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Environmental Management
Building A Sustainable Future, In Support of Our Environment
Environmental Policy
With any good environmental policy, understanding your current aspects and impacts is always a great starting point, below shall be a helpful guide:
1) Initial Environmental Review,
2) Context of the Organisation,
3) The Role of Leadership,
4) Commitment to Change & Sustainability.
Further details can be provided to help aid the creation of a policy, otherwise, here at Winn-Co, we can do this for you.
Environmental Management System (EMS)
Following on from the environmental policy, the below can be considered to aid in the creation of a EMS.
1) Environmental Policy,
2) Planning (Implementation),
3) Environmental Aspects,
4) Compliance Obligations,
5) Planning Actions,
6) Environmental Objective,
And much much more...... Even though it can be rather expensive to achieve the ISO 14001:2015 certificate (which lasts for three years), nothing is stopping you from achieving this standard internally, whereby being able to document and demonstrate the success through providing evidence, in-turn increasing customer and client satisfaction.
Environmental Impacts
Key Environmental Issues:
1) Local effects of Pollution (air quality, noise, waste, lighting and odour),
2) Carbon emissions and the greenhouse effect / global warming,
3) Water resources and ocean pollution,
4) Deforestation, soil erosion and land quality,
5) Material & land deprecation,
6) Energy consumption, innovation in food & fuel,
7) Waste disposal and international waste trade,
8) Agricultural issues arising from global trade,
9) Climate change and extreme weather events,
10) Biodiversity loss,
Environmental Legislation Located Within The 'Useful Links & Information' Tab, Drawings on Legislation, Sentencing Councils Guidelines and Supporting Agencies through the UK (inc Northern Ireland).
