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The Benefit of an Environmental Management System
Pressure for corporations to monitor and build upon efficiency in regards to their carbon footprint has never been higher, with estimates that at the current rate, global warming could become irreversible by 2024.
Mark 1 Business Systems – May update
Welcome to our May update. We enjoyed a great end to the month of May with some fantastic weather over the bank holiday weekend after what had been an extremely wet few weeks! Restrictions were eased on 17th May meaning that indoor hospitality and entertainment were able to re-open which, considering the amount of rain…
Our team – Paul Nolan
Paul Nolan is a senior consultant with Mark 1 and celebrated five years with us in May. He provides Consultancy for all of the key areas: ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO45001 and ISO27001, and currently provides the expertise for the majority of our ISO14001 consultancy. Paul is our internal SharePoint ‘expert’ and has built a reputation within…
Environmental Management Systems and Flexible Working Solutions
ISO 14001:2015 is an International Environmental Management Standard (EMS) and is, perhaps, the most widely recognised environmental accreditation of its kind. It demonstrates an organisation’s dedication to controlling the environmental impact of its activities. An ISO 14001 system should actively control the way organisations understand and manage their footprint to ensure sustainability, prevent pollution and protect the environment. An environmental management system looks…
Our team – Sam Mather
Sam Mather joined us in April 2017 and has just celebrated his four-year ‘work-versary’ with the team here at Mark 1. He is one of our ISO consultants covering ISO9001, ISO14001 and ISO27001 and has worked with many of our clients and their businesses, helping them to achieve and maintain their ISO certification(s). Sam has…
Mark 1 Business Systems – April update
Welcome to our Monthly update… April has been an exciting month for the team at Mark 1, as this month marks the start of our gradual return to on-site Consultancy. Not only that, but we have also been very happy to welcome three new customers this month! Moving Forwards… We are continuing to do a…
Mark 1 Business Systems – March update
Welcome to our monthly update… It’s been lovely to have been able to say goodbye to March and welcome in April with some fabulous weather this week. It really does feel like spring is here as you can see from cover photo taken by our Office Manager, Adelaide earlier this week. After having an extremely…
Mark1 Business Systems- February update
Welcome to our monthly newsletter… February was a short but productive month for the team at Mark 1 with not much change to the day-to-day work-based activities that we continue to execute in a largely remote manner. As the weather improves, the team have all found that in our personal lives, we’ve been increasing our…
Mark 1 Business Systems – January 2021
Welcome to our monthly update… The beginning of February marks an end to the first month of lockdown in 2021 and it is safe to say we have kicked off this year ‘full steam ahead’ having already completed 12 days of remote assistance during ISO assessment in January alone. Looking back to 2020, we clocked…
Mark1 Business Systems – November Update
Welcome to our monthly update… With the majority of November spent in lockdown it has felt like rather a long month for many. There has, however, been some very positive news this month in terms of the development of high efficacy Covid19 vaccines, including one developed in the UK by Oxford University in collaboration with…
Mark 1 Business Systems – October Update
Welcome to our monthly update… October was another busy month for the Mark1 team, as well as 7 days’ worth of virtual assessment assistance, we conducted various audits and management reviews, as has become the norm. Our webinar, ‘Working in a Remote ISO World,’ that took place on the 7th of October was a great…