Achieve Your Environmental Health and Safety Goals with an EMS designed for Colleges and Universities
Take your campus beyond regulatory compliance.
Regulatory compliance is the focal point of any academic institution's environmental policy – for good reason. Colleges and universities face ever-increasing scrutiny by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and other regulatory agencies. As these regulatory standards become more complex and far-reaching, institutions face the potential for significant monetary and reputational damage when failing to meet their obligations.
EMS for the Campus Environment:
In the college and university setting an EMS serves as the framework for assessing, correcting, managing, and improving environmental health and safety goals across a dynamic campus environment.
The problem is, most off-the-shelf EMSs are defined and promoted according to the ISO 14001 EMS model known for its use in industrial settings -- not for the dynamic nature of the college and university setting. That's why, at WasteStrategies, we've created an EMS approach that enables a campus to grow its environmental program at the rate and in the direction of its choice.
Our EMS Approach is Designed for a Dynamic Campus Setting:
Environmental management and institutional practices are interrelated and require systematic integration. Our EMS approach provides a framework for managing your environmental efforts in a measurable way based upon site specific information gathered through a recurring annual audit process. We go beyond a typical consulting approach by implementing the EMS program on your behalf, rather than simply telling you how to do it. The result is a long term, truly sustainable environmental management solution designed specifically for the college and university community.
Our EMS solutions:
- Deliver measurable reductions in regulatory and financial exposure
- Ensure compliance with local, state and federal regulations
- Provide access to additional (on-campus) resources
- Eliminate unbudgeted compliance costs
Properly implemented, an EMS has the potential to improve your image, reduce costs, lead to competitive advantage, and provide measurable reductions in pollution and waste production.
