Why ISO 14001?
ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management Systems provides a framework for business to develop a systematic approach to balancing environmental protection with commercial imperatives. Certification to SIO 14001:2015 is increasingly being demanded by governments and corporations as humans now have the capacity to profoundly change climate, biodiversity, and ecosystems. These organisations are seeking assurance from partners and suppliers that there are adequate governance and assurance arrangements to manage the environmental performance of your products and services. It also allows assurance for the board and the top leadership of the organisation to assure themselves.
What will a well designed EMS do for my business?
14001 requirements
The Environmental Management System standard ISO 14011:2015 requires businesses to have an objective means of understanding the environmental impacts and aspects of their business activities including life cycle considerations of products and/or services. A systematic identification of workplace aspects that can impact the environment, selection of controls and/or improvements and the persistent application of those controls and/or improvements. The business also needs to have processes to ensure compliance with legal obligations, respond to incidents, effectively respond to emergencies and learn from mistakes and near misses.
The ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management System standard has several mandatory elements of the management framework including:
- Environmental Policy
- Interested Parties
- Business Context
- Actions to address risks and opportunities (aspects, compliance, and planning)
- Documented scope of the system
- Objectives, targets, and programs
- Resources roles and responsibilities
- Documented operational controls were required
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What sets us apart?
We at Spark Growth Solutions pride ourselves on building quality management systems that improve your business. We do this be first recognising that your business success means you are doing a lot of things right. We bring to the table:
- Years of experience in managing businesses
- New thinking about the way to do business
- Experience across a wide variety of industry sectors
- A commitment to work to your timetable
- A commitment to build a system specifically for your business
- A fixed price quote with no hidden fees or charges
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Spark Growth Solutions used a no nonsense approach to demystify the minefield of standards and help us to develop our system. Their approach gained from years of experience helped us achieve our goal of ISO accreditation with minimal impact or demands on the day to day operations of our business.
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With Spark Growth Soultions assisting us in the development and implementation of our management system we achieved ISO certification on our first round across every department in the business.
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