ipl-logo

Iso 14000 Case Study

1690 Words7 Pages

approach to setting environmental targets and objectives and establishing and implementing a system for monitoring and control.
Companies that apply ISO 14000 and obtain ISO 14000-certification will therefore have a management system for:
1. identifying the aspects of its business that have an impact on the environment
2. Monitoring changes in legislation and regulation on environmental issues
3. Producing objectives/targets for improvement
4. planning to achieve these improvements, and
5. Conducting regular reviews for continual improvement. ISO 14000 does not specify targets for achievement or standards of environmental performance. It provides guidance on a management system for the management of environmental issues.

The benefits …show more content…

Thereafter eco-efficiency theory was then developed by the World Business Council for Sustainable development in 1991 during which they attempt to define it as a delivery of competitively priced goods and services that would satisfy human needs while reducing ecological impacts and resource intensity throughout the product's life-cycle to a level that is at least in line with the carrying capacity of the earth. They further identified reduction in material intensity, energy intensity, dispersion of toxic substances, enhancement of recyclability, maximization of renewable resources, service intensity, and the extension of product durability as the seven elements of eco-efficiency that provides guidance and direction on how businesses around the world can be eco-efficient. Thus a reduction in the negative impact of production activities on the environment will increase the value of eco-efficiency level of the …show more content…

Under section 6.4 Weighting. (See attached).

As mention earlier the eco-efficiency attempts to bring together the two variables, ecology and economy. Therefore, an eco-efficiency index measures the environmental performance of a company or product with considerations to its financial performance. The index is a ratio between the environmental variables and the financial variables (Sturm, et. al., 2004) and can be shown as:
Environmental influence/ Product or service value (as presented in formula 2 above)
We can therefore see that if we want to increase eco-efficiency, we can accomplish this by providing more values with a decrease in the environmental influence or resource consumed for the evaluated product or service. For example the fuel consumption of a car expressed in kilometers per liters of used fuel, this could be used to measure the fuel efficiency of the

Show More
Related

  • Pt1420 Unit 2 Case Study

    427 Words  | 2 Pages

    1. After placing about fifteen poker chips of one color in a pile near the row of six square blocks. I tell her that “Each block needs a chip as a partner. Can you take some chips so that there is the same amount to go with the blocks?” After telling her that she then assemble the blocks and poker pieces in pairs where each block has two poker pieces.

    Read More

  • Nt1310 Unit 1 Case Study

    557 Words  | 3 Pages

    1. Discuss the differences and similarities between a peer-to peer network and a client server network. Answer: The following are characteristics of a peer-to-peer network that differ from those of a client server network.

    Read More

  • Nt1310 Unit 1 Activity 7.2

    1020 Words  | 5 Pages

    Some of the measurements are examples of countries in the world such as China for example, that are working towards energy efficiency improvement. This is important to the SDG as China’s “economic growth resulted in [a huge] conflict of economic development and resource environment” (Pan, Zhang, and Zhang, 2012). Which means that it is a country that will have a huge, positive impact on the environment if it aims for an energy efficient way of life. Unfortunately, results obtained by the National Natural Science Foundation of China show that China still has a long way to go as its “six major energy consuming industries accounted for 72.4% of [its] total industrial energy consumption.” (Pan, Zhang, and Zhang, 2012)

    Read More

  • Healthy People 2020 Mission Statement

    512 Words  | 3 Pages

    The four objectives that were shown to met or exceed the target set are listed below. • Air Index exceeding 100 (Target 1.980 – Actual 1.252) •

    Read More

  • COBIT V4.1 Framework

    993 Words  | 4 Pages

    Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA). 6. Describe three of the COBIT P09 control objectives. • Plan and Organize is the domain that deals with the strategy and tactics and concerns the identification of the way information technology can best provide to the accomplishment of the business

    Read More

  • Patagonia Case Study

    871 Words  | 4 Pages

    Corporate social responsibility: It has started an initiative in which it gives one percent of its revenue i.e. sales, to grassroots environmental organizations. Not only that, but also it has convinced 1,400 other companies to join this "1% for the Planet" initiative which he refers to as an Earth tax. This helps it to make a positive contribution to the environment thus achieving its strategic goal. Benefits: a.

    Read More

  • Cravia Inc Case Study

    1219 Words  | 5 Pages

    Question One: 1. Hajj’s Approach to Found and Scale Cravia Inc. was established in 2001 and headquartered in Dubai, with an aim to “ be a world-class organisation, focused on, dedicated to , and passionate about food and hospitality”. Cravia Inc. runs numerous restaurant chains offering food like appetizers, wraps, burgers, salads, and fries. The organization has grown speedy in the region during the last few years and now has above 1500 employees spread in nearby 85 outlets, and has franchised brands like Cinnabon ,Seattle’s Best Coffee, Zaatar w Zeit , and most recently Five Guys for Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. Moreover, it has established its own brand, the Steak Bar, and created firm roots across regions of UAE and Saudi Arabia.

    Read More

  • Why Is It Important To Measure Sustainability

    1484 Words  | 6 Pages

    The agency of European Environment (EEA) had described the indicators as: parameters or value which derived from the parameters describe the environment situation and its impact to the human beings, material and ecosystem, the pressure on environment, driving forces and responses which steer that system. An indicators that have been selected The effect on the surround environment by social, ecological, economic, etc. called sustainability. Sustainability makes the people to be able to reduce/control the effects on planet, save resources, save money, protect plants, lands, animals and humans.

    Read More

  • Wal-Mart: Social Sustainability And Social Responsibility

    1475 Words  | 6 Pages

    Firms which are managing environmental affairs their relations with consumers, vendors, regulators, and other industries are increasing and improving their sustainability to the success. The environmental strategies include developing green business, divesting environmental-damaging business, Struggle to become low cost producer, through energy conservation and waste minimization, and implementing different strategy through green product features. The firms can include environmental representative in their board of directors, announce bonus for the favorable environmental results, establish environmental oriented objectives, include environmental values in mission statements, and provide environmental training program for firm managers and employees. WHY FIRMS SHOULD “BE GREEN”

    Read More

  • Essay On Carbon Footprinting

    2332 Words  | 10 Pages

    1. Introduction: Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the important green house gases (GHGs) emitted in the atmosphere through various human and natural activities. The human activities include rapid industrialization and urbanization, deforestation, excessive use of fertilizers in agriculture, excessive use of fuels, papers and many other manmade resources whereas natural activities include volcano eruption, forest fires, earthquakes etc. Emission of GHGs in the atmosphere leads to global warming which is one of the primary reasons behind the atmospheric changes that affect the human life directly or indirectly. The consequences of global warming are extremely harsh seasons, untimely rains, extended summers and floods that results in human deaths, destruction of flora and fauna in addition to the huge economical losses.

    Read More

  • L Oreal Triple Bottom Line

    746 Words  | 3 Pages

    Introduction Sustainability has been mentioned as a goal of businesses. During the mid 1990s John Elkington created the triple bottom line plan under the concept of sustainability. Sustainability can be defined in many ways, but the simplest way is “Ability to sustain” (Sustainability, 2010). The triple bottom line is an accounting framework, and there are three dimensions of sustainability among them people, planet and profit (3Ps). The concept of TBL is to measure the profitable, social and environmental performance of the company.

    Read More

  • 1.3 Explain How To Use Resources Effectively And Efficiently

    463 Words  | 2 Pages

    1.3 explain how to use resources effectively and efficiently Without effective resources an organisation wouldn’t be able to do the job effectively for example, in my organisation we need to have care assistance to care for every individual which in turn need to be trained to do the job correctly, if we didn’t have a resource in place to cover the training needs we wouldn’t be able to function and care for our service users, this also means we need to have a budget of what we can spend on training, staff are also an important resource as we need to make sure we have enough employees to cover each shifts. There are many ways to use resources efficiently and to minimise and adverse impact on the environment. These include how we organise work activities and the use of resources efficiently understanding their impact on the environment, and finding ways to reduce their negative, and increase their positive impact. For example, by being mindful of waste and extravagance by recycling waste materials, by reusing packaging materials, by using double-sided printing

    Read More

  • Willdy's Waffles Marketing Strategy

    935 Words  | 4 Pages

    When clients learn that they use environmentally friendly resources, this will show them that they not only care about the environment, but also that they are a responsible company. This improved brand image will lead to an increase in sales, furthering their company’s profits. Price Because they are introducing their product as a new market, they will use price skimming strategy.

    Read More

  • Advantages And Disadvantages Of Environmental Impact Assessment

    1120 Words  | 5 Pages

    Environmental impact assessment is referred to as a policy and management tool for both planning and decision-making (Glasson et al, 2005). This essay will be divided into four sections. The first section

    Read More

  • Essay About Water Management In The Philippines

    756 Words  | 4 Pages

    It includes physical, chemical and biological processes to remove the contaminants to produce usable and environmentally safe water. (Wikipedia, n.d.) Also, it is used to be economical and practical in order to pursue the Philippines’ campaign to water conservation. One of the largest consumers of water are malls. It houses a wide scale of stalls, food chains, clothing store, etc.

    Read More

More about Iso 14000 Case Study

Open Document