ISO 14001
The Need for Environmental Management Systems
Business and human activity is resulting in adverse climate change in the form of global warming. The burning of fossils fuels for electricity, heating and transportation is the biggest contributor to global warming. In addition uncontrolled emissions into the rivers and streams as well as noise pollution adversely affect the flora and fauna There is increasing public and regulatory pressure for all companies to lessen the impact of their business activities on the environment. An Environmental Management System provides an effective methodology of reducing a business's impact on the environment as well as reducing the cost of business
What is an Environmental Management System?
- An Environmental Management System (EMS) is a framework that allows an organization to consistently control its significant impacts on the environment, reduce the risk of potentially costly pollution incidents, ensure compliance with environmental legislation and continually improve your business operations.
- ISO 14001 is an internationally accepted standard designed to effectively manage and reduce the impact of emissions into the environment.
- The standard provides a framework for organisation to first identify the aspects and impacts of its products and processes on the environment.
- Through its review processes, the ISO 14001 standard expect continuous improvement in an organisation processes that will result in a reduction of the adverse environmental impacts.
Benefit of an Environment Management System
- Environmental Improvement - Actions taken by an organization during installation of an Environmental Management System results in reduced air, water and land pollution and improved conditions for flora and fauna
- Stakeholder Engagement - Assists organizations in identifying the environmental interests of its stakeholders such as customers, shareholders, employees, local residents, regulators, local authority etc.
- Regulatory compliance - Ensure that the organization is better placed to avoid future fines and penalties from not meeting environmental legislation.
- Reduced operational costs - Provide cost savings through the reduction of waste and more efficient use of natural resources (electricity, water, gas and fuels). Tighten production processes, yielding better efficiency, reducing costs
- Marketing - running an EMS will help you prove your business' credentials as an environmentally aware operation that has made a commitment to continual environmental improvement.
- Reduced Climate Change costs - reduced costs burden of the Climate Change Levy (CCL) and Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC)
- Increased sales opportunities - large businesses and government departments may only deal with businesses that have an EMS
- Finance - you may find it easier to raise investment, leading to a better public perception of the organization and the potential to gain a competitive advantage, leading to improved sales
Why engage Forward Vision to assist you with implementing ISO 14001 EMS?
- Sector Experience - Forward Vision have experience of implementing ISO 14001 across a wide range of businesses in the manufacturing and service sectors. The essentials requirements of the ISO 14001 as pertaining to the business are quickly and easily understood which makes ISO 14001 implementation an easier process
- Forward Vision ISO 14001 methodology is unique - Implementation ISO 14001 can get mired in unnecessary detail that prolongs implementation and adds to costs. Forward Vision have developed a unique process of implementing ISO 14001 that avoids the pain of implementing ISO 14001 but ensures that you reap the full benefits of the Environmental Management Systems.
- An Experienced Environmental Consultant, with a high degree of client engagement skills will facilitate the implementation of the EMS. This ensures the implementation process proceeds at a reasonable pace to achieve the ISO 14001 accreditation with no delays.
