Part of Industries have been extending to customers, workers and environment. We have a number of tools that focus specifically on customer delight but very few brings real image of environment that is being impacted by industrial cycle. While talking about industrial impact on environment, we shall understand life cycle perspective. Life cycle perspective aims at managing activities and their impact on environment since inception of material to end-of-life and final disposal. ISO 14001:2015 Clause 8.1 Operational Planning & Control asks organizations to cover life cycle perspective of their products & services. PMG is playing a vital role as EMS ISO 14001 consultant which value bringing sustainability to environment management system.
Importance of managing environment
Implementing EMS 14001:2015 is the same for any industry in terms of what steps should be taken for effective implementation. A nicely built environmental policy will need to be written, and followed to achieve the intended outcome of the environmental management system. ISO 14001:2015 is helping us to integrate environment with the strategic interest of the company. EMS aims to cutting down cost to the company by reducing the consumption or wastage from environment. So, it’s like a win-win situation for both.
How to be leader in environmental practices
Improving productivity: Organizations growth can be correctly depicted by amount of energy, raw material, consumables etc. if our yield ratio is not optimized them we are losing on system efficiency. This can be taken in context of process efficiency which is a function of purchase productivity, production efficiency, machine productivity, operator productivity, consumer productivity and others.
Consumption Aspects: In ISO 14001:2015 we have to focus on planning the significant environmental aspects and their subsequent impact on environment. We need to cap on consumption of natural resources as resources are limited in environment
Operational Control: Use and Re-Use shall be the policy of the company. Identification of wastages and planning the reduction of them is a big task in itself. PMG has a wide range of experience in spearheading these tasks.
Cutting on emissions: Our environmental footprint is on the higher side. The amount of carbon that we are emitting is significantly high, having plans to cut the emission by even 10% will certainly be a good move in making the environment safe.
Government on environmental law
To protect and conserve environment, government and other regulatory bodies have framed various compliances.
Some of the important legal & other requirements for environment protection are as follows:
- The National Green Tribunal Act, 2010
- The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981
- The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974
- The Environment Protection Act, 1986
- The Hazardous Waste Management Regulations, etc.
As per ISO 14001:2015, Environment Management System we need to identify what are requirements are applicable on us and how often do we need to evaluate. PMG has designed various integrated legal register that help organizations to manage their compliances in a better manner.
Role of environment in business improvement
Maximise resources
Maximising your resources is closely aligned with waste reduction. When a business can get more than one use out of their raw material this has multiple benefits.
- Waste reduction – The more you can use out of one source the less you will throw away. Decreasing waste transport costs and transport emissions and resulting in less landfill.
- Increased Efficiency – Purchase process, storage and production processes are in deliberate need of increasing efficiency.
- Innovation – When you start to look at resources differently you start to see more possibilities. ISO 14001:2015 pushes hierarchy of control which helps in building innovative solution on managing the environment management system more efficiently.
Improve sustainability
How much does your business currently rely on natural resources? You might have a fleet of cars using petroleum. Can you change to hybrids? Paperless systems are far more effective and efficient. How water or power hungry is your business? A water tank or solar at your business premises may also save you money. Check out what your competitors are doing. By implementing just a few sustainability improvements you can gain an edge and stay in front of rising costs giving your business a greater chance of long-term success.
PMG’s Factor
In PMG we have the best of the EMS consultants which aims at developing the competence in the organization by making the employees do the work under the continuous guidance and gainful knowledge experience.
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