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To clearly demonstrate that an organisation has concern for and commitment to environmental issues it must establish and maintain an environmental management system. This system shall ensure that the effects of an organisation’s activities conform, first, with environmental legislation and, second, with its own stated environmental policy, objectives, principles and procedures.
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British Standards Institution (BSI), BS 7750: Specification for Environmental Management Systems (1992).
British Standards Institution (BSI), BS 5750: Quality Systems (1979, revised 1987).
British Standards Institution (BSI), BS 7229: Guide to Quality Systems Auditing, (Part 1), Qualification Criteria for Auditors (Part 2), Managing an Audit Programme (Part 3) (all 1991).
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Griffith, A. (1994). Environmental Management: Detailed Requirements of a System. In: Environmental Management in Construction. Macmillan Building and Surveying Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13395-6_3
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