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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Society is becoming increasingly more critical about energy use, material use, raw materials and waste handling. As a business, you are always, therefore, in the picture. You want to show your customers, employees, neighbors and the government that your activities have as little effect on the environment as possible. But how do you prove this?
With an ISO 14001 certification, you can demonstrate that in your organization, you deal with environmental matter responsibly. It proves this: the company operates on the basis of an International Standard. As a result, you come through government checks better and are more easily able to answer questions about waste treatment and energy consumption. Moreover, with an ISO 14001 Environmental Management System, you know what the effects of your industrial processes are on the environment. Control over these effects can mean substantial cost savings. After all, if your processes are set up more effectively, your costs are lower and so your profits are higher.
For literally any company from a chemical company to a company that processes digital data and everything in between ISO 14001 offers advantages.
- With an ISO 14001 certification, you distinguish yourself in the market-place as being environmentally conscience.
- A certified management system has a positive influence on the granting of permits
- You can integrate ISO 14001 with ISO 9001 and OHSAS 18000
In this webinar, we will explore what steps are needed to implement an EMS and how to integrate measuring ROI right from the beginning.
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