Sustainability issues have long been associated with conservation of resources and protecting the environment. The old view was that to embrace sustainable business practices meant making sacrifices for the greater good. The new view is that sustainable practices increase long-term efficiency, and provide long term security. SBPs can guarantee that a business will be here for many years to come. Sustainability is not only good public relations, it is also sound business sense and can save money.
Pollution is waste.
Understanding how waste is generated and how it can be minimized is the first step to eliminating waste, increasing efficiency and developing sustainable production methods. LSA is done before looking at the internal environmental aspects. Sustainable Value Chains - a model to determine which specific functions in your business need to become more sustainable and how those who perform those functions can see what their profession is doing about it and how to develop sustainability skills relevant to their jobs. Most EMS's today are based on the recently issued ISO 14001 Standard. P2 identifies opportunities to reduce waste, allows flexibility and effective long term planning and increases efficiency.