In the past 15 years the ENHESA - Environmental Policy Centre has grown into
the global leader for EHS compliance assurance support to industry.
| 2004 |
ENHESA celebrates 15 years of EHS consulting to industry. |
| 2003 |
The 2004 Global Forecast
on EHS Regulatory and Policy Developments is issued. |
| 2002 |
The Brussels office celebrates its 15th anniversary.
The mark the anniversary, ENHESA issues its first Global Forecast on EHS
Regulatory and Policy Developments Impacting Industry. After a
thorough evaluation on how multinational companies can ensure ongoing EHS
Regulatory compliance, ENHESA develops a new methodology for EHS
regulatory auditing: the Audit Protocol and ScoreCard.
In the following three years ENHESA develops and maintains Audit Protocols
and ScoreCards for 36 countries worldwide. |
| 2001 |
A major restructuring of the Law Companies Group allows a
Management-Buy-Out of the Environmental Policy Centers. A Belgian
company ENHESA S.A. is established by the managers of the Environmental
Policy Centre. ENHESA S.A. acquires the trade names and most of the
assets of the offices in Brussels and Washington DC. Strong
collaboration remains with the former office in Tokyo. |
| 2000 |
The Environmental Policy Centre launches its quarterly
Newsletter "EPC-Flash" with titles of new EHS Regulations
adopted in some 50 countries around the globe. |
| 1998 |
The Environmental Policy Centre opens a third office in
Tokyo to better service the Asian market. |
| 1996 |
The Environmental Policy Centre in Brussels takes over the
lead in global EHS regulatory and policy consulting for multinational
companies. |
| 1995 |
At the request of its growing corporate customer base, the
Environmental Policy Centre extends its practice into Asia and Latin
America. EPC carries out a Regulatory Forecasting project for
a leading automotive manufacturer to anticipate environmental regulatory
requirements impacting production facilities in the coming 15 years.
EPC also assists the European Commission in its mid-term review of the 5th
Environmental Action Program. The two projects illustrate the
in-depth knowledge and expertise gained by EPC in assessing environmental
policy trends. |
| 1994 |
EPC is selected by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)
and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) to develop a training kit
on Environmental Management Systems in anticipation of the adoption
of an international standard (ISO 14.001). The kit built on EPC's
experience with assisting multinational companies in building their
corporate EHS management systems. |
| 1993 |
The Environmental Policy Centre starts developing a network
of local EHS regulatory, policy, management and technical expertise
throughout Europe, while recruiting key consultants from various
nationalities. The Environmental Policy Centre also starts building
its Knowledgebase on EHS regulations. The Monitoring Service
on environmental, health and safety regulatory and policy developments
impacting industry is launched. It builds on experience gained by
EPC consultants with projects for the European Commission. |
| 1992 |
Given the success of the Environmental Policy Center in
Washington DC, the Law Companies Group establishes a second Environmental
Policy Center in Brussels. To distinguish it from the one in the US,
it is called Environmental Policy Centre Europe (EPCE). Its aim is
to advise multinational companies on how to deal with European
environmental regulatory requirements. Many multinational companies
had invested in Europe to ensure a market presence after the creation of
the 1992 European Single Market. |
| 1989 |
At the initiative of former US-EPA Administrator Mr. Lee
Thomas, the Law Companies Group establishes the Environmental Policy Center
(EPC) in Washington DC. Its aim is to advise companies on how to
manage their environmental issues in view of the US Federal environmental
policy developments. |
