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Environmental Management Systems
Improve Performance And Profit
Implementing an environmental management system (EMS) can yield both "bottom line" and intangible benefits. Organizations with an effective EMS save money by
- Reducing consumption of energy and raw materials
- Avoiding costs through lower expenditures for waste treatment and disposal
- Supporting compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley and "good corporate governance" standards
- Ensuring regulatory compliance, and
- Reducing their exposure to environmental liabilities, including fines and penalties.
Other significant benefits result from:
- Competitive advantage in the marketplace
- Improved morale and satisfaction among workforce members
- Lower cost of capital in financial markets
- Value added for investors, supply-chain clients, and community stakeholders.
Since its publication in September 1996, more than 110,000 organizations worldwide have become registered to ISO 14001. The number continues to grow, because ISO 14001 has proven effective in improving environmental management, driving "lean" initiatives, and supporting regulatory compliance.
Futurepast provides experienced consultants who have helped organizations in North America, Europe, and the Caribbean to design and implement environmental management systems based on ISO 14001. Because our consultants also work for registrars, they know what it takes to achieve ISO 14001 registration on the first try. Futurepast's consulting services include:
- Consulting on implementation
- Training staff on ISO 14001 interpretation and implementation
- Training internal auditors
- Providing internal auditing services.
Futurepast consultants are ready to assist clients with the implementation of ISO 14001. Futurepast is a member of the US Technical Advisory Group (USTAG) to ISO Technical Committee 207, which maintains the ISO 14000 family of standards. Company president John Shideler is an active participant in Subcommittee 1, which has responsibility for ISO 14001 and ISO 14004. He is also a member of Subcommittee 2 on Auditing and Subcommittee 7 on Greenhouse gas management.
In the United States, the USTAG has issued clarifications of intent that should assist users to understand the ISO 14001 standard. Click here to read the current version of this document.