RIOS - EHMS Consulting Services

Scrap recyclers used only generic management system standards for environment, quality, and health and safety management before RIOS came into existence. It was, however, quite difficult to use several standards that weren’t designed for recycling industry in particular. Realizing the need for designing a standard for efficient management of environment, quality, and health and safety management systems, ISRI introduced RIOS standard. RIOS is designed particularly for the scrap recyclers of all sizes and scrap materials including electronics, metal, paper, and so forth. With RIOS EHMS in place, therefore, your organization can ensure continual improvement in environment, quality, and health and safety management systems.

Here are few of the requirements that must be met by a recycling firm to be able to obtain RIOS EHMS:

• Attain RIOS membership
• Design and implement a RIOS EHMS
• Operate RIOS EHMS through at least one “plan, do, check and act” cycle to gather adequate records of required activities to render the auditing team capable of checking and confirming your RIOS conformance
• Contact ANAB for initial certification audit

RIOS is beneficial for scrap operations at the bottom line, where it’s needed the most and does really count. Benefits of RIOS implementation may vary across firms, however, RIOS will generally help you in:

• Increasing productivity
• Boosting efficiency
• Boosting profitability
• Ensuring environmental compliance
• Improving health and safety practices
• Monitoring and improving quality of products
• Reducing environmental impact, risks and costs
• Ensuring continual improvement in your operations
• Reducing risks and costs associated with health and safety
• Enhancing customer satisfaction and confidence in your offerings
• Improving relations with your legislators, regulators, and neighbors
• Empowering and motivating your employees to work towards the common goals of the organization