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What does all the Jargon Mean - EMS, ESD, Codes of Practice? Do you sometimes get confused about all the terminology?
ESD is ecologically sustainable development – we all want sustainable development
EMS is an Environmental Management System
EMS is a tool we use to achieve ESD and also to achieve more efficiency and more profits in our individual businesses. If we are managing our environmental risks in a way that also increases our profits, that will make our business sustainable in more ways than one. – more at the bottom of the page.
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Identifying the RESOURCES you need to manage your environmental impacts is one of the most important steps you can take to help your business. Resources include induction training, training schedules, maintenance schedules, work instructions, emergency plans and similar. They don’t need to cost a lot but you need to think them through carefully.
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Here are the links to the latest articles on the Enviro Jean Blog
My concern about whole of industry environmental approaches is that they only work if every member is involved. If you give people an industry “EMS”, Code of Practice, or ESD Policy document, it will be put on a shelf and have little impact on the way the business operates. An industry checklist certainly won’t change behaviour. read more....
Last weekend I took my Grandson Luka to the Monarto Zoo. This is a 1000 hectare pen-range sanctuary undertaking a major role nationally and internationally in breeding programs for rare and endangered species. read more ...
I was delighted to see that Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Commission for Climate Change have shared the Nobel Prize. Hopefully people will listen to this and accept the urgent need for us to change our behaviour and our emissions. However in the very same week an English judge ruled that Al Gore’s film, The Inconvenient Truth contained untruths and exaggerations. Wow, a law degree would certainly equip him well to decide that – NOT! read more...
I don’t have to tell a lot of you about the current drought in Australia and water shortages but, apart for a reducing number of good years, we had better get used to it. Rain is decreasing in many part of the world and our population continues to increase so we will have less water per head. Desalination will help but it needs to be wind or solar powered and there needs to be somewhere safe to discharge the bitterns left over from the process. read more...
Kindest regards
Jean Cannon
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