Title: Integrating EMS and P2 to manage environmental costs and liabilities

Authors: Avrom Bendavid-Val, Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff

Addresses: Chemonics International Inc., 1133 20th St., NW, Washington, DC 20036, USA. PERI, LLC, 1700 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, USA

Abstract: The necessarily similar structures of EMSs and P2 programmes make it possible to integrate the elements of a P2 program smoothly into an EMS. When this is done, P2 is raised from being a mere commitment within the EMS to being a major operational component of the EMS. Instead of looking just at the regulatory compliance status and environmental aspects of your company|s operations and then at ways to improve on these, you would also be specifically and systematically looking for high-return P2 opportunities from the outset and doing so continuously. This article provides a fresh look at how an EMS and P2 should work and for the first time provides the basis of an integrated management model for companies.

Keywords: environmental management systems; pollution prevention; compliance; risk assessment; ISO 14001; life cycle costing.

DOI: 10.1504/IJETM.2003.003383

International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management, 2003 Vol.3 No.2, pp.185 - 192

Published online: 05 Sep 2003 *

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