ISO 14001 Sustainability and Environmental Management Systems
What is an EMS?
A set of processes and practices that enable an organisation to reduce its environmental impacts and increase its operating efficiency.
All industry sectors are focused on climate change and it is influencing almost every activity a market makes. Thus, all responsible business systems need to focus on the opportunities and threats such a change presents.
An EMS releases a companies identity, brand, and relationships within their markets. This touches all areas of business from sales to production as environmental change is both a threat to improve but an opportunity to invest in the more lucrative and sustainable perspectives of their markets.
An organisations environmental impact does not exist solely during the regular 9-5 hours of business but are present 24/7 365 days a year. Buildings, stock, transport, and communications are all the product of an environmental system producing frameworks that encompass all business activities. From energy consumption to energy efficiencies, waste reduction to sustainable procurement, all deliver on cost reduction and the needs of an environmental management system.
The benefits of a environmental management system are:
- Reduced environmental risk and liability,
- Gaining a core advantage over competitors or maintaining market demand
- Cost savings through waste reduction, recycling, energy and water conservation
- Effective management practices improve environmental performance and deliver efficiency disciplines
- Its sustainable, so progressive economic improvement overall
- Increased recognition of environmental issues for timely prevention
- Awareness of individual roles and environmental protection responsibilities
- Goodwill and trust from local authorities, useful in future planning
- Staff awareness of environmental management responsibility
- Lower insurance costs; lesser fines or fines avoided altogether.
- ISO 14001 registration prestige brings market recognition
- The brand and business benefit from the increased ‘green credentials’ and positive PR associated with operating sustainably.
How do we start?
MGCM Services has many years of experience that leads organisation leadership to support an EMS, establish a plan and framework. The globally recognised and respected International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) has already created an EMS framework, known as ISO 14001:
ISO 14001 depicts a set of rules and standards to help guide a management system for organisations to reduce waste and environmental damage. It can harvest benefits through :
- Improved environmental management
- Reduced resource usage
- Control impact of your operations.
- Legal compliance
- Understand how statutory and regulatory requirements impact your organisation and its customers.
- Reduced operating costs
- Achieving efficiencies in energy and water usage
- Waste minimisation
- Improved stakeholder relationships
- Improved business credentials
- Independent approval from a prestigious global standard
- Procurement specifications often require certification as a condition to supply, so certification opens doors.
- Improve the overall efficiency of your business
MGCM Services has many years of expertise in managing EMS improvement schemes. For all your EMS needs please don't hesitate to contact us.
