Environment, health and safety

Traditional EHS practices are often complex, rigid and focused solely on compliance. To address these challenges, EY teams have developed a suite of innovative solutions that promote simplicity and integration, along with a focus on critical risks.


What EY can do for you

EY teams can guide you through modern environment, health and safety (EHS) management, transforming challenges into strategic opportunities. Detailed research by EY, which includes insights from interviews with leading EHS professionals globally, has uncovered three key challenges that organizations are facing in this evolving landscape:

Complex EHS systems

Traditional EHS systems have become over-engineered, lacking flexibility to handle emerging risks, including psychosocial hazards. This complexity hinders the ability to manage core risks effectively.

One-size-fits-all solutions

Generic EHS solutions, primarily focused on compliance, fail to address specific organizational needs, leading to ineffective risk management and employee protection.


Overemphasis on compliance

Excessive focus on compliance leads to bureaucratic EHS management, overshadowing the importance of employee engagement and participation in creating a safe workplace.

These challenges create the need for a proactive, tailored approach to EHS in today’s world. EY teams can help you deal with these challenges by providing  custom solutions that can help:

  • Reduce the risks and consequence of adverse impacts on EHS.
  • Support you to make strategic and operational decisions that help drive effective productivity outcomes and positive employee engagement.
  • Turn EHS into a strategic value driver at your organization.

The EY EHS Maturity Model framework is the foundation of the EY EHS service offerings. The Maturity Model framework includes seven practical levers that can be used to help guide your journey. EY EHS services are tailored to each key driver of EHS maturity.

The EY EHS services are crafted to address the evolving landscape of your needs. The solutions that EY teams help deliver not only meet today's challenges but also anticipate tomorrow’s EHS needs, helping equip organizations for a safer and more resilient future. Whether you want to transform your approach to EHS or deep dive into a particular area, EY teams have the technical knowledge to support you.

Recent EY teams’ research shows that there is a relationship between companies’ EHS function maturity and their financial, social and regulatory performance.

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    Our latest thinking

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    The complex landscape of psychosocial risk management in Australia and New Zealand: Protect both your employees and your reputation by understanding the pitfalls commonly faced by organisations seeking to manage their psychosocial hazards.

    Courage under fire

    How do we transform health, safety and wellbeing during tough times?

    Why higher education needs to stop separating student and staff health and wellbeing

    Prioritising health, safety and wellbeing (HSW) through HSW leadership, capabilities and systems will improve staff and student experiences.

    Transforming health and safety in energy and utilities

    Recent regulatory, economic and natural disaster disruptions have demonstrated that health, safety and wellbeing (HSW) culture in power and utilities organisations needs to be more agile, focused, simpler and integrated into the way business is done.

    Why there can be no ESG without EHS transformation

    By leveraging the learnings and practices of EHS professionals, business leaders can accelerate ESG performance. Learn more.

    Accelerating the ESG agenda

    How can EHS help push the ESG agenda forward?

    How can we transform health, safety and wellbeing to be future fit?

    The pandemic has demonstrated that health, safety and wellbeing (HSW) needs to be more agile, focused, simpler and integrated into the way business is done.

    Why net-zero supply chains are the next big opportunity for business

    Focusing on sustainability encourages you to rethink your business for the future and gain favor from a broad group of stakeholders.

    Is it time to reassess your EHS capabilities?

    As humans and machines start working side-by-side, traditional environment, health and safety (EHS) models no longer capture every risk.

    How can your digital strategy help improve EHS outcomes?

    Technological advancements are changing the nature of how EHS professionals mitigate risk, make decisions and allocate resources.

    How to improve the business with an EHS data analytics strategy

    Data and analytics are important to lead environmental, health and safety programs that may help strengthen the reputation of the business.

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