BUSINESS STANDARDS
is the quarterly magazine of BSI Group, highlighting the vital role that standards play in today's business environment. Regular features include interviews with leading business figures, as well as news on the latest developments in management systems and standards.
Power play
02 Jun 2009
Topics: Energy management, EN 16001, Environment, ISO 14001
As pressures mount for businesses to become more efficient, to do more with less and to keep an eye on the bottom line, managing resources effectively is proving more essential than ever. Resource prices have been particularly volatile over the past year and fuel and energy costs to businesses have seen more fluctuations than most. With this in mind, BSI is due to launch BS EN 16001, the new energy management systems standard, in July. This becomes even more essential when an organization is trying to demonstrate its energy efficiency to possible customers and it helps set the bar for new and existing suppliers.
This new standard was created to help organizations establish, implement, maintain and improve an energy management system. It is intended to reduce costs and greenhouse gas emissions by helping organizations develop and implement a policy and objectives that take into account legal or other specific requirements and information about their significant energy applications (or aspects).
With a structure that is similar to that of ISO 14001 Environmental management systems, BS EN 16001 can be used independently or integrated with any other management system.
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While there was a time when companies would never consider working alongside the competition, today's marketplace demands a more flexible approach. Collaboration is fast becoming par for the course. For example, large government contracts often require expertise that goes far beyond any one company's capacity to deliver. Forming a consortium brings together the right experience in the right place, and it can mean the difference between winning or losing a tender.
Integra ICT Hits environmental high
Integra ICT, the Bedfordshire-based telecoms provider, has achieved certification to ISO 14001 Environmental management from BSI.
Gerda, a leading developer and manufacturer of products for the security industry, has become the first company to be awarded the Kitemark for thief-resistant lock assemblies, in line with BS 10621:2007 Thief resistant dual-mode lock assembly.
As part of its evolving governance, risk and compliance strategy, BSI has acquired the Supply Chain Security Division of First Advantage Corporation.
Question: Does business really need an integrated management systems standard?
Integrate or disintegrate - which would you choose? Some ten years ago the environmental standard, ISO 14001, was born and there are now over 100,000 organizations registered to it worldwide.
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