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GEMI is an organization of companies dedicated to fostering global environmental, health, and safety (EHS) excellence through the sharing of tools and information to help business achieve EHS excellence. As of September 2006, GEMI had 42 member companies representing more than 22 business sectors with comprised annual sales of more than US$915 billion, a global headcount of more than 2.5 million, and more than 3,034 manufacturing facilities worldwide.
Since 1990, the Global Environmental Management Initiative (GEMI) has created tools and provided strategies to help businesses improve their environmental, health, and safety (EHS) management. GEMI provides a forum for corporate environmental leaders throughout the world to work together, learn from each other through the activities of work groups, benchmark with peers, and create tools that can be used by GEMI members and others.
Through the collaborative efforts of its members, GEMI also promotes a worldwide business ethic for EHS management and sustainable development. GEMI provides a way for companies in a wide range of industrial sectors to work together in a cost-effective manner.
GEMI's vision is to be globally recognized as a leader in providing strategies for businesses to achieve EHS excellence, economic success, and corporate citizenship.
Ralph Stuart (Lead Author);Michael Toffel (Topic Editor) "Global Environmental Management Initiative". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth September 21, 2006; Last revised Date September 21, 2006; Retrieved February 9, 2012 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Global_Environmental_Management_Initiative>
The Author
Ralph Stuart has been working in the Environmental Safety office at the University of Vermont since 1985, focusing primarily on laboratory health, safety and regulatory compliance and Indoor Air Quality management. In addition, he teaches courses in Hazardous Materials Safety and Environmental Management Systems. Since 1999, he has been UVM's lead for participating in the Lab XL "regulatory reinvention" project with the EPA, sponsored by the Campus Consortium for Environmental Ex ... (Full Bio)
GEMI is an organization of companies dedicated to fostering global environmental, health, and safety (EHS) excellence through the sharing of tools and information to help business achieve EHS excellence. As of September 2006, GEMI had 42 member companies representing more than 22 business sectors with comprised annual sales of more than US$915 billion, a global headcount of more than 2.5 million, and more than 3,034 manufacturing facilities worldwide.
Since 1990, the Global Environmental Management Initiative (GEMI) has created tools and provided strategies to help businesses improve their environmental, health, and safety (EHS) management. GEMI provides a forum for corporate environmental leaders throughout the world to work together, learn from each other through the activities of work groups, benchmark with peers, and create tools that can be used by GEMI members and others.
Through the collaborative efforts of its members, GEMI also promotes a worldwide business ethic for EHS management and sustainable development. GEMI provides a way for companies in a wide range of industrial sectors to work together in a cost-effective manner.
GEMI's vision is to be globally recognized as a leader in providing strategies for businesses to achieve EHS excellence, economic success, and corporate citizenship.
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