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The Environmental Management System (EMS) is an organizational structure that allows companies to assess and control the environmental impacts of their activities. The heart of a management system is the PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Act) cycle. The elements that make up an EMS are: 1. Environmental policy - Targets and commitments to environmental performance must be established; 2. Planning - Where the environmental impact of activities must be assessed; 3. Implementation and operation - Which are the development and execution of actions to achieve the environmental goals and objectives established in the environmental policy; 4. Monitoring and correction of actions - Which is the stage to verify whether the company is in accordance with the previously defined environmental management program; 5. Critical analysis - Where the need for possible changes in the Environmental Policy, or in its objectives and goals, are identified by the leadership. From the point of view of environmental management, we have the ISO 14000 series, which is a set of international standards, of which ISO 14001 is the best known standard, because it establishes the requirements for the certification of an environmental management system. There are many benefits to implementing an environmental management system in a company, such as: Increased productivity; Reduced losses; Access to new markets; Accident control and prevention; Brand support; Greater credibility; Follow us on Instagram: / canalvalorambiental Like our page on Facebook: / v.ambiental #sistemadegestaoambiental #sga #iso14001