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another way, the people in an organization are an asset that should be part of financial reporting. Secondly, if people are an asset it follows that every measure should be taken for their safety, health, and productivity (23). This is the essence of the human capital reporting materiality which includes many other aspects of protecting or optimizing human assets aside from safety and health such as training, work‐life balance, employee engagement, etc.
10 THE SAFETY AND HEALTH PROFESSIONAL IN SUSTAINABILITY
Safety and health professionals can have a significant role to play in sustainability. The establishment of safety and health goals and the data collection systems for safety and health metrics is an obvious area for collaboration with others in the sustainability function. However, there are a large number of other areas where the science and engineering backgrounds of safety and health professionals make for a significant opportunity to contribute to the overall sustainability effort. Beyond the environmental issues including product life cycle assessments and product stewardship, there are many other areas including community involvement where the safety and health professional can contribute. In fact, there have been several safety and industrial hygiene professionals who have become prominent as the head of sustainability for major corporations such as Dow and Baxter as two examples.
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PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP: A VIABLE PRACTICE FOR THE INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST
THOMAS G. GRUMBLES MS CIH*
1 OBJECTIVE
This chapter is intended to
describe the principles and practice of product stewardship (PS) (also referred to as product safety) to give the reader a working understanding of this growing professional opportunity.
outline the typical qualifications and capabilities of a professional industrial hygienist (IH) and compare them with the competency requirements for the practice of PS.
illustrate how IHs are likely to be very well‐suited to transition into the practice of PS.
Acquiring a working knowledge of PS can benefit the practicing IH in at least two important ways:
Career Enrichment. The IH who knows the issues and solutions in areas of PS becomes