Unlike other business metrics, safety can impact our lives both on and off the job. To flourish in the business world, great organizations need to also evolve and elevate their cultures by making safety more than just a metric on a scorecard.
We’ve never met a leader who didn’t want a better culture for their organization. Statements like, “we need to change the culture,” are heard every day in the life of a consultant. What is odd is that the leaders who make these statements usually think they are talking about other people, when in reality they are talking about themselves.
BSI, the business standards company, today announced the acquisition of the US consultancy Environmental and Occupational Risk Management, Inc. (EORM), based in San Jose, California. The deal will see EORM become an operating subsidiary of BSI’s Professional Services business in the US, significantly boosting EORM’s ability to offer a wider range of environmental, health, safety (EHS) and sustainability services to clients.
Effective April 1, BST CEO Colin Duncan will assume leadership of DEKRA Insight, the safety consulting arm of DEKRA S.E. DEKRA Insight offers safety advice and expertise in process and organizational safety through its two operations, Chilworth and BST. Together the service unit has over 400 staff and 100 associates in 14 countries.
