(Enhesa: Brussels, Belgium) -- Increasing regulatory pressure requires new management approaches. More than ever before, with global manufacturers exposed to new product regulations, environmental issues are finding their way to board rooms. These are some of the conclusions drawn by Enhesa, a regulatory environment, health, and safety (EHS) consultancy based in Brussels and Washington, following a detailed analysis of the environmental regulatory and policy developments that occurred globally in 2010.

During 2010, Enhesa reviewed the environmental regulatory and policy developments in 90 countries and 68 regional jurisdictions, and identified nearly 11,000 environmental regulatory and policy developments relevant to business. This represents an 18-percent increase compared to 2009. Since Enhesa produced its first annual regulatory forecast five years ago, there has been a consistent increase in regulatory and policy developments throughout the world. 2010 saw almost three times more regulatory developments than in 2006 (see figure 1).

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