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Environmental Management

Protecting the environment is one of the most fundamental concerns facing industry today. There is an urgent need for business management systems that deal specifically with environmental hazards. Governments and scientists around the world are pressuring industry to do what ever it takes to protect the environment.

The scope of government legislation focuses on the:

 

  • Pollution of Land,

  • Pollution of Water,

  • Pollution of Air,

  • & Noise Pollution.

 

It is cost effective and profitable to manage your business impact on the environment by developing more efficient business processes and reducing waste. It is not economically sustainable to pollute. The laws within Australia that can be used to protect the environment are complex and evolving very rapidly.

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Environmental Management Advantages

 

An effective environmental management system is of great importance to your business, providing the following advantages:

 

  • Provides a framework to manage environmental impacts effectively;

 

  • Adds value to your business by providing standards to work towards;

 

  • Provides methods to identify hazards and establish controls that aim to reduce environmental impact, risk or complications;

 

  • Helps to deliver long term cost efficiencies to your business by reducing environmental related incidents, compensation claims and subsequently increased insurance premiums;

 

  • Prevents work stoppages due to disputes and investigation of incidents;

 

  • Demonstrates that your business has the capacity to manage its environmental responsibilities and is doing so effectively (due diligence);

 

  • Provides your business with a system to verify that its environmental business management system is functioning as designed, is adequate and effectively implemented;

 

  • Provides your business with public recognition of the efforts made to improve the environmental (due diligence);

 

  • Legal liability and prosecution is attached to polluting, failure to control pollution, and non-compliance with environmental protection laws enforced by the Environmental Protection Authority and Local Government Authorities.

 

Environmental Management Benefits & Aims

 

The aims of developing environmental management systems are to control environmental hazards, reduce waste and pollution; and the benefits compare similar with those of workplace safety: Humanitarian Reasons, Economic Reasons and Legal Reasons.

 

Organizations that develop environmental management systems which comply with the standard AS/NZS ISO 14001 will gain certification and recognition as preferred suppliers.

 

It is cost effective and profitable to manage your business impact on the environment by developing more efficient business processes and reducing waste. It is not economically sustainable to pollute.

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