Environment is a very broad term. Therefore, when we speak about environment on this website we narrow our scope to environment in the sense of the measurable impact companies’ processes can have on their direct surroundings.
Analysing the impact a company has on its environment, is a first step in improving the environmental performance. Examples of impacts are energy use or emissions to air, waste or water. The effects of these impacts range from climate change by global warming to poisoning earth and ocean. Imagine that every human being and company is a potential contributor to this destructive mechanism.
For an industrial company the first level of environmental management is to be compliant with the local legislation. Local authorities ask for a proof of their compliance by regular reports and inspections.
When a company wants to commit to continuous improvement in their environmental performance they can choose to get a management system certification like ISO 14001, ISOs 14064 or EMAS. In these cases regular audits are performed to see whether the company complies to the standards. The company not only needs to r eport their environmental results, but also be transparent about how they got the results.
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