4.2.1.1.
Elm Plating Company maintains a documented Environmental Management
System designed and implemented to fulfill the requirements
of the ISO 14001 program. This program is designed to clearly
define Elm Plating Company’s environmental program in order
to provide the public, local, state, and federal agencies and
other interested parties, confidence that product and services
from Elm Plating Company are produced in an environmentally
conscientious and controlled manner.
4.2.1.2
Elm Plating Company believes that responsible plating systems
strive for pollution prevention leading to the development of
closed loop plating programs or zero emission of wastes to the
environment. With this goal, Elm Plating Company commits to
pollution prevention and continuous improvement in the areas
of manufacturing efficiency and system effectiveness.
4.2.1.3
Recognizing that pollution may not necessarily occur at the
point of manufacture, but may instead occur at the point of
use or subsequent disposal, Elm Plating Company subscribes and
supports recycling programs designed to reclaim discarded materials
and eliminate incinerator and landfill waste streams.
4.2.1.4
Elm Plating Company makes the commitment to meet all local,
state and federal environmental legal requirements along with
the approach of continuous improvement of our environmental
performance programs that will aid in the development of systems
that exceed minimum legal requirements.
4.2.1.5
Elm Plating Company’s Environmental Policy is developed
on the basis of the following precepts:
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Our
employees and neighbors are at the center of concern for
sustainable development. They are entitled to a healthy,
safe and productive life, including work environment.
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Company
development can only take place when environmental concerns
are an integral part of the planning process in order to
properly plan for the needs of the present and future generations.
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Environmental
management is among the highest corporate responsibilities.
Environmental concerns must be an essential element of all
functions of the management.
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Continuous
improvement of policies, practices, and performance through
the incorporation of technical advances, consumer needs
and community expectations are necessary for the effective
operation of any management system.
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Education
and training of employees to perform their activities in
an environmentally sound manner is of key importance.
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Advise
or educate, where appropriate, customers, suppliers, contractors
and the public on the adoption of these principles including
proper management, use, disposal or recycling of products
or services produced.
