Basic Environmental Policy

What is an environmental policy?

An environmental policy is a statement about an organisation's environmental position and values. The ISO 14001 standard states that an environmental policy is the organisation's overall environmental performance intentions and direction formally expressed by top management.

What are the benefits of developing an environmental policy?

An organisation can publicly advertise that it has considered its environmental performance and has adopted best practice or is working towards improving its environmental performance. It's all relative to the organisation and the type of industry but the environmental policy can advertise the environmental status and environmental objectives of the organisation to all stakeholders.

Current and potential clients can read the statement and are able to determine whether they would like to continue or start business with the organisation. It also can provide clear direction to all stakeholders about the organisation's environmental values.

 

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