The role of the person providing Environmental, Health and Safety plays a vital role in keeping workers and the community safe and healthy. However as the demand for environmental, health and safety personnel grows, so does the number of non-professionals attempting to fill this role. Because every life is valuable - the International Board of Environmental Health and Safety was formed (1997) with the self-proclaimed mission of instilling professionalism in the environmental health and safety fields. In order to fulfill this mission true professionals were selected from their respective fields to establish a level of knowledge and skills needed to be competent. These competency requirements were adopted and established as certifications, and to further distinguish these certifications, each one is subjected to a rigorous accreditation process.