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Case study 59 - Tough targets met by top down implementation
of Environmental Management System
As the third largest car manufacturer in the world, Toyota is committed
to reducing its impact on the environment. In 1996 Toyota was the first
car manufacturer to gain ISO 14001 accreditation for all its UK factories.
It developed its environmental management system to stay on top of its
environmental objectives and ensure that all processes are dealt with
in an environmentally responsible way and are implemented across all
the factories. In December 1999 Toyota started its ‘environmental action
plan’, which included a target to send zero waste to landfill by 2005.
It achieved this target in 2004 and continues to reduce its overall
environmental impact.
Source: Business in the Community
Case study 60 - ISO 14001 benefits company by reducing waste
Coca-Cola Enterprises’ Milton Keynes site has been working to reduce the
amount of waste it sends to landfill. As part of its ISO 14001 certification
it made a number of changes to its manufacturing processes. The site,
which produces more than a third of all canned Coca-Cola products in
Great Britain, has invested £100,000 in infrastructure and equipment to
support segregation, processing and containment of waste for recycling.
As a result the site saves more than £2,000 each month through sales of
recycled materials and the much lower amounts of waste sent to landfill.
Source: Environment Agency
Think small, act big
5.47 Defra has stated that ‘suppliers are increasingly expected to have
an accredited environmental management system in place to satisfy
requirements of major customers’ 265 . The successful implementation
of an environmental management system is often seen, however,
as the preserve of large companies and it is likely that small businesses
will find it more difficult than large companies to achieve certification.
ISO 14001 or EMAS can appear daunting and expensive and the smaller
the firm the smaller the economic benefit of implementing an
environmental management system 266 .
5.48 The British Standards Institute has developed a new standard, BS 8555,
which breaks down the implementation process for ISO 14001 or EMAS
into six stages, making the implementation of an EMS accessible to small
businesses. The LDA has part funded the London Environment Centre
to deliver the Business Environmental Efficiency Green Mark project.
Working through the three Green Mark levels, businesses take a flexible