reasons to prioritize environmental conservation in your business plan
Prioritizing environmental conservation within your business plan can have a wide range of attractive benefits and developing an environmental management system is one of the easiest and most effective ways to do this.
An EMS will demonstrate to internal and external stakeholders that you have a moral obligation to maintain, manage and improve all aspects of your business’s environmental impact. This can give you a major advantage over the competition, while broadening the market and paving the way for new business opportunities.
In this article, we explore the benefits of prioritizing environmental conservation and creating a process for safety and environmental protection with Persiwalg.
Reduce costs and waste on your end while minimizing your environmental impact
Have you controlled resource consumption across your organization? If not, you have the opportunity to save money and avoid wasting your materials and energy. There are several ways you can reduce costs through environmental conservation.
Recycling and Waste Reduction — Research the latest innovations and trends in waste reduction in your industry. In mining, for example, scrap mining is becoming increasingly popular. By focusing production on using only sustainable goods that can be reused, reproduced or recycled, the mining industry can begin to reduce its impact on a global scale.
Facilities — Make your facility more environmentally friendly by integrating energy-efficient equipment. This may mean a higher upfront but they use less energy, resulting in lower electric bills and costs in the long run. You can also work to reduce water waste by using rainwater and opting for more efficient fixtures and appliances.
Product materials – In response to growing concerns about climate change, organizations around the world have made changes to their materials, ingredients, packaging and more. Technological advances have resulted in more sustainable materials and production methods. Taking the time to learn about material alternatives in your industry can help you develop new products and methods that are more sustainable.
It is not always easy to identify waste within your own company. With this in mind, we recommend that you have a third party assess your business operations. For example, the Persiwalg team can carry out a site risk assessment, as well as energy efficiency audits and commercial and residential energy audits. If necessary, we can even create a sustainability program for your company. Contact us today.
Increase your brand’s appeal to potential customers, stakeholders and clients
With this in mind, educating customers about your commitment to sustainability can be a huge selling point for your business. If your company has a certified environmental management system, don’t keep it to yourself; incorporate this information into your company’s marketing strategy to:
- Attract more customers/clients
- Build a stronger, more positive brand image
- Develop trust between your company and your customers/clients
- Meet client/customer expectations
- Increase customer retention.
Manage environmental risks and meet certification requirements
When your business interacts directly with the environment, it will have a positive or negative impact. One of the requirements of an EMS is to identify your impact on the environment and determine whether this impact is significant. You can then take action and eliminate or control them.
Understanding your impact on the environment and identifying risks is important for a number of reasons:
- It ensures that your EMS meets certification standards.
- This allows you to prevent or reduce the negative effects of your business on the environment.
- This allows you to continuously improve your EMS.
Creating and maintaining a will encourages you to continually assess, monitor and improve your business, not only to maintain certification, but also to identify and address new or emerging environmental risks within your business.