Publication: Environmental and Social Management System Implementation Handbook: General
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2015-03
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Environmental and social responsibility is becoming more and more important in todayās global economy. There are thousands of environmental and social codes and standards in the world today. The codes and standards define the rules and the objectives. But the challenge is in the implementation. An environmental and social management system (ESMS) helps companies to integrate the rules and objectives into core business operations, through a set of clearly defined, repeatable processes. This Handbook is intended to be a practical guide to help companies develop and implement an environmental and social management system, which should help to improve overall operations. In the current economic climate, companies are under pressure to perform or even just survive. New initiatives are often met with resistance as people struggle to keep up with their day-to-day responsibilities. Some people think that an environmental and social management system must be big, complicated and expensive. But that is not really true. To be effective, a management system needs to be scaled to the nature and size of the company.
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āInternational Finance Corporation. 2015. Environmental and Social Management System Implementation Handbook: General. Ā© International Finance Corporation. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22784 License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO.ā
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