Elevating EHS Leading Indicators: From Defining to Designing

Summary Statement

This white paper by the National Safety Council's Campbell Institute is the latest of several documents focused on leading indicators. Previous reports have outlined the current state of leading indicator practice in world-class organizations and produced a detailed matrix of environmental, health, and safety (EHS) indicators and metrics. In this paper, the Campbell Institute provides a closer look at the experiences of eight Institute members and partners regarding their use of leading indicators. The paper includes brief case studies detailing each organizational participant’s journey to leading indicators.
October 2015