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EHS & Sustainability Research

NAEM Research: Resources for Developing Programs and Informing Decisions

Offering programmatic and management insights, NAEM’s benchmarking and trends research is an unparalleled resource for today’s and tomorrow’s EHS&S leaders. The Association’s corporate members also can access deep-dive, exclusive corporate benchmarks and Quick Polls.

Browse our research reports by category or view all below.
  • 2023 EHS & Sustainability Salary Report

    September 18, 2023

    In partnership with EHSCareers, NAEM presents results from the 2023 EHS&S Salary Survey, featuring detailed analyses of how compensation is affected by education, certifications, career stage, and industry.

  • 2020 EHS&S Staffing, Structure & Budget Report

    April 8, 2020
    Are you looking to optimize and reorganize your EHS & Sustainability team? Read NAEM's 2020 report to benchmark how other companies are staffing, structuring and budgeting for their EHS&S departments.
  • 2020 EHS & Sustainability Salary Report

    February 19, 2020
    Compare your compensation package and arm yourself with the market knowledge needed to negotiate a competitive salary.
  • Strategies to Increase Your Executive Presence

    June 17, 2019
    It takes more than stellar technical skills and a strong work ethic to become an EHS&S leader. The secret to success, accomplished leaders say, is “executive presence,” a set of behaviors that project confidence and authority — helping you influence organizational change.
  • Why Diversity and Inclusion is a Winning Strategy for EHS&S Teams

    May 1, 2019
    Look ahead to how the workforce is evolving, recognize value in employees at all levels, open up lines of communication and deliver bottom-line results. Strengthen your EHS&S function with specific examples and advice from companies that have built world-class diversity and inclusion programs.
  • 2019 EHS & Sustainability Salary Report

    March 25, 2019
    Compare your compensation package and arm yourself with the market knowledge needed to negotiate a competitive salary.
  • 2017 EHS & Sustainability Salary Report

    October 31, 2017
    This report provides a look at the EHS&S salaries of individual professionals from more than 198 companies. This information may be used by EHS&S professionals to develop staffing plans, negotiate their own salaries and understand the impact of changing roles on salaries.
  • 2016 EHS&S Staffing, Structure and Budgets Benchmark

    October 10, 2016
    This report provides a benchmark for the organizational structure, staffing levels, and responsibilities of the function that supports the company's EHS&S goals.
  • Experienced Decision-makers: A Career Profile of 21+ years

    September 8, 2015
    This report details how those with 21+ years of experience achieved their career success, the key decisions that drove their success and advice for those who aspire to follow in their path.
  • Advancing Leaders: A Career Profile of 16 to 20 years

    September 7, 2015
    This report synthesizes survey data and in-depth interviews with experienced EHS&S leaders who have worked in the field for 16-20 years. Learn about their unique roles in their companies, how they apply their skills, the critical career decisions that drove their success and their advice for those aspiring to follow in their path.
  • Emerging Leaders: A Career Profile of 11 to 15 years

    September 4, 2015
    Find out what the career of an EHS&S manager with 11-15 years of experience is like, the skills and knowledge areas they use every day and what they need to do to advance to the next stage.
  • Advancing Managers: A Career Profile of 6 to 10 years

    September 3, 2015
    This report provides survey data and in-depth interviews with EHS&S leaders who have 6-10 years of experience about the uniqueness of their role, how they use their skills, the career decisions that drove their success and their advice for those who want to follow in their path.
  • Early Career Professionals: A Career Profile of 0 to 5 years

    September 2, 2015
    Find out what the career of an EHS&S manager with 0-5 years of experience is like, the skills and knowledge areas they use every day and what they need to do to advance to the next stage.
  • EHS and Sustainability Career Profiles and Skills for Success

    September 1, 2015
    This report provides in-depth profiles of EHS professionals at each level of an organization. It also identifies the educational background, professional experience, personal attributes, success factors and succession paths for those with leadership potential of EHS and sustainability professionals.
  • Key Competencies for the EHS and Sustainability Profession

    January 20, 2015
    This benchmark quantifies the skills, attributes, and salaries of corporate EHS and sustainability managers by job title, and the average salaries based on years of experience.

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