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Your organisation may be becoming concerned about
the environmental impact of its activities, products
and services, and the rising costs associated with
issues such as waste management and energy conservation.
This concern is reflected in the amount of increasingly
stringent legislation related to environmental protection.
Many organisations not only wish to achieve compliance
with environmental legislation, but they want
to demonstrate sound environmental performance.
As a consequence they will implement an environmental
management system to help control its impacts
and meet their requirements of relevant legislation.
The two main standards for environmental management
are ISO 14001 (Environmental Management Systems)
and EMAS (Eco-management and Auditing Scheme).
ISO 14001 and EMAS are standards related to environmental
management systems. Accreditation to one of these
standards shows that a company has an effective
environmental management system. This is useful
as it will inherently help regulatory issues to
be addressed and will satisfy the interests of
many parties. For instance, many companies will
demand accreditation as a way of demonstrating
environmental performance and will only use suppliers
who have attained these levels. The standards
also have an in-built requirement to demonstrate
continual improvement and so this keeps business
moving forwards in environmental terms.
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