Environmental Manager and EMS
April 11, 2008 by LYNN DALEY | Filed under: General,In the industry and in the workplace [1, 2, 3]
Focusing merely on compliance with federal regulations does not guarantee environmental protection. In many cases, compliance still allows a negative impact on the environment. This article addresses ISO 14001 and evaluates it effectiveness as an environmental management system whose fundamental principle is continual improvement. It suggests that the environmental paradigm must shift from a compliance-focused one to that is more performance-based, where compliance is an outcome. This article suggests that environmental management systems need to be integrated into an organization’s normal operations. It also suggests that EHS should be addressed together. Although Environmental Managers and associated skills/tasks are not specifically addressed, it is clear that a environmental management resource would be necessary to implement such a system at an organization, public or private.EMS and ISO 14001