety and Health Council, Hong Kong SAR (China) | European Network Education Training in Occupational Safety and Health, ENETOSH (Europe) | BG RCI (Germany) | National Safety Council of India (India) | Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (Korea) | Bahrain Health and Safety Society (Middle East) | Center for Environmental Safety and Health Technology (Taiwan) | National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan) | Taiwanese Institute of Occupational Health and Safety (Taiwan) | McAfee School of Business Administration, Union University (USA) | McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University (USA) | The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (USA) | Whittemore School of Business and Economics, University of New Hampshire (USA)