How to avoid or soften criminal penalties?
As you may know, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal sentencing guidelines and the International organization for standardizations (IS0) provide a roadmap (tool kit including EHS legal registries) for limiting exposure to environmental liability. As a prosecutor once told me, just as most cars exceed the speed limit, businesses are also violating environmental, health, and safety laws any given day.
As stewards of your company’s license to operate, how do you effectively manage environmental compliance risk with limited time and resources? It boils down to making strategic investments that align with the “good faith” risk management strategies captured by DOJ and ISO. I have found benefit in assessing the health of and identifying the most vulnerable environmental programs. By strengthening these environmental programs first, companies demonstrate good faith against the DOJ sentencing guidelines.
Do you wonder about the health of your company’s underlying EHS programs? If you are not sure, I’d like to help. I would like to offer you a complimentary one-hour EHS compliance strategy session designed to help you identify your path to compliance and avoiding penalties.
During our call, we will:
Perform a high-level review of your potential EHS risk
Identify the highest risks that face your company
Zero in on at least one strategic priority that can help close the compliance risk
As a thank you for scheduling this session, I would like to offer you a complimentary copy of my new book (California Environmental Law and Policy: A Practical Guide). As you may know, this is the only book that covers the entire field of California environmental, land use, and natural resources law in a concise, user-friendly format.
To schedule an environmental compliance strategy session, please email me at gary@beyondcompliance.net.
Best regards,
Gary Lucks JD CPEA