2018 ems

Environmental Management
and EMS
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Environmental Management System
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Sheldon and Yoxon, 2006

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Can you really manage the environment?

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Can you really manage the environment?

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Need For Environmental Management
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Need For Environmental Management
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill#/media/
File:Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill_-_May_24,_2010_-_with_locator.jpg

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http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/feb/26/deepwater-oil-spill-
trial-bp-failure

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/05/business/bp-negligent-in-2010-oil-spill-us-judge-
rules.html?_r=1

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http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/02/02/say-
hello-to-chinas-new-most-polluted-city-baoding/

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https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2014/12/bhopal-the-worlds-worst-industrial-
disaster-30-years-later/100864/

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https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2014/12/bhopal-the-worlds-worst-industrial-
disaster-30-years-later/100864/

But we already have
Environmental Regulations
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But we already have Environmental
Regulations
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Management Systems
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Management System
Every organization will have a management system
•  Informal
•  Formal
Organizations only survive if they have system that works.
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Management System
No two systems are the same as no two organizations are the
same.
Management system needs to take into account an
organizations personnel, structure, planning function,
operations, processes, procedures and even its habitual
practices.
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Management System Technical Standards
1979 - British Standard BS 5750 -
–  world's first national standard on quality management
system.
–  record all the landmark activities and functions that
made for a successful system.
–  The system would in turn deliver the outcomes that its
management had identified as a desirable series of
objectives.
–  still in use today as the international standard ISO
9000.
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System
(EMS)
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What is an EMS?
An Environmental Management System (EMS) is a set of
processes and practices that enable an organization to
reduce its environmental impacts and increase its operating
efficiency.
- US EPA
An EMS is a framework that helps a company achieve its
environmental goals through consistent control of its
operations.
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http://www.epa.gov/ems/

What is an EMS?
The assumption is that this increased control will improve
the environmental performance of the company.
The EMS itself does not dictate a level of environmental
performance that must be achieved; each company's EMS
is tailored to the company's business and goals.
An EMS helps a company address its regulatory demands
in a systematic and cost-effective manner.
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Some Benefits of An EMS
This proactive approach can help reduce the risk of non-
compliance and improve health and safety practices for
employees and the public.
An EMS can also help address non-regulated issues, such
as energy conservation.
An EMS can promote stronger operational control and
employee stewardship.
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Basic Elements of an EMS
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An EMS can be implemented in
many different ways depending
on the precise sector or activity
and the needs perceived by
management, but several
common operating principles
should be present.
These operating principles of an
EMS follow a ‘Plan-Do-Check-
Act Cycle’ (PDCA Cycle).
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http://ec.europa.eu/environment/
emas/about/enviro_en.htm

Plan: Establish an environmental
policy including objectives and
targets.
Do: Implement organisational
structure, allocate resources and
assign responsibilities to achieve
set objectives and targets. Also,
establish training and
communication procedures to
implement set objectives and
targets successfully.
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Check: Collect, analyse, monitor and
measure retrieved information and
results (against planned objectives
and targets). Check results through
audits.
Act: Review and evaluate
environmental performance and
correct and/or improve environmental
policy including objectives and targets,
as well as organisational structure,
procedures and processes in order to
continuously improve environmental
performance.
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EMS General Steps
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EMS Steps
An EMS encourages a
company to continuously
improve its environmental
performance
The system follows a
repeating cycle
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The continuous improvement cycle

EMS Steps
1.  Commitment and
Policy
Top management commits
to environmental
improvement and
establishes a company
environmental policy.
The policy is the foundation
of the EMS.
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EMS Steps
2. Planning
Then it uses its policy as a
basis for establishing a plan,
which sets objectives and
targets for improving
environmental performance.
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EMS Steps
2. Planning
The company first identifies
environmental aspects of its
operations.
Environmental aspects are
those items, such as air
pollutants or hazardous
waste, that can have
negative impacts on people
and/or the environment.
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EMS Steps
2. Planning
A company then determines
which aspects are significant by
choosing criteria considered
most important by the company.
For example, a company may
choose worker health and
safety, environmental
compliance, and cost as its
criteria.
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EMS Steps
2. Planning
Set objectives and targets.
An objective is an overall
environmental goal (e.g., minimize
use of chemical X).
A target is a detailed, quantified
requirement that arises from the
objectives (e.g., reduce use of
chemical X by 25% by September
1998).
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EMS Steps
2. Planning
The final part of the
planning stage is devising
an action plan for meeting
the targets.
This includes designating
responsibilities, establishing
a schedule, and outlining
clearly defined steps to
meet the targets.
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EMS Steps
3. Implementation
The next step is
implementation.
A company follows through
with the action plan using
the necessary resources
(human, financial, etc.).
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EMS Steps
3. Implementation
An important implementation
component is employee training
and awareness for all
employees.
Other steps in the
implementation stage include
documentation, following
operating procedures, and
setting up internal and external
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EMS Steps
4. Evaluation
After that, the company
evaluates its environmental
performance to see whether
the objectives and targets
are being met.
If targets are not being met,
corrective action is taken.
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EMS Steps
5. Review
The results of this evaluation
are then reviewed by top
management to see if the EMS
is working.
Management determines
whether the original
environmental policy is
consistent with company
values.
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EMS Steps
5. Review
The plan is then revised to
optimize the effectiveness of
the EMS.
The review stage creates a
loop of continuous
improvement for a
company.
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EMS Steps
Management revisits the
environmental policy and
sets new targets in a
revised plan.
The company then plans
and implements the revised
plan.
The cycle repeats, and
continuous improvement
occurs.
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EMS Framework
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EMS Framework
ISO 14001
EMAS – The European Eco-
Management and Audit
Scheme
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ISO 14001
The most commonly used
framework for an EMS is the
one developed by the
International Organization
for Standardization (ISO) for
the ISO 14001 standard.
Established in 1996, this
framework is the official
international standard for an
EMS.
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EMAS
EMAS – The European
Eco-Management and
Audit Scheme
EMAS is the benchmark
for premium
environmental
management systems.
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What is an EMAS?
The European Commission
has recognised that ISO
14001 can provide a stepping
stone for EMAS.
The EN ISO 14001
environmental management
system requirements are an
integral part of EMAS III
(Annex II of EMAS III).
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EMAS and ISO 14001
EMAS goes further than
ISO 14001
1.  Environmental performance
2.  Legal security
3.  Strong employee
involvement
4.  Environmental core
indicators creating multi-
annual comparability within
and between organisations
5.  Transparent communication
6.  Reliability
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EMAS and ISO 14001
Environmental performance
Stricter requirements on the measurement
and evaluation of environmental
performance against objectives and
targets, and the continuous improvement
of that environmental performance.
Legal security
compliance with environmental legislation
ensured by government supervision.
Strong employee Involvement
Environmental core indicators creating
multi-annual comparability within and
between organisations
Transparent communication
Provision of information to the general
public through the validated environmental
statement.
Reliability
Registration by a public authority after
verification by an accredited/licensed
environmental verifier.
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References
•  http://www.epa.gov/ems/
•  http://ec.europa.eu/environment/emas/
about/enviro_en.htm
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EMS-Assignment 1
Similar to the examples provided in slides 9-16, please
search for 3 situations where poor Environmental
Management systems or practices resulted in the future of
the culpable company being put into question.
Each situation should be described on one page each with
references.
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EMS-Assignment 1
The assignment is due by next class.
We will have a general discussion in the next class.
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