Environmental aspects are those elements of the business' products, actions or activities which may interact with the environment.
Environmental aspects can result in positive or negative environmental impacts.
They are also the documents used when a business organization decides they want to be registered to the ISO 14001 standards. Use of and registration to ISO 14001 is completely voluntary. Since an EMS is a business system, it is created based on what is in the best interests of the business itself, and therefore will only benefit the organization. Other possible benefits to implementing an EMS will be enhanced compliance with existing environmental regulations and laws, decreased liabilities possibly leading to decreased insurance and management costs, less concern for legal retribution from government agencies, and, possibly, decreased concern by the agencies resulting in less scrutiny of the organizations' operations. Geo-Environmental Solutions' EMS Services provide assistance to organizations facilitating development, implementation, and maintenance of an EMS, tailored to their business and needs.