Rocco Alberto Ricci
EHS Associate Director Abbvie
Rocco Alberto Ricci is Associate Director of EHS at AbbVie, where he leads the development and continuous improvement of site-wide EHS programs focused on injury prevention, employee wellbeing, and environmental excellence. He drives initiatives that proactively address compliance, operational efficiency, and safety performance. Rocco is also a frequent speaker on environmental directives and process safety, sharing practical insights on integrating EHS into broader business objectives.
Seminars
Once viewed as low risk compared to small molecule production, bio sites are now operating 15K+ bioreactors, vast solvent systems, and steam infrastructure once unthinkable in biologics. And yet, many sites still fall outside of formal process safety rigor.
This panel tackles the growing disconnect between perceived and actual risk in modern biopharma, and how organisations are responding by applying process safety standards, KPIs, and culture to these “new old risks”.
- When is a biologics site no longer a “low risk” facility? Learn how to close the gap between infrastructure scale and safety oversight
- Applying PSM selectively: hazard-based vs blanket standards and how do different companies approach biopharma site PSM adoption?
- How KPIs mislead: lagging vs leading, and what’s actually useful, are we measuring the wrong things? Explore how other firms are redefining KPIs that reflect current realities, not just historical assumptions
- Identify which process safety elements are essential to modern biologics sites, even if you are not Seveso
- Practical implications of evolving EU directives (Urban Wastewater, Water Framework Directive)
- Cost, resource, and license burden of compliance at site level
- Importance of early site awareness vs. late corporate trickle-down
