Workshop: Using your EMS to Move Toward Sustainability
March 16, 2009 by Brian Butler | Filed under: Using Your EMS to Move Toward Sustainability [4]
Responsible environmental management is becoming an essential order of business, and organizations are under increasing pressure to target sustainability as part of their environmental program. Many organizations turn to ISO 14001 to help them minimize their own environmental impacts. However, the usual implementation of ISO 14001 often falls short in bringing about significant results in terms of ecological sustainability.
This exploratory workshop will focus on how organizations can use their EMS to contribute to society’s goal of ecological sustainability.
Questions include:
What is ecological sustainability (or the pursuit thereof) and how is it different from positive environmental practices?
Why is ecological sustainability a relevant pursuit for environmental managers?
How can the EMS be used by the organization as a tool for driving ecological sustainability?