Service Information Sheet 902

- about  ISO 14001  EMS*
(*EMS = Environmental Management System)

   1.  WHEN ?

ISO 14001 EMS was first released in  1996  – to enable an organization to demonstrate to all interested parties it has in place an effective EMS.
2.  WHERE?

It applies to your defined ENV BOUNDARY & SCOPE
–    with all Interested Parties and their ENV interests in mind
–    and commitments to pollution prevention, legal compliance & continual improvement

3.  WHO?
         
It applies to any organisation interested to gain better management (by prevention, control, influence and improvement) of its environment aspects.
4.  WHAT?
        

- It's a management system that allows an organization to pro-actively prevent / control / influence / improve its environmental aspects to eliminate / reduce / reuse / recycle continually – hence protecting public health & safety and preserving the ecology.

- Legislative compliance is a minimum.
5.  WHY?
 
        

- To satisfy ‘Green-Partnership’, client’s demands, Green-Reporting & Corporate Social Responsibility
 
- To reduce environmental prosecution risks – with no violation to Environmental Acts / Regulations

- To gain or retain market share by being amongst the Green Partners – as winning edge against competitors!

- To project a clean and green corporate image among regulators, customers and public – an important marketing edge! – or to answer to customers’ and authorities' demands

- To reduce cost of wastage – by finding ways to save resources . . . hence reducing pollution & waste management problems – leading to profit improvement

- (for Public-Listed Companies) To attract more social comfort & share investors (– with the backing of a sound environmental management system, and 'green reporting' – a positive move to please investors)

- For sustainable development of an organization and its profit.
6.  HOW-TO?


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