Importance of environmental management system EMS for business

Any organization needs an environmental management system. We interact with environment and every organization holds social responsibility to make sure the environment is secured throughout the lifecycle of the organization An environmental management system, EMS as it is popularly called works in an organized framework. EMS essentially involves 1) Proper planning analyzing the nature of business, its interaction with environment, the way the business operation can impact an environment 2) Organizing the information collected including artifacts, operations in business that impact environment and come up with plan to mitigate risks posed by business to environment if any. Most common businesses that cause pollution like industries, oil and gas exploration plants etc need to have best organization of EMS 3) Execution of environmental management plan 4) Monitor and control the tasks periodically As such a person responsible for EMS of an organization is the environmental manager. This person is expected to have fantastic people management skills, communication skills, stakeholder management as he needs to interact with many people throughout the project lifecycle