Environmental Management System (EMS) is a management framework by which an organization can manage in a comprehensive, systematic and documented manner, its environmental impacts. It’s a system that integrates a database, procedures and processes for monitoring, reporting on environmental performance as well as training the personnel. Most organizations adopt the ISO 14001 standard to develop their EMS. ISO 14001 is a voluntary standard that enable an organization to implement an EMS with the purpose of reducing its environmental footprint.

The major requirements of an EMS that meets the ISO-14001 standard include:

- A policy statement which includes commitments to prevention of pollution, continual improvement, and compliance with all applicable statutory and regulatory requirements;

- Identifying all aspects of the organization/ community activities, products, and services that could have a significant impact on the environment;

- Setting performance objectives which link back to the commitments in the policy and establishing the metrics by which the objectives are measured;

- Monitoring and reporting on emissions and waste releases, as well as on energy and water use and the risks associated with the use of chemicals;

- Establishing a program to periodically audit the operation of the EMS and taking preventive and corrective actions when deviations from the EMS occur

Factus Environmental can help your organization establish an EMS that reduce the environmental impacts of its activities and operations and to meet its environmental obligations or objectives.