ISO 14000, the environmental management system (EMS) standard, provides a framework for managing environmental impacts including such elements as: find and reduce waste, reduce risks, and help your organization to reduce costs and improve efficiency. Implementing an EMS will help a company to assure interested parties (customers, employees, shareholders, suppliers, regulators, insurance companies, financial institutions, local communities, etc.) that it emphasizes pollution prevention rather than pollution correction, and it can provide evidence of regulatory compliance.