Environmental Management System – BSC certification brings confidence to companies that their practices and processes reduce environmental impacts for future generations and increases operational efficiencies to help their bottom line.
What is ISO 14001?
ISO 14001 is a globally-accepted Environmental Management System (EMS). It is applicable to any business who wants to be proactive in controlling their impact on the environment. ISO 14001 helps businesses achieve this goal by providing tools to help them control the environmental impact of their activities, products and services to achieve their environmental and economic goals. The ISO 14001 Standard is designed to support environmental protection and prevention of pollution in balance with socio-economic needs.
Why ISO 14001?
Environmental management encompasses a full range of issues including those with strategic and competitive implications. Being certified to ISO 14001 can help businesses:
- Improved organisation of operational environmental protection
- Legal certainty by way of systematic identification and evaluation of laws and constraints
- Cost savings as a result of systematic and pro-active thought and action
- Improved environmental performance of the organisation, to include the environmental quality of products and services
- Increased confidence of customers, authorities, banks, insurance companies and the public in the organisation’s environmental performance
- Employee identification and motivation
- Enhanced image and competitive ability