At Strategies for the Environment Inc, we offer a wide range of environmental services for our clients. We specialize in assisting small to medium size businesses to obtain their ISO 14001 certification. Our auditors are certified to assess your environmental management system for its conformity to ISO 14001.
The following is a list of our feature Environmental Services:
What is ISO 14001?
ISO 14001 is an internationally recognized standard for environmental management systems (EMS). This standard provides a framework for organizations to manage environmental issues. It measures the conformance of an organization's EMS to the standard requirements.
With growing awareness for industries' effects on the environment, conformance with this global environmental standard (ISO 14001) becomes important to manufacturing companies worldwide. ISO 14001 certification allows companies to demonstrate their environmental commitment to customers and the public in general.
Benefits of having an ISO 14001 certified environmental management system are significant. With effective EMS, overall performance of your business would improve as resource use, waste, and risk of accidents reduce. Commitment to quality and taking environmental responsibility would improve your company's image and hence, achieving higher confidence level from existing and potential customers.
Environmental Services
Experienced lead auditor at Strategies for the Environment Inc. offers professional advices, providing you with a cost-effective certification process. We are here to help you with all of your management system needs.
For companies seeking for registration to ISO 14001, we offer:
- ISO 14001 Consulting
- ISO 14001 Auditing
- ISO 14001 Training
- Management Systems Integration (Quality, Environmental, Health and Safety Management System)
- Environmental Management System Documentation Development
The following services are suitable for companies that are not quite ready for ISO 14001:
Other available Environmental Services include Environmental Compliance Auditing, Green House Gas Verification, Pollution Prevention Planning and more.
Please see below for description on some of our feature Environmental Services:
- This initial audit will determine the readiness of your system to be certified with ISO 14001
- For organizations that are not quite ready for ISO 14001, this analysis can be performed to determine things that can be done to help your system in meeting the standard requirements.
- For organizations with an existing EMS, gap analysis helps to identify how the existing procedures can be adjusted for the new management system. A new management system does not mean a whole new way of doing things, but a way of improving what is already being done.
- Compliance audits
- e.g. Environmental legislation compliance audits
- Internal audits
- Perform for the needs of maintaining your registration
- Performance audits
- Any type of audit that you wish to conduct for any relevant issue.
Workshops can generate more involvement of your own employees. Increased commitment will lead to success and benefits associated with the management systems.
- Awareness courses
- Courses that can be designed specifically for your company.
- Course materials can be prepared for internal presentation.
- All employees in your company can be trained.
- Standard courses
- Training courses on all of the standards for those performing the implementation.
- The courses can be tailored according to your needs.
- Auditing courses
- Theses courses allow your own employees to become internal auditors.
New Federal Environmental Legislation and new Municipal sewer use bylaws are requiring the preparation of pollution prevention plans.
At Strategies for the Environment Inc, we are here to help your company in implementing pollution prevention plans well into the existing environmental management system. We concentrate on the pollution prevention planning which is more effective than pollution treatment after a pollution problem occurs. Emphasis are placed on reductions at the sources of pollution, such as reducing the amount of industrial, hazardous, and toxic wastes by planning and implementing changes in the waste production process. We conduct site investigation and develop solutions best suited for your company.
If you have any questions or would like to request a quote, please call (416) 789-3713 or e-mail: info@strategies4enviro.com