ABSTRACT
Communication is a crucial aspect of informing, reporting, monitoring and eventually engaging leadership in supporting initiatives and change as and when needed to control risks when they arise. Safety must be managed throughout the organization and led from the top, where strategic risk reviews must be undertaken of all the operations, involving the leadership team and preferably involving the board directors. Good EHS performance is attributed to a particular practice or initiative from the management team. Senior managers are held accountable for safety performance, as any incident is caused by a lack of effective risk management and control. Practitioners must report to the organizational leaders. This is not only so that they may help in directly implementing their commitments; it also, as this reporting line in itself demonstrates to everyone within the organization that this position is a senior one, shows that the position carries equal importance with all the other operational, technical and financial functions.
