7 good reasons to engage in environmental management

At Klappir we help our clients to simplify their environmental management and reflect on the performance through sustainability statements and ESG reports. The reasons more and more organisations are heading this way are manifold. Here are seven of the main gains we've witnessed from working closely with our customers.

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Seven Compelling Reasons Why Environmental Management Matters

At Klappir we help our clients to clarify their environmental management and reflect on the performance through sustainability statements and ESG reports.

The reasons more and more organisations are heading this way are manifold. Here are seven of the main gains we've witnessed from working closely with our customers.

1. Reduce your environmental impact
Reducing your organisation’s contribution to climate change and its overall impact on the environment should be the single most important reason to engage in environmental management. The fight against climate change is our shared responsibility and it requires all of us to work together and row in the same direction.

2. Lower your operational costs
Factors such as electricity and fuel usage, water consumption, waste generation and employee flights all translate into costs for your organisation. Clever environmental management helps you optimise these factors, not only for the betterment of the environment, but also for your budget.

3. Attract investors
Investors have started to incorporate sustainability into their investment strategies. In fact, "long-term-minded investors, whom we call “intrinsic investors”, have an outsize effect on stock performance over time. These investors recognize that ESG will affect value, but they always want to dig deeper. They seek out granular information about how specific ESG initiatives can be a source of growth and which risks are most material to a specific company and its broader industry, and the extent to which distinct ESG actions can mitigate those risks". (Gelb, Hirt, & Smit, 2023, para. 3)

4. Guarantee compliance with legal requirements
The number of environmental regulations that require companies to report on environmental performance has seen a dramatic increase over the past few years. Emission heavy sectors such as the maritime and aviation industries are already heavily regulated with schemes like the EU’s Monitoring, Reporting, Verification regulation and IMO’s Data collection system. Reporting requirements are widespread and regulations have also been surfacing. One example is The European Union’s directive on non-financial disclosure which requires listed companies, banks and other public interest companies to include non-financial statements in their annual reports from 2018 onwards, 2024 onwards CSRD and now (2025) the EU Omnibus I, a proposal aimed to streamline reporting obligations under key EU sustainability directives.

5. A positive effect on your brand
Whether you are in the business-to-business or business-to-consumer sector, your customers are almost certainly becoming more sustainability-conscious. In fact, more and more companies have started to account for their “indirect” emissions, which includes the carbon footprint off the goods and services they purchase. By actively reducing the footprint of your organisation, and therefore of your products, you will be putting yourself at an advantage compared to your competitors in acquiring these conscious buyers.

6. Attract top talent
Make your employees proud to be working for you and attract the best people in your industry. People want to work for sustainable businesses; it's been shown to improve staff spirits and well-being at the workplace.

7. Become part of the sustainability transformation
Luckily, this is where the business world is moving: toward more sustainability and rigorous environmental accounting. Don’t lag behind. Join early to prepare for the future.

What We Can Do for You
Our Customer Success team guided many organisations through the digitalisation of their environmental management system. We're here to help you comply with current regulations, increase your operational efficiency and support your green branding with accurate, data-driven insights.

Our data-driven digital eco-system is about connects players both small and large across the world so we all can better protect and manage our shared resources together, in order to protect, sustain, and regenerate our natural resources for the future.

Book a meeting with us and we can start talking about the challenges and solutions. We are passionate about what we do and would love to assist you.

By Klappir26 February 2025