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Costs of EMS Implementation
- Staff time (managers, other employees)
- Consulting assistance, if needed
- Staff training
- Technical resources needed to analyze environmental impacts and improvement
options, if needed
- Third party audit/certification (optional)
Potential Challenges in Implementing an EMS
- Integrating new approaches in a bureaucracy
- Lack of support, visibility, and involvement from top management
- Organizational problems (e.g., time, employee buy-in)
- Functions and organizational responsibility may not be clearly defined
- Management may not have specified desired performance levels/outcomes
for certain activities
- Lack of public awareness, understanding, and support
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