Question

Write an environmental policy for an outdoor clothing company. The company has 36 employees. Historically the company has sought to keep costs low by using the lower bidder for supplies: as s result all supplies of textiles and other items needed are located overseas. They sell primarily to small retailers that specialize in outdoor sports. The company uses munipical water and has a permit to discharge the facilities wastewater tot he local Manipal wastewater system. There are not air pollution or hazardous waste usage. Storage disposal issues. Soild waste that is generated is sent to the local landfall on a weekly basis. Currently no manufacturing waste is separated. White paper waste from the office is collected an taken bi-weekly to a local private recycler.

Answer 1

Environmental Policy

As an outdoor clothing company, we fully understand its serious obligation to conduct business in a manner that minimizes the impact of our operations on the environment.

Offices & employees

The company raises employee environmental awareness and encourages action in the workplace and at home. In our daily functioning, we judiciously minimize raw material use, waste and emissions and implement this in contract specification and process control. We evaluate our suppliers’ environmental performance before we engage in any contract.

The company works with overseas contractors for all the supplies of textiles to reduce our costing. Most of our products are primarily sold to small retailers that specialize in outdoor sports.

Environmental Management System (EMS)

In order to establish harmony between environment and corporate activities we contribute to protection and improvement of global environment.

The company is using energy efficient technology for production. We are using LED lights and also solar panels have been installed in our office premises.

The company uses municipal water and has a permit to discharge the facilities wastewater to the local Manipal wastewater system.

There are no air pollution or hazardous waste usage. Storage disposal issues. Soild waste that is generated is sent to the local landfall on a weekly basis. Currently no manufacturing waste is separated. White paper waste from the office is collected and taken bi-weekly to a local private recycler.

Commitment

We are committed for sharing the responsibility for environmental management with all our employees who all have a responsibility to continually improve our environmental performance and continually reducing environmental impacts. We are pledged to incorporate environmental factors into business decisions and by raising environmental awareness and educating all involved in the event. We regularly review our policy to improve how we operate.

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