How do you integrate environmental management into your overall business strategy and objectives?

Throughout the product lifecycle, leaders, employees, and suppliers need to consider their decisions and their impact on our environment. When establishing goals, ask: What are the significant environmental, health, and safety impacts of the product or service? Which have significant impacts on business value? What is the business risk and is there any opportunities? What is our top priority to protect or change our business in support of these initiatives? Is there any technology or innovation we should consider to support our goals and objectives?

Natural resources are being continuously challenged by increase in usage due to increase in population. 3 R - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle got lot of importance in our daily life. So todays need to incorporate environmental goals in company policy. it should be specific and measurable. Entire team like product concept/design, proto build, Manufacturing, testing to sales and service and all other functions keeps focus on these goals. In any company not only manufacturing team but every one should be cautious about his/her own act to support environment continuously.

La gestion de l'environnement consiste à toucher les points stratégiques pour garantir le développement durable. Parmi les quels nous pouvons citer : 1- la gestion des déchets 2- la lutte contre le réchauffement climatique 3- la gestion des impacts environnementaux significatifs 4- la modernisation des activités qui empêchent le développement durable.

Various analytical tools should be used to depict the current state and future state. Address what is relevant, risk or opportunity, competitive advantage, risk or opportunity, and where you compare with the industry. AI should be a component of this analysis.

Create a Matrix of impacts, risks, and opportunities in comparison to the phase of the product or service lifecycle. The matrix supports the environmental policy and plan and provides how you will calculate the benefits/savings/impact.

By including the stakeholders (leadership, employees, and suppliers) in the development of the analysis, they can be advocates for promoting the policy and supporting the training and monitoring of metrics.

One key activity that contributes to the process of continuous improvement in an organisation, is the monitoring of environmental performance. Monitoring and evaluation provides the opportunity to identify gaps and shortcomings in environmental performance, and build on those weaknesses. These "weaknesses" should be positively acknowledged and not looked down upon, as these are what will strengthen environmental performance in future. It can be challenging to always improve if you can't evaluate what, and where to improve.

Environmental solutions fall into two categories. The first is to reduce the carbon footprint in your operations by setting clear targets towards reducing waste and moving towards green energy. The second relates to increasing the share of “green products “ in your portfolio by increasing the percentage of recycled and bio materials in the manufacture of your products. Incorporating these two diverse aspects will go a long way in making environmental management a part of a Companie’s overall strategy.

A gest?o ambiental deve ser integrada através do planejamento estratégico, cultura e valores do negócio, assim permeando todas as áreas e pessoas interessadas.