The demand for information is overwhelming and made more difficult by the varying needs of a wide range of stakeholders. Faced with limited resources in a world where some disclosures are mandatory and others are not, how do you break through the “noise”? In a word, materiality.

While companies tend to pay close attention to metrics such as recordable incidents, tracking leading indicators may be more effective at improving workplace safety.

There is an old adage, "what gets measured gets managed." This idiom has been adopted by EHS practitioners to help explain the complex metrics we develop. Work hours, inspections, EHS compliments…we can measure just about anything.

When you eliminate waste, you get environmental and financial benefits together. Learn more about how Toyota developed the metrics it needed to achieve its waste reduction goals.