How an environmental management system (EMS) keeps you in environmental compliance

Author

Barrett, Shayla

Author_Institution

Indiana Clean Manuf. Technol. & Safe Mater. Inst., West Lafayette, IN, USA

fYear

2003

fDate

23-25 Sept. 2003

Firstpage

219

Lastpage

220

Abstract

Manufacturing organizations worldwide are increasingly interested in developing a planned approach to investigate the impact of their systems on the environment as well as the impact of government environmental regulations on their operations. An Environmental Management System (EMS) that conforms with the International Organization for Standardization´s ISO 14001 standard assists the organization in identifying these impacts in addition to mitigating any detrimental affect these impacts could have on the environment. This includes identifying relevant environmental regulations that apply to the organization as well as assuring compliance to these regulations.

Keywords

ISO standards; environmental management; manufacturing industries; planning; ISO14001; environmental compliance; environmental management system; environmental regulations; government environmental regulations; international organization for standardization; manufacturing organizations; planning; Environmental management; Government; ISO standards; Management training; Manufacturing processes; Medical services; Pollution; Protection; Standards organizations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Insulation Conference and Electrical Manufacturing & Coil Winding Technology Conference, 2003. Proceedings

ISSN

0362-2479

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7935-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EICEMC.2003.1247886

Filename

1247886