I cordially invite you and your colleagues to join this upcoming 4^th Global EHS&IH Excellence Summit 2015 Scheduled to be held on March 19-20 at Crowne Plaza Century Park Shanghai. based on previous event successes, for this upcoming 4^th edition, we are expecting over 200 EHS industry professionals and decision makers from across the world.

Conference Background

These recent years have witnessed the world economy going through a tough period towards recovery which varies from region to region. The year of 2015, the ending year of China’s 12^th FYP, will be a crucial year for the world, especially for China, as the second largest economy, it is stepping into a new 13^th FYP development period, the newly released environmental protection laws will strengthen the Ministry of Environmental Protection’s ability to punish polluters in a more severe way, the revisions marked the first change to China’s environmental protection legislation since 1989, when the EPL first took effect. According to Xinhua News Agency, the revisions call for improved monitoring of both the environment and health; improved survey and risk assessment mechanisms; and more severe punishments for polluting. The new law will go into effect on January 1, 2015.

State Administration of Work Safety also announced this year that it’s imperative to further propel the work safety standardization perfection system within all national industry and trade enterprises, it explicitly states all these enterprises’ safety parameters in strict accordance with nationals standards by the end of 2015, for those who fall short of these regulations and standards, the state will exercise tough control over the loans needed for production and future development.

It can be clearly seen from the above that achieving excellence in corporate environment, health and safety is becoming increasingly important and a top priority on Chinese government’s agenda, it’s against this world background that we, Apex International is pleased to invite you to attend the upcoming 4^th Global EHS& IH Excellence Summit 2015 scheduled to be held on 19-20 March 2015 at the Crowne Plaza Center Park Shanghai targeting global EHS industry professionals and decision makers who would be gathered together to share their insights into issues, including behavior safety management practice, human factors’ importance, environment related issues (e.g. underground water & soil contamination), industry hygiene perspective and approach, how get all employees involved for “zero accident”, diverse case studies on practical implementation of safety program, global GHS and EU REACH and new chemical substance registration, etc.

 Summit Highlights:

  Latest regulatory updates interpretation on national and global environment protection policies and incentives, newly released

laws and amendments on complicated environment related issues 2015 onwards.

  Industry and Trade Enterprise’s Safety Parameters in accordance with national standards by the end of 2015: e.g. safety, backward

production capacity, enforcement measures, credit financial aid, etc.

  Establishing effective EHS Strategies in line with Global Best Practices

  Addressing Human Factors for Continuous Improvement

  Actively Caring Together (ACT) Safety program: Potential Severity and employee all-round engagement toward Zero Injuries

  EEIA (EHS Events Investigation and Analysis) approach

  Integrating HSE into an Operating System (e.g. Toyota Production System): A manufacturing philosophy that integrates all aspects,

including HSE, in a way that produces a step change in results.

  Managing Occupational Hygiene Risks and Liabilities in Asia

  Comprehensive Corporate HSE program driving operational excellence and increasing profitability

  Build a solid corporate global culture that drives H&S practices through BBS

  Keeping Them Healthy: Fitness for Duty; Managing the Injured Worker: Care Management

  Wellness: An Essential part of a Comprehensive Safety and Health Program

  Successfully Handling a Catastrophic Incident to Ensure Business Continuity

  Introduction and interpretation of most updated workplace health and industrial hygiene laws and regulations, compliance with

national and international standards

  Protecting Your Brand Reputation and Reducing Supply Chain Risks: The Safety Practices of Your Suppliers Matter

  External Manufacturing & EHS excellence: A supply chain perspective on how EHS&S creates business value and cultural change

  Machinery Safety: What EHS Managers should know about standards, technology and best practices

  Process Safety and Operational Risk Management for Business Continuity

  Real Time and All-round Legal Compliance — EHS laws, regulations latest updat and EHS regulatory compliance in China

  Industrial Hygiene: A Global Perspective

  How do we define a successful industrial or occupational hygiene program within the workplace?

  The industrial hygiene best practices categorized by the key practice elements

  Case Studies on Risk-Assessment Process

  Best practice sharing from panelists and audience

  Third Party EHS Management (raw materials supplier, warehouse vendor, contractor, transporter, etc)

  Global GHS and EU REACH and new chemical substance registration

  Practical and detailed implementation of psychology in EHS&S

  Practical and detailed implementation of Safety culture building in China workplace

  How to convince the management the benefit of EHS excellence is greater than cost? What are the benefits?