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Environmental Management System (EMS) provides a practical framework to manage and reduce the environmental impact that your company has on the environment.
The framework also ensures that your company takes the time to identify and comply with relevant environmental legislation.
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Corporate environmental reporting is a tool allowing businesses to report environmental performance to a wide range of stakeholders.
The report usually involves improvement targets for gas emissions, waste and water use and represents the final stage of the environmental management process within a business
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Waste typically costs companies 4.5% of their turnover; in manufacturing companies this can equate to £1000 per employee.
Waste Minimisation is the process of reducing production and subsequent disposal of waste that isn't going to be re-used or sold on.
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We produce 400 million tonnes of waste per year in the UK; it is estimated that 90% of this waste could be reused or recycled.
Every year, the average dustbin contains enough unrealised energy to heat the water contained in 500 baths, 3500 showers or power 5000 hours worth of television.
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Why not use this month to consider the ways in which your company can reduce its energy consumption and SAVE MONEY!
If PCs were turned off overnight and at weekends, each PC would save the equivalent of £63 a year.
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The ten warmest years on record have all been since 1990.
The Autumn and Winter floods in 2000 in the UK were the worst for 270 years in some areas. These floods cost the farming industry nearly £500 million.
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Offices are needlessly wasting 310 millions of litres of water every single working day. If every office were to put bottles in their toilets' cisterns, daily water wastage could be reduced by 20% - the equivalent of 35 Olympic swimming pools. Source: Envirowise
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The Agricultural Waste Regulations brought into force on 15 May 2006 they affect how farmers store, transport and dispose of their waste.
It has been brought in to try and reduce pollution from farm wastes which can cause severe damage to the environment and to human health.
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The words sustainability and sustainable development are increasingly found on the political agenda.
In this world of increasing development, it is vital that we look towards more sustainable practices so as not to compromise resources for future generations.
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Annual energy crops can allow diversification and expansion of crop rotations, offering benefits in terms of water, soil and inputs management.
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By 2010, the Government wants 10% of all UK electricity to come from renewable sources and there is an aspiration to double this by 2020.
To meet this need, approximately 10,000 megawatts of renewable energy needs to be generated - this is the equivalent produced by 3,000 - 5,000 wind turbines.
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Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) is an obligatory emissions trading scheme, encouraging large businesses and public sector organisations to reduce their carbon emissions.
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