What is an Environmental Policy?
An environmental policy statement is a declaration of an organizations commitment to the environment (Green Business Program, n.d.). The policy provides a summary of the organization’s environmental goals and how to achieve the goals. The organization can provide a unified vision through an environmental policy statement, in which employees can refer and identify actions of the organization. Additionally, an environmental policy can provide a clear explanation of the organization stance on environmental matters.
As stated in the ISO 14001:2004, environmental policy statements should include the following elements:
• Is appropriate to the nature, scale and environmental impacts of its activities, products …show more content…
The policy outlines objectives in several areas including environmentally preferable purchasing, environmental restoration, waste reduction and management, energy efficiency, transportation, water conservation, and green building. Comparing DNR’s Environmental Policy with the requirements in ISO 14001, most items are identified. However, there are a few areas that I believe are lacking in the policy. The first item is the explicit mention of the commitment to continual improvement in the policy. The policy does mention a “One DNR” plan, which is a website that outlines DNR’s targets and goals methods they are using to achieve the targets and goals. However, there is still no explicit mention of DNRs commitment to continual …show more content…
It was difficult to locate the policy and some of the references seem as if they could be updated. Additionally, the “One DNR” site has a few broken hyper-links and references goals from 2012, such as “Reduce paper purchasing by 50% by 2012” (DNR, n.d.). The seemingly outdated goals and targets could be perceived as a lack of continual improvement and top management support. Lastly, the environmental policy statement was difficult to locate via the internet. Ideally, the policy would be located in an easy to identify location for both the public and employees. Overall, the policy provided key information and structure for the organization to achieve targets and
An environmental policy statement is a declaration of an organizations commitment to the environment (Green Business Program, n.d.). The policy provides a summary of the organization’s environmental goals and how to achieve the goals. The organization can provide a unified vision through an environmental policy statement, in which employees can refer and identify actions of the organization. Additionally, an environmental policy can provide a clear explanation of the organization stance on environmental matters.
As stated in the ISO 14001:2004, environmental policy statements should include the following elements:
• Is appropriate to the nature, scale and environmental impacts of its activities, products …show more content…
The policy outlines objectives in several areas including environmentally preferable purchasing, environmental restoration, waste reduction and management, energy efficiency, transportation, water conservation, and green building. Comparing DNR’s Environmental Policy with the requirements in ISO 14001, most items are identified. However, there are a few areas that I believe are lacking in the policy. The first item is the explicit mention of the commitment to continual improvement in the policy. The policy does mention a “One DNR” plan, which is a website that outlines DNR’s targets and goals methods they are using to achieve the targets and goals. However, there is still no explicit mention of DNRs commitment to continual …show more content…
It was difficult to locate the policy and some of the references seem as if they could be updated. Additionally, the “One DNR” site has a few broken hyper-links and references goals from 2012, such as “Reduce paper purchasing by 50% by 2012” (DNR, n.d.). The seemingly outdated goals and targets could be perceived as a lack of continual improvement and top management support. Lastly, the environmental policy statement was difficult to locate via the internet. Ideally, the policy would be located in an easy to identify location for both the public and employees. Overall, the policy provided key information and structure for the organization to achieve targets and