"Qudos System 3 is a powerful solution for the effective long-term operation of an environmental (EMS) or integrated management system"
Issues
With growing concerns about climate change and sustainability, there is now increasing attention being paid to how business activities impact on the environment.
Organisations are responding: Many leading companies are now publishing environmental and sustainability reports - demonstrating to stakeholders that they are addressing those issues.
Perhaps the most tangible evidence of an organisation's environmental focus and effort is to have a management system based on the ISO14001 international standard. Such a management system would need to include elements familiar to those that may already have a quality management system e.g. setting policies and objectives, employee training, control of documents and records, internal audits, incident / exception reporting, management review etc. ISO14001 can apply to all types and sizes of organisations, and include controls on products, services, activities, transport and other aspects of a business.
Benefits of an EMS (Environmental management system) might include:
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Improved identification of environmental hazards
and their impacts - Reductions in waste
- Reductions in energy consumption
- More efficient use of material and resources
- Improved corporate image / Assurance to stakeholders.
- Access to markets - in some industry sectors, an ISO14001-compliant EMS is increasingly becoming a requirement to tender for major projects
Solutions 
Qudos System 3 offers a proven, intelligent solution - Helping you to set up your EMS quickly, and run it effectively. With advanced technology, it offers multi-site/off-site capability, and superior functionality to:
- Plan Objectives/targets and how they will be achieved
- Manage important documents such as policies, procedures, and emergency plans
- Schedule and record internal audits
- Plan and record minutes of management review or committee meetings
- Maintain records of environmental training
- Assess performance of your environment-related activities - or those of your suppliers / contractors
- Consider environmental aspects, and assess their impacts
- Plan preventive / corrective / improvement action and then assign, record and track those actions.
A key strength of Qudos System 3 lies in its integration of many elements of a management system in one application. It also facilitates the possibility of an integrated management system - combining environmental management with other compliance issues including OHS and Quality.
This article summarises the correspondence between Qudos System 3 and ISO 14001, and serves to illustrate how comprehensively it can help you address that standard.
Addressing ISO14001 with Qudos System 3 (54kB).
Qudos certified Internal Auditor Training can help you take a risk-based approach to achieve better outcomes from your EMS internal audit programme, and make the most cost-effective use of resources.