Introduction to EMS

What is an EMS:

• Emergency Medical Services?
• Electronic Music Studios?
• Edinburgh Mathematical Society?
• European Monetary System?
• Eastern Mountain Sports?

EMS stands for Environmental Management System

• An EMS is a system of processes that helps:
  • Identify environmental priorities
  • Establish plans to reach environmental goals
  • Make environmental understanding and responsibility part of everyone's daily business
• It's a way to figure out:
  • Who has what impact on the environment
  • How to prevent or minimize that impact
  • How to stay out of trouble, save money, and improve over a period of time

Environmental Management System

• EMS is the management of environmental programs in a comprehensive, planned, documented manner
• Organized way to improve environmental performance
• Systematic approach
• Addresses immediate and long-term issues
• Has a focus on continual improvement
• Can include electronic tools