EH&S Roundtable: How Companies Should Use Their EH&S Standards

Annual Meeting 2006: Many large companies have institutionalized compliance with EH&S requirements by developing internal written guidelines or standard practices, which attempt to translate and adapt these requirements into procedures, customized for their specific operations. But do the advantages of having such standard practices truly outweigh their disadvantages? What resources are involved in developing such standard practices and keeping them updated on a regular basis? What role should in-house counsel play with respect to these standard practices? Come join the debate as these and other hot EH&S topics are discussed.