The cost of doing business continues to grow at an alarming rate. Waste disposal, energy and fuel costs are impacting
on competitiveness and increasing legal constraints tie up valuable management and resource time. The simple
administrative effort required to demonstrate compliance to environmental legislation is a growing challenge.
Apart from financial costs the negative impact on business worth from prosecution incidents, fines, clean up or
remediation costs can be devastating to a business.
An Environmental Management System (EMS) offers the solution to minimise your exposure to environmental risk while
staying compliant with legislation.
Put simply, an EMS is a risk management tool suitable for companies of all sizes, in any sector to control, manage and
improve their impact on the environment, in a legally compliant manner.
The international standard for EMS is ISO 14001. It has been implemented by approximately 100,000 organisations
worldwide and in many sectors is a mandatory requirement to supply products/services to customers.
To demonstrate to your shareholders, staff, customers and regulators that you take your environmental obligations
seriously you should become certified to the international standard (ISO 14001).
Being independently assessed and certified as compliant to ISO 14001 provides significant advantages for a business,
and its stakeholders. These include:
- providing management with a tool to identify and meet legal obligations
- quantifying its impact on their environment (e.g. from emissions)
- control over contractors/suppliers
- identifying cost savings from more efficient resource and waste management
- involving people in minimising negative impacts
- protecting the company, its assets, shareholders and directors
The requirements of the standard are based on common sense and if implemented fully can lead to tangible
improvement, including cost savings.
In addition, where companies are licensed to operate (e.g. IPPC, Waste) ISO 14001 fulfils the requirement for an EMS
demanded and inspected by the regulators.
Your first step is to contact Certification Europe for further information and a competitive quotation based on the
delivery of the service that you need. A comprehensive assessment programme will then be agreed in line with the
process flow outline below so that you can progress at your own pace in defined steps that minimise cost and provide
maximum effectiveness.
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Certification Europe is the only company in Ireland to be deemed competent by the State to assess companies for ISO
14001 and our certificates are recognised both locally and internationally.
Certification Europe auditors are some of the most experienced both nationally and internationally. They provide a
professional, client focused and dynamic approach to the audit process and bring their experience to your business.
Enterprise Ireland recognises that achieving ISO14001
can be a major undertaking for a small to medium size enterprise (SME's)
in terms of cost and resources and have a grant initiative in place
to assist such endeavors. This grant is up to a maximum of Iep10,000
and details can be provided by contacting Certification Europe or direct
from Enterprise Ireland
EMAS - European
Community Eco-Management and Audit Scheme
International
Standards Organisation (ISO)
ISO14001
EMS Grant from Enterprise Ireland for SME's
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