Environmental Management

Improving your efficiency and environmental performance

With the increasing demand for businesses to be greener, environmental management is a key focus for all organizations. Putting an environmental management system (EMS) at the heart of your organization’s operations can help you to meet environmental regulations, and improve efficiency and environmental performance. 

You can meet and exceed your stakeholders’ expectations by adopting standards from our Environmental Management Systems portfolio. These provide a roadmap for helping you improve your processes and outcomes.

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BS EN ISO 14001:2015 Environmental management systems — Requirements with guidance for use

Suitable for all sizes of organization, this best-selling standard maps out a framework that a company or organization can follow to set up an effective Environmental Management System (EMS) including policies and objectives. It can help your organization reduce its environmental impact as well as grow your business. BS EN ISO 14001:2015 puts environmental management at the heart of your organization’s operations to help improve efficiency, environmental performance and compliance to regulation. 

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BS EN ISO 14004:2016 Environmental management system — General guidance on implementation

The revised BS EN ISO 14004:2016 provides practical guidance on the implementation and operation of an EMS. Thanks to its high level of detail, this standard can provide particular support to those who might have fewer resources or feel uncertain about where to start. It includes in-depth information on the recent changes to ISO 14001. BS EN ISO 14004 looks at all the relevant elements of an environmental management system to help organizations with their decision making. It can be used both in conjunction withcBS EN ISO 14001:2015 and on its own.

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Environmental Management Essentials Bundle: Buy both BS EN ISO 14001:2015 and BS EN ISO 14004:2016, and save 9%

Our Environmental Management Bundle contains BS EN ISO 14001:2015 and its sister guidance standard  BS EN ISO 14004:2016 - everything you need to ensure your organization is doing all it can to demonstrate its commitment to responsible business practices, as well as optimizing its environmental performance.

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BS 8555:2016 Environmental management systems — Phased implementation - Guide

BS 8555 provides a way for businesses of any size to improve their environmental performance by building an environmental management system (EMS) in five phased stages. This is a more manageable approach for SMEs. They can stop at any stage, but at the same time it puts them on track to achieve certification to the international environmental management systems standard, BS EN ISO 14001:2015 if desired

The flexibility offered by a phased approach can help drive positive culture change within an organization and motivate top management to see the business value of improved environmental performance.

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White paper: Ten simple steps for your small business to manage environmental impacts and boost growth

In this free white paper we look at 10 things companies do which go towards supporting the effort to achieve environmentally sustainable working practices. We also offer guidance on how simple tweaks to existing practices can help to align your business with the requirements of BS EN ISO 14001.

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