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Assessment Of Potential Operating Benefits Incurred By Implementing Iso 14001 : Five Case Studies From The New Jersey Chemical Industry, Stefanie Gitter
Assessment Of Potential Operating Benefits Incurred By Implementing Iso 14001 : Five Case Studies From The New Jersey Chemical Industry, Stefanie Gitter
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Environmental management is an important aspect of strategic planning and competitiveness for many businesses. Environmental management systems (EMS) are operating policies that are established to help a company measure progress towards goals set forth in a strategic environmental plan. A growing number of EMS models are being used by countries and industry groups, so the International Standards Organization (ISO) developed one model to prevent duplicate efforts which can result when companies try to meet the import requirements of different countries.
The ISO-EMS model is a series of standards, and ISO 14001 is the first to be published. Companies will be …