This free seminar will enable you to find out what an environmental management system (EMS) is.

We will cover what standards are available, such as ISO 14001, the resources needed, the costs and the potential benefits through reduced resource use, increased productivity and access to public sector and corporate markets. Also includes an introduction to EMS Easy, a quicker and easier way to help your organisation get accredited.

Date: Thursday 4 February 2010
Time: 09:30-12:00
Venue: NCVO, The National Council for Voluntary Organisations
Regent's Wharf, 8 All Saints Street
Kings Cross, London, N1 9RL

Agenda

09:00-09:30 Registration
09:30-09:40 Introduction
09:40-10:40 Overview of EMS
10:40-11:00 Break
11:00-11:30 Introduction to EMS Easy
11:30-12:00 EMS and the Mayor’s Green Procurement Code

What is an EMS?

An EMS simply helps you do what you do but with a reduced impact on the environment. This keeps costs and risk down whilst ensuring your business remains being efficient and competitive. Additionally, more and more companies are looking for suppliers with environmental accreditations.

What is EMS Easy?

EMS Easy is a smart, informal and lean way of implementing an EMS. Clients using this process are realising reduced implementation costs through less staff and consultancy resources, reduced certification costs, and quicker implementation compared to traditional methods. With this method, ISO 14001 is now available to even sole-traders.

Until now, achieving and maintaining your environmental standards to ISO 14001 would have required a full time employee. However, the EMS Easy system is so easy to use — you just fill in the blanks and keep an eye on things each month to make sure you're up to scratch. Helen Smith, Finance Director at Line-X and EMS Easy client

Brought to you in partnership with the Mayor of London's Green Procurement Code

The seminar is in partnership with the Mayor of London's Green Procurement Code (MGPC). The MGPC is a London Development Agency-funded programme that provides support for improving the sustainability of an organisation's purchasing practices.

Each year a progress review is carried out whereby signatories are asked to provide information on their procurement practices in the form of an online questionnaire. An independent auditor then verifies the answers given and a level is then achieved (Bronze, Silver or Gold).

You will hear from a consultant representing the code about how adopting EMS can help your organisation to achieve Bronze, Silver or even Gold on the annual MGPC progress review as well as improving the sustainability or your organisation’s procurement process.

Please note the next EMS easy training series starts on Wednesday 17 February 2010. Find out more. 

The events will be taking place at NCVO, near King’s Cross Station.

Reserve your place now

For more information or to reserve your place please contact us on 020 7841 5153 or email ems@globalactionplan.org.uk.

Helping SMEs in London

Global Action Plan is an environmental charity providing FREE expert environmental advice for SMEs in London. In addition to these free training events we can provide specialist on-site support to SMEs in London. The support is tailored to your organisation’s needs to enable reduced resource costs and increased market share.

If you are an SME in London Global Action Plan can offer significantly reduced training and consultancy costs for EMS Easy training.

Find out more about the free support you can access.

This project is part-funded by the European Union.

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