Toitū enviromark bronze certification

Toitū enviromark bronze is the first step in the Environmental Management System journey.

An Environmental Management System (EMS) is a planned approach to managing environmental impacts. Organisations identify the significant environmental impacts arising from everything they do and then develop plans to prevent or reduce those impacts. The Toitū enviromark programme mentors organisations to develop, implement and maintain an EMS and verifies their work.

Toitū enviromark bronze organisations are scoping their system and have met common legislative requirements. They have thought about which activities their EMS must control. Their EMS could cover one or all sites or a specific part of their operation. They must explain any reasoning behind excluding areas. They also meet any applicable health, safety and environmental legislation for the areas of their organisation covered by the EMS.

To achieve Toitū enviromark bronze certification, an organisation:

• Understands the scope of their EMS (i.e. are there any parts of the organisation that need to be excluded from the EMS and why);
• Exhibits no non-compliances with New Zealand’s applicable health and safety and environmental legislation.