THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO TODAY'S ORGANIZATIONS

Abstract

Currently the concern with the environment is essential for companies vying for a share in the international market. Concerns that a few decades ago were not as important for choosing products of certain segments, are now both consumers and producers rethink some concepts throughout the development process. Upon the foregoing, it has been the theme in this work the implementation of an enterprise system environment, limiting the observation of the importance of an EMS - Environmental Management System and contributions to organizations today. The reason is because the theme of environmental management concern itself not only with sustainability and preservation of the environment, but also with the quality, social responsibility, and changing paradigms, especially in the financial opportunities that companies tend to win when inserted in environmental programs. The objectives of this work include in general and specific: The overall objective is to describe the importance of Environmental Management and its benefits to the EMS - Environmental Management System and organizations. The specific objectives are to analyze the Environmental Management and its favorable aspects organizations, check the Environmental Management System and its organizational aspects and to identify the benefits of implementing an EMS organization today. For a company really is with the Environmental Management implemented, it must go through long processes of evaluations, changes, audits, ongoing procedures to complete the certification process ISO 14000 International call. Thus, the methodology of this study consists of a bibliographic research, descriptive, without investigative character, just observational. It is expected, however, contribute to future research in addition to leveraging bibliography about theme presented.