The scope of an EHS management system includes: defining and documenting expectations, objectives, and priorities, assigning, documenting, and communicating responsibilities, accountabilities and authorities, implementing and documenting procedures, assigning adequate resources, providing adequate training, measuring progress periodically, adjusting objectives and priorities appropriately, reviewing results with management, and communicating with interested parties. Implementation activities include: identifying responsible leaders and owners of expectations, identifying gaps between facility procedures and expectations, prioritizing objectives, developing plans and targets, allocating resources, developing procedures, implementing plans, measuring results, self-assessing, adjusting EHS Performance and management objectives in light of business objectives and identified gaps, and beginning the next cycle [see Figure 1]. During development of an EHS management system, companies with international operations should ensure that expectations are clear, concise, auditable and applicable to business operations and cultures in any country.