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This 5-step guide helps small businesses become more sustainable and environmentally friendly. Step 1 involves assessing compliance, engaging employees, and building knowledge. Step 2 is to create a long-term green vision, choose an approach, and identify environmental impacts. Step 3 is to set specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound goals. Step 4 is to implement the strategy through green actions. Step 5 is to continually measure progress and update goals over time to become more sustainable. The guide provides worksheets to help plan and assess impacts in key business areas.
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David Hall presented on environmental standards and ISO 14001 certification. He explained that ISO 14001 establishes a framework for managing a business's environmental impact. Certification can help businesses improve efficiency, meet regulations, and gain customers. Implementing an environmental management system typically involves analyzing processes, planning documentation, training staff, and undergoing third-party audits to achieve certification.Environmental and ethical issues
Environmental and ethical issuesGuerillateacher
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This document discusses how businesses impact the environment through pollution, waste, greenhouse gas emissions, and resource use. It also covers sustainable development practices like using renewable energy and recycled materials. Businesses face environmental pressures from groups and regulations but can also find opportunities by responding through green manufacturing and sustainable practices.Environment management system
Environment management systemAdane Nega
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The document discusses key aspects of developing and implementing an environmental management system (EMS) according to ISO 14001 standards. It outlines the importance of senior management commitment, conducting an initial review to identify environmental impacts and compliance, developing an environmental policy, and establishing procedures to monitor and improve performance. The initial review involves assessing site history, processes, health and safety, waste management, and other factors to understand current impacts and management practices.Environment management system
Environment management systemAdane Nega
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The document discusses key aspects of developing and implementing an environmental management system (EMS) according to ISO 14001 standards. It outlines the importance of senior management commitment, conducting an initial review to identify environmental impacts and compliance, developing an environmental policy, and establishing procedures to monitor and improve performance. The initial review involves assessing site history, processes, health and safety, waste management, and other factors to understand current impacts and management practices.Environment management system
Environment management systemAdane Nega
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The document discusses the key elements of developing and implementing an effective environmental management system (EMS) according to ISO 14001 standards. It outlines the initial steps such as conducting an environmental review, developing an environmental policy and objectives, assigning roles and responsibilities, and establishing procedures. It also covers ongoing aspects like training, audits, management reviews and continual improvement to achieve better environmental performance. Implementing an EMS helps companies comply with regulations, reduce costs and impacts, and improve public image.Environment management system
Environment management systemAdane Nega
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The document discusses key aspects of developing and implementing an environmental management system (EMS) according to ISO 14001 standards. It outlines the importance of senior management commitment, conducting an initial review to identify environmental impacts and compliance, developing an environmental policy, and establishing procedures to monitor and improve performance. The initial review involves assessing site history, processes, health and safety, waste management, and other factors to understand current impacts and management practices.How Sustainability management and the GRI structure can benefit your company
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This document discusses sustainability reporting and management. It outlines the advantages of adopting GRI sustainability standards, including risk mitigation and improved performance. It emphasizes the importance of establishing departmental objectives, metrics, and targets to monitor sustainability efforts across an organization. Key benefits mentioned include increased revenues, reduced costs, and less profit erosion from implementing sustainability practices.What is STEM? John Charnock-Wilson, Charnock Environmental
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The STEM program is a step-by-step guide to help small and medium enterprises implement an environmental management system (EMS). An EMS assesses a business's environmental impacts, helps manage them, ensures compliance, and provides benchmarks for improvement. STEM has three levels - Blue, Silver, and Gold - that are compatible with ISO14001 and BS8555 standards. The Blue level involves management commitment, a baseline assessment, identifying significant environmental impacts, drafting a policy, and collecting data. The Silver level builds on this with steps to calculate and reduce carbon footprint, manage impacts, comply with laws, and provide training. STEM helps businesses enhance their green credentials, reduce costs, maintain legal compliance, and prepare forGreen Team Implementation Plan
Green Team Implementation PlanTeo Tertel
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Oceanic, a scuba diving gear manufacturer, aims for sustainability through initiatives such as installing skylights, digitalizing catalogs, and a buy-back program. Their eco mission involves partnerships with non-profits and the first diving company to achieve ISO 14001 certification, aiming to reduce costs and waste. The implementation plan includes forming a sustainability steering committee, raising awareness, education, and setting achievable goals for ongoing improvement.Ad
Smart Steps
- 1. SMART STEPS TO SUSTAINABILITYA Guide to Greening Your Small Business
- 2. Five steps to greening your Small Business from Smart Steps to Sustainability
- 3. Step 1. Get ReadyStep 1. Get ReadyAssess your compliance
- 7. Plan appropriately Step 2. Get StartedStep 2. Get Started Create a long-term vision of your sustainable business
- 8. Choose your approach to greening
- 9. Identify the environmental impact of your businessThis step includes worksheets to help you plan strategically. Visit www.epa.gov/osbp/greening.htm to download the worksheets.
- 10. Step 2. Get StartedDefine your green vision
- 11. Step 2. Get StartedEnvironmental and regulatory issues This chart will help you identify outside issues that may affect your company.
- 12. Step 2. Get StartedIdentify your motivation Image Increased profit Customer demand Personal convictions Employee satisfaction Regulatory concerns Add value to the community Inspire innovation Desire to be a leader Energy costs Expand customer base Keep up with the competition Environmental Constraints Company longevity Cost of Compliance
- 13. Step 2. Get StartedPut It all Together Define your vision (where you want to be on the Environmental Performance Ruler)
- 14. Identify top environmental and regulatory issues
- 15. Identify motivators with highest importance
- 16. Describe your vision and long-term objectives
- 17. Plan your approach (formal EMS, other formal approach, Greening Guide steps, ad hoc, other) Assess your impact Step 2. Get StartedTransportation ImpactsEmployee commutingBusiness travelShipping/receivingDelivery services/fleetsair pollution water pollution GHG emissions erosion habitat loss energy use
- 18. Assess your impact Step 2. Get StartedOffice Area ImpactsPaper and suppliesSolid wasteLighting and HVACEquipmentWater usePurchasingCleaningair pollution water pollution GHG emissions toxics resource use energy use waste
- 19. Assess Your Impact Step 2. Get StartedBuilding and Grounds ImpactsWater use MowingLeaf blowingStorm waterPest controlFertilizersair pollution water pollution GHG emissions toxics erosion energy use waste
- 20. Assess your impact Step 2. Get StartedManufacturing and Business ProcessPaper Raw materialSolid and hazardous wasteToxicsLighting and HVACWater useMachineryair pollution water pollution GHG emissions toxics resource use energy use waste habitat loss
- 21. Step 3. Set Goals Step 3. Set GoalsSpecificMeasurableAttainableRelevantTime-boundIdentify SMART goals
- 22. Select and prioritize goals
- 23. Define responsibilitiesStep 4. Go GreenStep 4. Go Green Turn your strategy into Action
- 24. Step 5. Continual Improvement Step 5. ImprovementMeasure progress
- 25. Develop a strategy for updating your goals
- 26. Become more sustainable over timeAs green thinking becomes part of your company culture, you and your employees will begin to recognize countless opportunities to improve your business environmental performance.
- 27. Dont forget to: Include sustainability in all of your decisions and actions
- 29. Be a leader in your industry and community
- 30. Always strive for improvement Copies of the Smart Steps guide and worksheets can be downloaded at:www.epa.gov/osbp/green-pubs.htmFor more information contact:Tiffin Shewmaketshewmake@prizim-inc.com