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Environmental Standard
ISO 14001:2004
Benefits of an EMS
An EMS can be a powerful tool for organisations to both improve their environmental performance, and enhance their business efficiency. An EMS is not prescriptive, rather it requires organisations to take an active role in examining their practices, and then determining how their impacts should be best managed. This approach encourages creative and relevant solutions from the organisation itself.
Although the implementation of an EMS is essentially a voluntary initiative, it can also become an effective tool for governments to protect the environment as it can assist regulation. For example, regulatory systems can encourage organisations to use EMS to meet standards, by providing incentives for strong environmental performance.
Likewise, organisations can use EMS to ensure that their performance is within regulatory requirements, and to keep ahead of more stringent regulations which might be used in the future.
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An EMS can assist a company in the following ways:
- Maximise environmental liabilities
- Maximise the efficient use f resources
- Reduce waste
- Demonstrate a good corporate image
- Build awareness of environmental concern among employees
- Gain a better understanding of the environmental impacts of business activities
- Increase profit, improving environmental performance through greater efficiency