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Environmental Consulting Firms- Environmental Consulting Firms Can Help

Your Company Become Rightly "Green" and Achieve Environmental


Sustainability

I have met lots of persons, representing small


to big businesses, who proudly affirm, "We
are an "ecological" business!" This tag is a
euphemism that means they are abiding by
rigorous criteria concerning environmental
sustainability rules and levels. This
"ecological" tag is cool and it is an admirable
goal, for sure. A lot of businesses are joining
the "band wagon". They are using the label as
a technique to openly and subtly advertise their services and/or products. However,
what does it mean to be "ecological"? And, how can any size business apply a plan to
comply with environmental sustainability levels to be directed towards growing into an
"ecological" company?

Agenda 21 was the main output of the United Nations Conference on environment and
development (the, "Earth Summit"). The International Organization for Standardization
(ISO) presents levels or offers advice on good supervision levels in encouragement of
Agenda 21. The ISO 14001 gives its conditions for an Environmental Management
System (EMS) which verifies global relevance for all size businesses wanting to
function under ecologically sustainable processes. It is a globally approved system.
With the aid of environmental consulting firms, the levels can be valid for any company,
big or small, whatever its product or service, in any sector of activity, and whether it is a
commercial enterprise, a public organization, or a government division.

The principle elements, represented in an EMS are explained below:

1. Environmental Policy Statement (environmental characteristics and influence of


products, activities, and services, including intra-and inter-company processes),
2. Planning (environmental characteristics, legal and additional obligations, aims and
assessable targets, environmental administration programs),
3. Implementation and Operation (structure and responsibility, preparation,
conciousness, and capability, communication, environmental administration system
documents, records control, operational control, disaster awareness and reaction),
4. Checking and Corrective Action (monitoring and measurement, non-conformance
and corrective- and protecting- action, records, environmental administration system
audit)
5. Management Review

Well, you're possibly thinking, "I'm a quite overwhelmed by this! And, what can I do to
truly show my business is "ecological"?" It’s totally possible that in your company your
Environmental Management System is only a style for doing things that you feel are
"ecological", e.g., shutting down lights, recycling, walking or biking to the office, etc.
(Don't get me wrong! These are all great things to do.). But your system is not on paper
and likely acknowledged just by one or a few persons in the administrative area with
little or no communication. Everyone has the "ecological essence" and every one is
contributing by doing his or her specific action.
Not all businesses will wish to go through the ISO 14000 certification process (lots of
big businesses do). Businesses that do not desire to be certified can apply the norms to
be regarded as third party compliant. Environmental consulting firms can suggest
several systems to apply an "ecological" business system that lessens harmful effects on
the ecology caused by its doings in an effort to attain continual development of its
environmental execution:

1. Plan - Establish aims and make strategies (analyze your company's condition, define
your overall aims and establish your short- term targets and define strategies to attain
them.
2. Do - Execute your strategies (do what you planned to do).
3. Check - Measure your results (measure/monitor how far your current
accomplishments come across your defined aims.
4. Act - Fix and perfect your strategies and how you act on them (correct and learn from
your mistakes to perfect your strategies in order to achieve best results next time.

The thoughts that go in your strategy are based on your specific field type. The depth
and detail is also determined by your business' size, but many of the same rules apply:

- Waste and toxics removal that involves, but is not limited to, product making,
materials, manufacturing processes, distribution, consumer and end of life for products
you use in your every day business doings or products that you sell to others,

- Toxics reduction and removal ("The Ban List"),

- Reduce Greenhouse gas emissions by performing teleconferencing and web meetings


instead of traveling,

- Tracking and decrease of wastes,

- Buy automobile hybrids,

- Other Transport (walking, car pooling, biking, public transport),

- Community participation and volunteering,

- Reduce consumption of non-biodegradable products (plastics),

- Enroll and contribute with organizations devoted to providing regulations, checking


field and implementing obedience,

- Purchase from ISO 14000 certified vendors and producers with active programs for
soil, groundwater, surfacewater, and air controls in third world countries that are
protective of human health and the ecology (to US Environmental Protection Agency
norms),

- Utilize recycled products,

- Conserve resources (e.g., water),

- Substitute ineffective equipment that consumes energy,


- Promote and support state and local government (cities, counties) to establish and
execute environmental sustainability policy, guidelines and controls for businesses that
are willing to run business in their areas,

- Join associations in your specific field that assist you in executing environmental
sustainability for your services and products,

- Act following Best Management Practices (e.g., recycling).

The objective of any EMS, directing to environmental sustainability, and the aim of
environmental consulting firms, is to diminish our carbon trail on the world. I hope I
have been successful in increasing your attentiveness, awareness and integrity about
what it means to be "green". Now it is time to act! In the future after your business
generates and applies an EMS agenda you should be proud to present that your business
is "ecological".
www.VernonEnvironmental.com - Environmental Consulting Firms

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