ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
HUMIDIFIERS
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HUMIDIFIERS
Introduction About the Business History of
Environmental Performance Environmental Policy
Savings Continuous Improvement Get Buy-Ins Quick
Wins The Future
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HUMIDIFIERS
ABOUT THE BUSINESS

• 62 Members of staff (53 office based)
• Based on Artex Industrial Estate in Rustington
• Humidification specialists, Water Treatment,
  Installation and Servicing, Air Curtains and the
  Air and Water Centre
• Turnover of 5.7M in 2005

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HUMIDIFIERS
ABOUT THE BUSINESS

• Investors In People awarded July 1997
• ISO90011994 achieved May 1998 and ISO90012000
  achieved December 2005
• ISO140011996 achieved February 2000 and
  ISO140012004 achieved December 2005

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HUMIDIFIERS
HISTORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT

• Concern to minimise our impact on the environment
• Customers more likely to buy our equipment with
  this standard
• Save money
• We all need to understand the way in which our
  activities are responsible for the environmental
  performance We then need to be able to
  demonstrate control over these!
• By our accreditation to 14001 we have had to
  focus on various ways in which we can
  significantly improve our performance to reduce
  the ways in which we affect the environment
• We put together an Environmental Policy and set
  of procedures to identify how we manage the
  system

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HUMIDIFIERS

• HISTORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT
• To increase business performance
• Reduce operating costs
• Competitive advantage
• Meet legal and regulatory requirements
• Integration with HS system
• To look at ways of reducing the impact on the
  environment
• Awareness among employees

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HUMIDIFIERS
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

• Leads the organisation toward improvement of its
  performance
• Provides the framework for the setting of
  environmental objectives and targets
• Look at commitment, continuous improvement and
  prevention of pollution
• Commitment to comply with environmental
  legislation
• Communicated to all employees and the public

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HUMIDIFIERS

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY - Identify environmental
aspects- Identify legal and regulatory
requirements- Set objectives and targets- Set
an environmental management programme

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HUMIDIFIERS

• SAVINGS ENERGY, WATER, WASTEIMPROVE
  EFFICIENCIES BY- Feedback system / suggestion
  scheme- Lagging of hot water pipes- Installed
  automatic light sensors- Energy efficient
  lighting - timer on gents urinal flush- Change
  gas and electricity suppliers- Water hippos-
  Heating in factory air curtains- Reduce
  fluorescent tubes- Scrap paper - Shredding
  paper- Car tyre inflator to reduce petrol
  consumption- Mark drains for storm and foul-
  Spill kit- Light switch labels- Reuse boxes
  and packaging

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HUMIDIFIERS
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

• MEASURING Identify what needs to be monitored,
  i.e. gas, electricity, water,
  paper
• MONITORING Through audits, energy use, economy
  of petrol, packaging
• REPORT Quarterly reports, newsletters,
  presentations
• SET TARGETS Through the Environmental Policy,
  goals and objectives in the
  Environmental Manual
• CONTROL WASTE USING THE 3RS- Reduce, Reuse
  Recycle

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GET BUY-IN
HUMIDIFIERS

• TELL STAFF WHAT ITS ABOUT
• WHY ARE WE DOING IT?
• WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU?
• RELATE IT TO THE HOME ENVIRONMENT
• CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE

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QUICK WINS..
HUMIDIFIERS

• Turn lights off when not in use
• Check before you print
• Use duplexing where possible
• Reuse paper for scrap/shredding
• Turn the radiator thermostat down a few degrees
• Put hippos in the toilets
• If air conditioning/heating is on, keep the
  windows shut
• Use energy compliance settings on the PCs,
  photocopies
• Switch appliances on and off with a timer
• Car share to work and out to lunch

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THE FUTURE
HUMIDIFIERS

• Look at benchmarking with other companies to
  move forward with continuous improvement
• Use agencies such as Envirowise and Sustainable
  Business Partnership for advice and support
• Look at ways to share environmental good practice
  with other organisations
• To lobby local Government for assistance in good
  environmental practices