Environmental management system for the organizations to achieve business excellence

Abstract

ABSTRACT:- The ISO 14000 Environmental Management System (EMS) standards apply to the management system concepts of total quality management (TQM) to the management of an organization’s environmental issues and opportunities. It defines the features of an EMS that need to be in place to ensure that the organization identifies and focuses on improving areas where they have significant environmental impacts. In the present article, steps involved to implement EMS in an organization through ISO-14000 EMS standards are discussed. This system can be integrated with ISO 9000 Quality Management System (QMS) standards in order to achieve excellence in quality as well as environmental obligations. The overall aim of the EMS is to provide protection to the environment and to prevent pollution so as to manufacture eco-friendly products and services. EMS focuses on key drives of performance excellence in products and processes as well as organizations that are focused on delivering values to the customers, internal operational processes, and to staff’s learning. Hence, this system approach to the environmental management shall achieve excellence in the overall performances of the organization.