H. Gilmour et al., THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL-MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, Journal of the Society of Leather Technologists and Chemists, 79(2), 1995, pp. 35-40
The first question to ask is why a company would want to implement an
EMS. For us the answer was easy because being part of Scottish Tanning
Industries group, we pursue excellence in everything we do. We consid
er care of the environment to be an integral part of our management ph
ilosophy, sharing equal billing with health and safety and quality. Ou
r eventual objective is to have an integrated management system combin
ing all three as the structure and procedures are essentially the same
.