Taking action to adhere to environmental regulations
Unisys Environmental Management System (EMS) is a managerial commitment to environmental wellness and sustainability. It means conducting business in a responsible manner, with respect and concern for the environment. It's a matter of strictly adhering to local, national, and international laws governing environmental protection and offering environmentally-responsible products. The EMS program applies to those environmental matters that Unisys can control and over those that it can be expected to have influence.
Through on-going EMS implementation, the company continues to formulate and implement policy and objectives that take into account legislative requirements, environment-friendly technological approaches and information about significant environmental impacts.
Unisys has established and maintains an EMS that:
- Establishes a corporate-wide environmental policy.
- Identifies any environmental aspects arising from Unisys past, existing or planned activities, products or services to determine any environmental impacts of significance.
- Identifies relevant legislative and regulatory requirements.
- Identifies priorities and sets appropriate environmental objectives and targets.
- Establishes administrative controls to implement the policy and achieve objectives and targets.
- Facilitates planning, control, monitoring, corrective action, auditing and review activities to ensure compliance with policy, laws and regulations and maintain the relevancy of EMS.
- Ensures system flexibility capable of adapting to changing circumstances.
On a regular basis, regulatory compliance validation reviews are performed at Unisys locations to evaluate conformity with country-specific environmental regulations and established Unisys best practices. Third party assessments are performed independent of internal reviews to add objectivity to the evaluation process. Unisys has not received a notice of violation or a fine for non-compliance of environmentally related matters in over ten years.
To foster this commitment, Unisys has assembled a staff of qualified professionals possessing extensive experience. These skilled professionals are responsible for identifying and resolving environmental, safety, and health issues in a timely, cost-effective and technically-sound manner.
Specific innovation
We are investing in and developing innovative recycling and waste solutions that help fuel the continuous reuse of materials. By keeping more material in a circular economy, we recover untapped value from materials otherwise destined for disposal.
We mandate that all electronic equipment we deploy in the provision of services (including those sourced from other vendors) comply with the European Union’s (EU) Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive mandating electronics to be free of certain heavy metals, flame retardants and phthalates. We also work to comply with and regularly monitor the EU Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) Regulation and legislation in each jurisdiction in which we operate.
Transforming our internal economy into a more circular one where waste is seen as a resource will require the collaboration of all stakeholders. We support this ecosystem by recovering materials for reuse from our clients and communities through end-of-life (EOL) recycling.
Minimizing waste from the third-party products we use by actively focusing on areas within our control, such as design and EOL recoverability and recycling, is a key sustainability goal.
Certifications
The Unisys site in Madrid, Spain received ISO 14001-2015 Environmental Management System (EMS) certification.