Environmental Management Systems and its benefits to employees and others benifits

 

Environmental Management Systems

 

 

A management system can be described as any process used to simplify the planning and management of people's daily lives, which can help spread procedures and information around the world, to companies, to check if they are adequate and that they work. Management system used to verify compliance with environmental directives, company procedures and information All organizations have some impact on the natural environment, especially through the resources they use, the processes and activities they perform, and the waste they carry with them. A company, no matter how large or small, can achieve results if Improvements are planned and implemented in a structured and coordinated manner. Good environmental management can also help companies comply with environmental laws, save money, and improve public relations. a proper Environmental Management System (EMS) can help organizations to attain these.

 

 

Environmental Management System Types.

The main standards for environmental management systems are:  ISO 14001: 2004  and EMAS (European Community Ecosystem Management and Audit Program), which is implemented by EU Regulation 1221/2009 / EC. They are essential characteristics for achieving good environmental management practices. For more information, visit the EMS web portal here: http://ems.iema.net/emas

 

 

Benefits of an EMS (Environmental Management System)

There are lot of benefits of an EMS (environmental management system).

Some of them are:

 

Employee Benefits

 

Compliance with the environment management system create befits to the employee by :

  

1.     Employee quality of life and their health will start improving by following the good EMS.

2.     Employees working environment improving and living environment as well.

3.     Incidents related to the environment starts reducing

4.     Increasing overall environment

5.     Employee motivation and personal commitment starts increasing with the company.

 

 

Benefits related to Environment

If we can reduce the below mention things at our workplace, we can also educe the effect which can have the impact on the environment.

 

These things are:

1.      Noise

2.      Waste

3.      Electricity Usage

4.      Raw Material which we used on our workplace.

5.      The production and discharge of, especially gas or radiation.

6.      Odours (smoke …)

 

Financial Benefits

We can generate more profit by doing these things:

1.     Reducing the insurance premium

2.     Reduce the waste, what ever we are using try to reduce the waste as possible.

3.      By attracting the customers, investors and those who would like to expand heir environmental ideals.

4.     We can generate more profits if we comply with environmental legislation as a result the risk of fines reduces.

5.     Profit generation is achieved by using our resources intelligently by creating less waste and rejection.

 

Public Relations Benefits

 

1.       Relations with the community will be improved.

2.       Company reputation and image will also improve.

3.       Confidence of the customer increased.   

 

 

Compliance Benefits

 

If we work safely with the law we can avoid warnings and fines or prosecutions from environmental regulator authorities and specially peace of mid that we are complying with legal requirements.

 

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