Consistent interactions with stakeholders and the environment become increasingly difficult in a large organisation. Due to outsourcing, the quantity of organisations involved in the daily operations of a modern company has grown exponentially.

Sound environmental and social practices set at head office are difficult to implement throughout the various business units. The poor performance of a division, suppliers or contractors can negatively impact an entire organisation's reputation.

The development of a sustainability policy and a set of standards helps ensure a high level of environmental and social performance and thus aid in securing an organisation's reputation.

A policy and the set of standards that flow from it communicate the organisation's sustainability objectives across the group and to its partners. Benefits of a sustainability policy include:

The EEM approach is based on lifecycle research and analysis that ensures the development of the optimal policy. Based on this research, EEM works with its clients to develop policies and standards to help organisations create positive social and environmental impacts. Policies that ÉEM has developed for its clients include:

ÉEM has developed sustainability policies for large multi-national companies in key industrial sectors including aerospace, mining and commercial printing.