Environmental Management System (EMS) Program

KERAMIDA's FastTrack™ program creates a certifiable and complete EMS, designed specifically for your organization.

About FastTrack™ EMS

KERAMIDA's FastTrack™ program is designed for organizations interested in reducing environmental impacts while increasing operating efficiency.

Our professionals will develop your EMS during four to six days of on-site sessions working alongside your key personnel. Upon conclusion of the program, your organization will have a complete ISO 14001 EMS ready to implement.

KERAMIDA began its FastTrack™ program in 2000 and most recently developed 24 EMSs in 6 months during 2009 under a federally funded grant program. Grantees included manufacturers in various sectors and utilities & municipalities.

How Can You Benefit?

EMSs can result in both business and environmental benefits. Maintaining an EMS can help your organization achieve the following results:

• Improve environmental performance
• Enhance compliance
• Prevent pollution and conserve resources
• Reduce/mitigate risks
• Attract new customers and markets (or at least retain access to customers and markets with EMS requirements)
• Increase efficiency
• Reduce costs
• Enhance employee morale and possibly enhance recruitment of new employees
• Enhance image with public, regulators, lenders, investors
• Achieve/improve employee awareness of environmental issues and responsibilities

In order to benefit from FastTrack™, organizations should:

• Be willing to commit four to six key personnel from management, human resources, purchasing, maintenance and engineering, to no more than six days of on-site working sessions
• Assign an EMS Management Representative who will maintain the EMS long-term and coordinate on-going training, documentation, audits, management reviews, and changes to the EMS