Legislation
What does it mean for your business?
Environmental legislation is designed to reduce the impacts your business has on the planet.
Failure to comply with legislation could have severe consequences, resulting in prosecution, fines or even imprisonment. This can all seriously damage your reputation with customers, suppliers, financiers, insurers, staff and other stakeholders.
It can take a lifetime to build a reputation - and five minutes to ruin it!
The good news is that we can help your business meet the legal requirements, for example around:
- Waste storage and disposal.
- Dealing with hazardous substances.
- Wastewater discharge.
- Emissions to air.
- Packaging requirements.
More information about environmental legislation. [Link to external website]
Greenbusiness.ie tools
Audits archive
From 26 April 2011 we have launched a new version of our audit tools. The changes to the tools mean your previous audits are not compatible with the new audit tools.
Facts & figures
- Wastage of resources costs companies up to 4.5% of turnover!
- Every Euro saved on resource effiency goes straight to the bottom line!
- A systematic resource efficiency programme can save up to 1% of turnover!
