Wednesday. May 19. 19239 - North Shore News - £5 north shore news cp BUSINESS HIGH TECH: Environmental mana N. Van company is a leader in pollution prevention software Michael Becker environaicnial ayprovement. “Tn Ne Ede order toe demonstrate thar and to News Editor ‘ ‘ oe armen have a means of measuring, they micinelOnsnews.com 1 ae should have an) environmental A North Vancouver com- management wotem (EMS)7 said pany will be showcasing Fnnbogasan, : Fnvrrechent was active on the 1 re . . . environmental manage EMS frontier before a became ment software next year at yore Gr a mainstream corcern, Expo 2000 in Hannover, “We've always moved with our Germany. chents trum to have environ . mental mandeement and pollu Envirochem 9 Management tien prevention at the toretront. Svstems Ine. oa division oof Those are all kev components of Envtrochent Services Ine as in) aan EMS.” said Finnbogason. the business of environmental Companies take on EMS vol- Management sort are. untarily, “Earlier it way not some: Said Envirochent Manage: thing companies would decide to ment Systems Ine. principal Tom take on. on their awn, Now there Finnbogason, “We see the inter) oso more oof ao market-driven nation) opportunites tor the demand for environmental man- software as being considerable.” agement,” Finnbogasen said. Finnbowason argues that it ts For example some companies good business for companies and may decide to only do business Organizations to implement envi- with other companies that adhere ronmental management systems. to formal PSO) environmental “We see the (government, regu: standards. lators moving to «“ . . Paul Beauchemin, more of a pollu- Earlier it was Envirochem tion preventative . Management approach.” not something Systems Inc. pres- Most of ident. said adher- Envirochem’s companies would ence to FSO stan. clients, such as decide to take dards is abo dri. Tuternational ver by conditions Forest Products on... Now there oF tree trade. Lrtd., are based in . “When we trade the forest: indus: is more of a with Mexico or try. China, there's “The Enviro- market-driven sume level playing chem EMS) sott- 9 field for environ: ware package is demand... ment. What's designed to be happening is a lot flexible cnough to be used by oof these organizations ate going other industries and organiza: to ISO) 14000, an environmental tions, however. Envirochem has | management system.” an installation at CFB Comes for Added Keauchemin, “You buy the Department of National a product and you know that Detence. there are some environmental To date Envirochem has sold) concerns and some management 27 environmental management — procedures in place.” system (EMS) packages since Meanwhile, governments mid-1995. The company is justin throw fewer dollars into the hat the process of setting up ave sys. to pav for pollution enforcement. tems tor the federal Department Said Beauchemin, “They've of Fisheries and Occans. put the enforcement back onto There are other factors fucling — the companies, who have man- the growth in demand for sound agement systems thar aflow environmental management, them to report back to the gov- Said Finnbogason: “There's a ernment. We've showed this to big push on internationally for the B.C. government and the standardization of environ. they're very much interested in mental standards. ISO 14000 is it.” one of the vehicles to do that.” The software side oof The ISO standard is set hy the Envirochem dovetails well with International Organization for Envirochemt Services Inc., which Standards. {In Canada. the since 1983 has provided clients Canadian Standards Association with services including environ- eee : es : eee has been heavily involved in the mental auditing, field) sampling NEWS photo Pau! McGrath development of the ISO 14000 0 and laboratory analysis. environ- ; protocols, The protocols allow mental risk assessment and emer» ENVIROCHEM’S Tom Finnbogason, ieft, and Pau) Beauchemin provide companies and organizations companies to measure continued — geney response planning. with a software solution to environmenial management. TAKE YOUR OFFICE TO THE BEACH SYSTEMS GRASHER SPECIALS . + PENTIUM Mother Boards (upto 22MH) = from $20 awe nr $469 % 486 PC! Mother Boards $1-$19 166/200 MMX $68-$75 - : * UPGRADE to PENTIUM-165 only $118 PCI Sound Card $28 (new) AMO K5-200 INTEL P-166 iinited Time Otte {including lates) Monitors VGA/SUGA from $25 850 MG HDD 3.2 GB HDD 16 MB RAM 16 MB RAM fag: ON Mcien Best Prices ory 56 K MODEM 56K MODEM a —_—s oe acs 40X CD-ROM 40X CD-RGM aan t DAS CERTIRED = New & ane hard disk drives from $5 16 BIT SGUND 16 BIT SOUND err fee ‘ = sore Pro $193 Toe ee ee cart OSE =A _ Microsoft Office 97 Pro-CD $199 UARANTEED LOWEST PRICES!!! Windows 98 upgrade (box) sus * Prsces subject to chauge. limited quantities