EMS, ESD, Codes of Practice what does it all mean?
Do you sometimes get confused about all the terminology?
ESD is ecologically sustainable development – which is something we all want.
EMS is an:
• Environmental
• Management
• System
It is a tool we use to achieve ESD and also to achieve more efficiency and more profits in our individual businesses. If we are managing our environmental risks in a way that also increases our profits, that will make our business sustainable in more ways than one.
My concern about whole of industry environmental approaches is that they only work if every member is involved. If you give people an industry “EMS”, Code of Practice, or ESD Policy document, it will be put on a shelf and have little impact on the way the business operates. An industry checklist certainly won’t change behaviour.
Once a group within an industry has built their own EMS based on the risks they have identified in their own business, they can share this with others to help them get started but each business will have different risks and every business needs to put in the time and effort with their own workforce to if it is to be owned and used.
A document that sits on a shelf does not change behaviour. Unfortunately this is something that is not understood by many of the bureaucrats and scientists pushing for ESD.
The EMS must come first and must be individual for every business.
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