Environment, Health and Safety Governance and Leadership

Waddah S. Ghanem Al Hashmi is the Executive Director, Environment, Health, Safety, Security, Quality and Corporate Affairs, for the ENOC Group in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He is the Chairman of various committees within the organization, including the Wellness and Social Activities Program, which serves over 7,000 employees. He is also the Vice Chairman of the Dubai Centre for Carbon Excellence, PJSC, "Dubai Carbon" since 2010. He is a Fellow of the Energy Institute, an Associate Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, a member of the American Society of Safety Engineers and a Member of the Institute of Directors in the UK.

'Dr. Waddah S. Ghanem Al Hashmi’s book superbly brings together in one place the wealth of theory and practice that has developed around EHS governance and leadership in the past twenty years. His analysis of the key facets critical to success of business leaders in carrying out their EHS roles and responsibilities is founded on his through and exemplary review of the evidence. This book is a must read for leaders of organisations in the high and medium hazard sectors. It provides clearly and succinctly the answers to the three key questions: "What should I be doing to ensure my organisation is highly reliable; Why, and: How." As an active proponent of the importance of active and influential top level leadership over the past twenty years I am so pleased to note that Dr Al Hashmi’s book answers these questions emphatically.' — Neal Stone, formerly Policy Director, British Safety Council'Many catastrophic safety and environmental events in high risk industries have been attributed to lack of leadership. Dr Waddah’s book makes a much-needed contribution on how senior leaders can move their organisations from high-risk to high-reliability; safeguarding workers and shareholder value in the process.' — Teresa Budworth, Chief Executive, NEBOSH'The penultimate chapter was a “lightbulb moment” for me, presenting a clearer way to understand EHS governance than other models I have seen.For those in safety leadership roles, I’d say this book is a must. After all, most of the time they will sit on (or support) a board of some description or an organisation’s executive committee and can use the insights easily and quickly to obtain results in the short and longer term.' — Richard Byrne, CMIOSH, IOSH Magazine

• Dedication, Acknowledgements, About the Author, List of Abbreviations, List of Tables and Figures, Foreword, Preface, Purpose and Value of this Book, Chapter1: Introduction, Chapter 2: Developing High Reliability Organisations (HRO), Chapter 3: Corporate Governance & Historical Review of Developments, Chapter 4: Legal Imperatives that Drive EHS Governance, Chapter 5: Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) in Organizations, Chapter 6: Risk Perception, Risk Management and Risk Tolerance, Chapter 7: Relationship of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Social Accountability (SA), Sustainability, Chapter 8: The Effective Board and its relationship with the CEO/MD of an organization, Chapter 9: Organizational Structure and Effective Safety Communication, Chapter 10: Exploring the Themes impacting on EHS Governance and Leadership, Chapter 11: Impact of Board Structures and Future Outlook on HSE Governance, Chapter 12: Contextual Model of EHS Leadership in the context of Corporate Governance, Chapter 13: The Model of EHS Governance and Leadership, Chapter 14: Conclusions