The Benefits of an EMS

Setting up and running an environmental management system (EMS) can provide significant benefits across a number of areas of your business.

Running an effective EMS will help you with:

• better regulatory compliance – running an EMS will help ensure your legal responsibilities are met and more easily managed on a day-to-day basis
• more effective use of resources – you will have policies and procedures in place that help you manage waste and resources more effectively and reduce costs
• marketing – running an EMS will help you prove your business’ credentials as an environmentally aware operation that has made a commitment to continual environmental improvement
• finance - you may find it easier to raise investment from banks and other financial institutions, which are increasingly keen to see businesses controlling their environmental impact
• increased sales opportunities – large businesses and government departments may only deal with businesses that have an EMS
• lighter regulation – even if an EMS is not a regulatory requirement, by showing your commitment to environmental management, you may benefit through reduced fees and charges from environmental regulators