|DEVELOPING ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS|
Environmental Awareness ImplementationEnvironmental Management
Two thirds of companies, asked in a recent survey (details?) said that they "went beyond the law" where environmental matters are concerned.
Environmental management offers a coherent and consistent way for organisations to deal witih environmental issues. By using a management system, especially one to international standards, organisations can handle a range of complex but interwined issues in the same way. Whether it is noise, chemcial, energy, waste or whatever, your organisation can deal with the issues in a cosnsistant manner. This is based on classic quality systems by first reviewing existing state of affairs, posting a policy, setting targets and then monitoring and auditing results.
By using an international standard, other organisations can appreciate what your organisation does. Some purchasers now make such a system a compulsory requirement for supply.
Over 5000 UK companies have achieved ISO 14001, while less than 400 have joined the EU EMAS - complete worldwide figures.