IHS and the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health Announce Sole Partnering Agreement for Health, Safety and Environmental Health Information

BRACKNELL, UK (20 October 2008) — IHS Inc. (NYSE:IHS), a leading global source of critical information and insight, and The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) announced today a new collaborative agreement. The collaboration brings together access to comprehensive expert knowledge for Health, Safety and Environmental (H,S&E) professionals.

This agreement grants IHS the sole rights to include CIEH publications in The Occupational Health & Safety Information Service (OHSIS) a leading source of technical information for the H,S&E industry, including the development of joint publications and product initiatives to better support industry professionals in meeting their information needs. OHSIS is a fast, reliable, online platform for all health, safety & environment information, providing access to current legislation, guidance, standards and best practice documents. This agreement enhances the robust suite of OHSIS services.

“Securing this collaborative agreement ensures our customers have access to an extensive range of critical information from one of the UK’s leading voices on all matters environmental health, health & safety and environmental management” said Adrian Gibson, IHS vice president of sales and marketing. “We are excited about this relationship that will enable us to bring new and valuable material to our customers.”

David Denton, Director of Business Development at the CIEH responded “This exciting new initiative with IHS gives a key audience of Health and Safety professionals direct access to CIEH’s public health expertise and information in a convenient and comprehensive manner”

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About IHS (www.ihs.com)
IHS (NYSE: IHS) is a leading global source of critical information and insight for customers in a broad range of industries. Our customer product and service solutions span four major areas of information: energy, product lifecycle management, environmental and security. By focusing on our customers first, we deliver data and expertise that enable innovative and successful decision-making. Customers range from governments and multinational companies to smaller companies and technical professionals in more than 180 countries. IHS has been in business since 1959 and employs more than 3,000 people in 35 locations around the world.

About the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (www.cieh.org)
The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health is a registered charity and the professional voice for environmental health.

The CIEH provides information, training, evidence and policy advice to public health, health and safety, environmental management regulators and practitioners in the public and private sectors. As an awarding body, the CIEH provides qualifications, events, and support materials on topics relevant to health, wellbeing and safety to develop workplace skills and best practice.

As a campaigning organisation, the CIEH aims to promote improvements in environmental and public health policy. It is based in the UK with offices in London, Northern Ireland and Wales. The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health organises conferences, seminars and produces a comprehensive range of public health publications. It also provides over 50 certification training programmes which include food safety, health and safety, environmental awareness through a network of over 10,000 registered trainers and 6,000 registered training centres across the UK.