Issues
With growing concerns about sustainability, the ozone layer, and global warming, there is now increasing attention being paid to how an organisation's activities impact on the environment.
Organisations are responding: Many leading companies are now publishing environmental and sustainability reports - demonstrating to stakeholders that they are addressing those issues.
Perhaps the most tangible evidence of an organisation's environmental focus and effort is to have a management system based on the ISO 14001 international standard. Such a management system would need to include elements familiar to those that may already have a quality management system e.g. setting policies and objectives, employee training, control of documents and records, internal audits, incident / exception reporting, management review etc. ISO 14001 can apply to all types and sizes of organisations, and include controls on products, services, activities, transport and other aspects of a business. Benefits of an EMS (Environmental management system) might include:
- Improved identification of environmental hazards and risks
- Reductions in waste
- Reductions in energy consumption
- More efficient use of material and resources
- Improved corporate image / Assurance to stakeholders.
In order to comply with ISO 14001 and cost-effectively maintain that compliance for the long term, smart organisations are now looking to software systems to provide an infrastructure and reduce the administrative overhead.
Solutions
Qudos has one main application for the effective long-term operation of an environmental or integrated management system:
Qudos System 3 is a genuine enterprise solution -
offering even more functionality and content, with the option for multi-site
application using a powerful SQL server database engine and web components.
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Qudos System 3 is highly configurable, and may be used for Environment, Food safety, OHS, Quality and/or other compliance / risk management issues.
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