Environment, health and safety issues

The crucial role of employee motivation in environment, health and safety activities

A significant aspect of environment, health and safety (EHS) activities involves striving for compliance with organizational and legislative requirements. While this is an important driver, it doesn’t reflect how a strong EHS culture can help improve an organization’s performance.

 

Organizations should look at how they can effectively and efficiently manage EHS outcomes through employee motivation. Often companies only tap into employees’ extrinsic motivations – their willingness to follow rules – leaving the more powerful and sustainable intrinsic motivations untapped. A more proactive culture could help improve employee engagement overall, and so performance as employees become more proactive.

 

How do business leaders create a step change toward an EHS future driven by employees’ intrinsic motivators? It starts with the way EHS maturity is assessed.

Our latest thinking

Setting up for success: how to avoid psychosocial risk management traps

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.

29 Aug 2024 Samantha Thomas + 1

Courage under fire

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

05 Mar 2024 Roberto Garcia + 2

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.

19 Oct 2023 Patricio Estevez

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.

04 Aug 2023 Karen Mealmaker

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.

26 May 2023 Roberto Garcia + 1

Accelerating the ESG agenda

How can EHS help push the ESG agenda forward?

27 Feb 2023 EY Oceania

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.

08 Mar 2022 EY Oceania

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.

02 Aug 2021 Dr. Velislava Ivanova + 1

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.

24 Jan 2020 Mathew Nelson

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.

12 Aug 2019 Rebecca Dabbs

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.

08 May 2018 Rebecca Dabbs



    Environmental, health, safety and sustainability data and analytics

    Advances in data management and analytics have generated compelling value in business areas like finance, marketing and logistics. Read more

    Assessing the effectiveness of software investments

    Companies are making significant investments in IT solutions to manage environmental, health, safety and sustainability requirements. Read more


    Contact us
    Like what you’ve seen? Get in touch to learn more.
    You are visiting EY aus-nzl (en)
    aus-nzl en