environmental auditing and business support
There is no escaping the fact that “the environment” is now a mainstream business and organisational issue. With increased public awareness of environmental issues, stricter national and international legislation, and significant money to be saved by making environmental improvements, all organisations can benefit from proactively managing their environmental impacts.
For a variety of reasons, it makes sense to consider your organisation’s relationship with the wider environment:
Cost savings – many organisations can make significant financial savings by “going green”
Enhanced reputation – demonstrate that you care about the impact your organisation has on the environment
Legal compliance – there is a growing raft of national and EU environmental legislation that affects all organisations. Make sure you are not inadvertently breaking the law.
Customer expectation – with increased customer awareness of environmental issues, many customers now vote with their wallet and choose more environmentally sound products and services
Attract and retain staff – make your staff feel proud to work for an organisation that is a good corporate citizen
… and ultimately, a cleaner environment
Additionally, demonstrating a commitment to environmental sustainability highlights that your company is striving for a culture that minimises waste, reduces environmental risk and saves resources – all key drivers for any successful organisation.
Earth to Ocean offers a range of environmental support services, which will help your organisation to understand its environmental impacts and put in place measures to improve environmental performance.
We can help you if you are just starting to think about environmental issues, or whether you have already taken steps, but would like to go even further.
Environmental audits
In order to improve your environmental performance, first you have to understand how your activities impact on the environment. Earth to Ocean can carry out a range of environmental audits to suit your needs and which will highlight your organisations’ environmental impacts.
We will work with you to assess:
- Existing space and water heating systems within business premises
- Insulation and draft proofing
- Water consumption
- Waste generation and recycling options
- Energy efficiency of appliances and machinery
- Business travel and employee transport
- Procurement practices
- Business practices (such as use of video conferencing, outsourcing, home working, frequency of meetings etc)
Setting an Environmental Policy
Having worked out how your organisation is having an impact on the environment, the next step is to commit to limiting those impacts wherever possible. Earth to Ocean can work with you to draft an environmental policy and to help achieve senior level support and organisational buy-in – both of which are essential if your organisation is to benefit from addressing its environmental impacts.
We can offer:
Environmental awareness workshops – to help persuade the entire organisation that addressing environmental issues is good for business
Environmental policy drafting support – we can draft a policy for you, but it helps if that policy has been discussed and agreed internally so that you “own” it and want to make it a reality. We can facilitate workshops or in-house sessions to help articulate what the policy should address and to achieve buy-in.
Implementing an Environmental Action Plan
We can offer:
Detailed guidance on how to implement environmental improvements
Assistance with finding grant funding to help with capital expenditure
Training and workshops to ensure that staff are aware of the environmental improvement programme and the part they can play in achieving success
Implementing an Environmental Management System
An Environmental Management System (EMS) is a structured framework for managing an organisation's significant impacts on the environment.
We can offer:
Through a specialist partner organisation, we can work with you to set up an Environmental Management System which we can review prior to a full external certification audit. We can also provide post-certification support and assistance to achieve continuous improvement.