The whole world and industries are facing basic environmental key issues due to their activities, i.e.
# Climate Change (Greenhouse gases)
# Air Pollution
# Waste burden
# Acid rains
# Ozone Depletion
# Water pollution
Therefore the organizations are increasingly concerned with achieving and demonstrating sound environmental performance by controlling the impacts of their activities, products and services on the environment, consistent with their environmental policy and objectives.
The organizations do so because of:
# Increasing stringent legislation,
# Development of economic policies
# Other measures that foster environmental protection,
# Achieving business objectives
# Increasing cost burden
# Social responsibility
# Increased concern of interested parties for environmental matters and sustainable development.
Environment Management system i.e. ISO 14001: 2004 is a systematic structured approach to achieve sound environmental performance. A personnel with EMS proficiency is a need of near future.
