Hi, We are a construction company with 9001 certification looking to achieve 14001.
We are struggling to work out a sustainable way to meet the requirements of clause 8.1 b and c
8.1 b- Determine environmental requirement(s) for the procurement of products and services
8.1c - Communicate its relevant environmental requirement(s) to external providers, including contractors
For contractors we have a site-specific site induction which we have added site specific environmental risks and controls to however our question is with suppliers.
We don't tend to have supplier environmental requirements and generally trust their expertise on products provided. We are struggling with how to prove we communicate environmental requirements when we don't do this as we don't often have requirements and therefore don't have evidence of this. We worked with a consultant who suggested we just send a couple of purchase orders through to suppliers stating some requirements and have this as evidence but we don't want to have to 'create' evidence for the sake of evidence and want a way to meet the requirement that is truthful and sustainable.
Does anyone have any ideas or could any similiar industry companies give me some examples of how they have met this?
Thank you in advance for your help.
We are struggling to work out a sustainable way to meet the requirements of clause 8.1 b and c
8.1 b- Determine environmental requirement(s) for the procurement of products and services
8.1c - Communicate its relevant environmental requirement(s) to external providers, including contractors
For contractors we have a site-specific site induction which we have added site specific environmental risks and controls to however our question is with suppliers.
We don't tend to have supplier environmental requirements and generally trust their expertise on products provided. We are struggling with how to prove we communicate environmental requirements when we don't do this as we don't often have requirements and therefore don't have evidence of this. We worked with a consultant who suggested we just send a couple of purchase orders through to suppliers stating some requirements and have this as evidence but we don't want to have to 'create' evidence for the sake of evidence and want a way to meet the requirement that is truthful and sustainable.
Does anyone have any ideas or could any similiar industry companies give me some examples of how they have met this?
Thank you in advance for your help.