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Mark Smith, director of processes - WRc Utilities, looks at the challenges which the UWWTD and new Environment Agency regulations hold for monitoring discharges in open channels
Better risk management, writes Alan E Gower, EMS / H&S business manager at BM Trada Certification, is what having an Environmental Management System (EMS) is all about.
Tony Nicholls, business development manager at Furmanite International, considers the regulatory pressures faced by industrial plant operators, and looks at simple initiatives that can ensure greater compliance.
Consultant with Golder Associates, Karen Clarke Whistler, explains the impact of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and its potential to positively impact on an organisation's performance throughout.
Environmental management systems are not only relevant for big industrial facilities. The Royal Parks Agency, which manages some of the major London green spaces, such as Hyde and Richmond Parks, has proved that the benefits of EMS’s are available to a much more diverse range of organisations. Nick and Catherine Passingham of the consultancy Passingham Associates outline the Royal Parks’ route to ISO 14001 accreditation.
Living in the shadow of more fashionable issues such as energy and packaging, the importance to sustainable management of lubricants is often overlooked. Martin Williamson of consultancy firm Noria UK points out the benefits in pollution and cost savings of this valuable resource.
What happens when a company's environmental management is carried out on an international basis? Kathryn Vowles of consultancy firm Parsons Brinckerhoff looks into the do's and don'ts of operating environmental management systems in more than one country.
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