Environment Systems maintains BS8555 accreditation
We are pleased to share that Environment Systems has successfully renewed their BS8555 accreditation.
BS 8555 allows organisations to implement and maintain an environmental management system using a step-by-step approach, with the option to stop at any of the five stages, driving positive cultural change. The step-by-step approach enables adopters of the standard to attain a level suitable for ISO 14001 certification.
The most important benefit of BS8555 accreditation is that it provides our partner organisations with the assurance of our commitment to managing our business’s environmental impact.
Like any accreditation, success reflects the hard work of particular individuals within the company. We are particularly grateful to James Rugg, one of our GIS and mapping analysts, who managed the accreditation process for Environment Systems.
You can read more about BS8555 accreditation below.
An EMS (Environmental Management System) is a systematic approach to managing an organisation’s environmental impact through which its environmental performance can be monitored, improved and controlled.
An effective EMS will:
– Define environmental responsibilities for all staff
– Identify opportunities to reduce waste
– Reduce the risk of non-compliance with environmental legislation
– Ensure our operations have procedures to minimise their environmental impacts
Benefits include:
– Cost Savings
– Reduced risk of fines for non-compliance with environmental legislation.
– Attracting shareholders and investors
– Less waste
– Positive social responsibility
What does it involve?
– An assessment of how your organisation’s activities, products, processes and services might affect the environment; the development of an environmental policy
– An environmental improvement programme
– Written procedures to control activities with a significant environmental impact
What are the objectives?
– To collect all waste transfer notes and make sure our waste collectors are licenced to carry and deal with waste
– To record electricity, gas, water and waste figures throughout the year
– To record flights, car travel and train travel (distances and types of transport used)
– To keep an improvement plan for waste reduction, energy usage (per person)
About BS8555 Accreditation
– Created in 2003
– Describes how to implement generic EMS and can be used as a route toward ISO14001 international standard certificate
– It identifies the main environmental issues of the organisation.
– Requirements include senior management commitment, baseline assessment, creation of an environmental policy, environmental awareness raising and establishment of environmental performance indicators.