roi on ehs risk reduction
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Lawrence M. Heim, CPEAThe Elm Consulting Group International llc
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Risks are known/unknown exposures to uncertainties that may impact a company’s ability to achieve business objectives A predictive concept
Risks should be identified without considering controls or impact Baseline (uncontrolled) risk profile▪ COSO Enterprise Risk Management model
Reduces latent assumptions and robust predictions
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Traditional risk management provides a good conceptual model Insurable risk: Bodily injury, off-site clean-up,
diminution of property values, third party claims, business interruption/loss of revenue, legal defense costs, product liability-type exposures
Uninsurable risk: Most fines and penalties, capital equipment costs (including pollution controls), voluntary expenditures, known contamination conditions (generally)
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Frequency/likelihood factors: Actual occurrence history/data – internal and external View of the future, changes in business/operations,
emerging trends
Severity/impact factors: Assumes the event will occur with no mitigation Existing, established and CREDIBLE value benchmarks Appropriate and CREDIBLE impacts – internal and
external
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Leverage risk management function Frequency/severity based on risk management
definitions▪ External and/or internal loss data
Economic valuation of “risks avoided” Cost of retaining risk with ROI calculations, for
example:
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Generate probability-weighted EHS loss Return on Investment of Loss Avoidance Costs
(ROIa) ROIa can evaluate economic benefit of EHS
expenditure in light of: Probability-weighted EHS loss Profits needed to offset the EHS loss Gross revenues needed to generate offsetting profits
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The Elm Consulting Group International LLC