Environmental Professional and the Business Continuity Professional
March 28, 2008 by LYNN DALEY and Joe Rosenbeck | Filed under: In the industry and in the workplace [1, 2, 3]
I’m a business continuity professional. It’s similar to the environmental professional (from what I’ve learned thus far) in that the position is outside of business operations, but must influence business operations so that appropriate continuity outcomes are achieved.
I think that, like business continuity, standards for the environmental profession need to be defined by the profession, with, of course, an understanding and appreciation for operations. The professional practices need to be broad enough to apply to industry as necessary. Right now, I don’t have enough knowledge about the environmental profession to know what those professional practices ought to be, but can suggest a couple general ones (from the bc professional practices): Project initiation and management; Developing environmental strategies; Awareness Programs and Training.
I firmly believe that professionals should share “best practice” with eachother. They should not, of course, divulge company/organization confidential information.
Hello Lynn,
Thank you for contributing the opening post to this topic. I agree that standards for the environmental profession need to be defined by the members of the profession. That being said, do others believe the same and if so, what should those standards include? Also, are there existing standards for the environmental profession? If so, what are they?