NAEM Membership Profile

NAEM undertook its first full membership survey in 2003. The effort resulted in a statistically viable survey. 245 individuals completed all, or a portion of the survey; this represented more than one-third of the total membership and almost one-half of the available emails at the time. The following is a summary of the survey results.

The NAEM Member Profile

• The vast majority of members are from industry that produces a product (72%) and whose companies have US as well as international facilities (76%).
• NAEM is composed mostly - 61% - of large employee companies (5000+), but there also are a significant number - 14% - of small employee companies (<500) represented in the membership.

• The most common NAEM member is a Manager-level male, between the ages of 41-50 with 65% having more than 16 years of experience. And, the majority of members (75%) were educated and trained in the EHS field, and hold a Master’s degree (51%).

• The largest grouping (43%) of companies has $1-10B in revenue; the second largest grouping (28%) has more than $10B.

• Respondents were evenly split across the board on the perceived brand name profile of their respective organizations: High - 40%, Medium - 30%, Low - 29%. However, 54% of respondents believe their organization has a medium EHS risk profile.

Rating NAEM Programs

Annual EHS Forum
84% of those who attended the Forum were “Very Satisfied or Satisfied” with the conference.

Regional Workshops
- 80% of those attending rated the workshops as “Very Satisfied or Satisfied”
Mid-career Advance Certificate in Business & Finance program with Carnegie Mellon
- Most members 63% knew about the program, but only 34% stated it was important or very important to them.

NAEM Network News – Newsletter
- 60% are Very Satisfied and Satisfied with the newsletter. More than 90% found the management articles and case studies by peers to be “Very Useful and Useful.”

Chapters
- Membership in chapters equated to additional satisfaction with membership overall. 64% (of those who attended) rated Chapter involvement as “Very Satisfied and Satisfied.”