Step 4 – Implementation

This is where you get to work and start moving towards your goals. It is vital not to treat your environmental challenges as a one off project, it needs to be integrated into your normal business process. To view it as a continous improvement process works well where you follow up your actions, set new targets and continue to improve over and over again. The ISO model and the EMAS model basically follows this thinking and is one way to structure your implementation.

ISO 14001

The ISO 14000 environmental management standards exist to help organizations minimize how their operations negatively affect the environment (cause adverse changes to air, water, or land) and comply with applicable laws and regulations.
http://www.iso.org
http://www.praxiom.com/iso-14001-summary.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_14000

EMAS

The EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) is a management tool for companies and other organizations to evaluate, report and improve their environmental performance. The scheme has been available for participation by companies since 1995 and was originally restricted to companies in industrial sectors.
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/emas/index_en.htm

Carbon Offsetting

A carbon offset is a financial instrument representing a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Although there are six primary categories of greenhouse gases,[1] carbon offsets are measured in metric tons of carbon dioxide-equivalent (CO2e). One carbon offset represents the reduction of one metric ton of carbon dioxide, or its equivalent in other greenhouse gases.
http://www.nordpool.com/en/asa/Markets/Emissions/
http://www.nordpool.com/Documents/Communications/Publications/Productshe...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_offset

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