Specialist Health, Safety and Environment Consultancy, EDP announces the successful implementation of the Environmental Management System Standard ISO 14001 for Microsoft Ltd’s Real Estate and Facilities function within the UK.
Operating throughout the UK, EMEA and South East Asia, EDP has been a Microsoft Ltd vendor for over 17 years on a number of projects and continues to handle all of Microsoft Ltd’s health, safety and environmental management requirements in the UK.
Certification to ISO 14001 ensures that Microsoft Ltd has an environmental management system in place which is maintained to a high standard in order to conform to the improvement goals documented in the company’s UK Statement of Intent on Environmental Sustainability. The Standard demonstrates compliance with applicable environmental laws and regulations and allows Microsoft Ltd to demonstrate to key business stakeholders that the company is taking a pro-active approach to the management and reduction of its environmental impacts.
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EDP’s role in the project was to identify and evaluate the environmental impact of all Microsoft Ltd’s buildings and to assess compliance with all applicable legal and other requirements. EDP then developed and implemented a route map to ISO 14001 certification which included:
•Improving the level of environmental awareness amongst Real Estate and Facilities;
•Developing system documentation in order to meet the procedural requirements of ISO 14001;
•Developing systems to track the environmental performance of Microsoft Ltd’s buildings;
•Providing training for employees with key environmental responsibilities within the Environmental Management System
Simon Fry, Facilities Manager (UK), Microsoft said “We chose to partner with EDP because of their professionalism, reliability and responsive attitude. EDP gave us reassurance at every stage of implementing our environmental management system. Now we have been awarded the ISO 14001 standard, we remain compliant with all legislation and all our employees are adequately aware of environmental activities undertaken within our organisation.”
Andrew Nicholson, Head of EDP’s Environmental Business Unit said “We established a strategic direction for Microsoft Ltd’s environmental requirements and can now drive this plan and tactical implementation, in a seamless and co-ordinated manner. The ISO 14001 standard was gained through working closely with Microsoft UK’s Real Estates and Facilities division and it’s nominated vendors by fully utilising our wider team of environmental consultants.”
For further information please submit your enquiry here or visit our website at www.edp-uk.com
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