More and more importers are requiring their suppliers to have an Environmental Management System. But why? How do importers benefit from working with a supplier that has an Environmental Management System?
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An EMS is a set of management processes and procedures that allows an organization to evaluate, control, and reduce the environmental impacts of its activities, products, and services and operate with greater efficiency and control.
According to ISO 14001 - “The part of the overall management system that includes organizational structure, planning activities, responsibilities, practices, procedures, processes and resources for developing, implementing, achieving, reviewing and maintaining the environmental policy.”
An introduction to the terminology used in VCE Environmental Science Unit 4 (Area of Study 2) - Environmental Management Systems, Environmental Risk Assesssment, EES, EIS, Life Cycle Analysis and Precautionary Principle.
More and more importers are requiring their suppliers to have an Environmental Management System. But why? How do importers benefit from working with a supplier that has an Environmental Management System?
Environmental management systems by Abu Khairul BasharAbu Khairul Bashar
An EMS is a set of management processes and procedures that allows an organization to evaluate, control, and reduce the environmental impacts of its activities, products, and services and operate with greater efficiency and control.
According to ISO 14001 - “The part of the overall management system that includes organizational structure, planning activities, responsibilities, practices, procedures, processes and resources for developing, implementing, achieving, reviewing and maintaining the environmental policy.”
An introduction to the terminology used in VCE Environmental Science Unit 4 (Area of Study 2) - Environmental Management Systems, Environmental Risk Assesssment, EES, EIS, Life Cycle Analysis and Precautionary Principle.
To obtain comprehensive and practical understanding and application of the ISO 14000 as well as to understand what is required in order to effectively manage the same and the benefits of compliance
Environmental auditing originated in the United States in the 1970s as a way of checking whether a company was complying with a multitude of new environmental laws and regulations. More recently, it is used as an extremely valuable tool for assessing a company's environmental management systems, policy, and equipment. It provides the company with recommendations on how it can improve its environmental management practices, and reduce the environmental impact. Beside, improved environmental practices often save money in the long run.
Environmental Auditing (or Audit) is a management tool used by an industry to evaluate its environmental performance.
A management tool comprising systematic, documented, periodic and objective evaluation of how well environmental organization, management, and equipment are performing with the aim of helping to safeguard the environment by facilitating management control of practices and assessing compliance with company policies, which would include regulatory requirements and standards applicable.
An environmental audit is essentially an environmental management tool for measuring the effects of certain activities on the environment against set criteria or standards. Depending on the types of standards and the focus of the audit, there are different types of environmental audit. Organizations of all kinds now recognize the importance of environmental matters and accept that their environmental performance will be scrutinized by a wide range of interested parties.
OBJECTIVES:
Improve risk management systems
Optimizing environmental resources
To review the implementation of policies.
To identify liabilities.
To review management systems.
To identify needs, strengths, and weaknesses.
To assess environmental performance.
To promote environmental awareness.
To improve production safety and health
To reduce waste,
To assess compliance with a regulatory requirement
Benefits of Environmental Audit:
Financial Benefits
5
• Helps avoid fines by regulatory agencies
• Identifies issues of non-compliance sooner versus later allowing for proactive financial planning Lowers corrective action costs
• Waste minimization opportunities realized, leading to reduced operating costs
Compliance Benefits
• Reduced agency enforcement actions and penalties
• Increased employee awareness of environmental standards and responsibilities
Stakeholder Relations Benefits
• Improved employee relations and increased morale
• Improved community image of the Company’s Goodwill
• Firms with sound environmental stewardship programs are desirable to investors
General Benefit:
• Maintenance of sustainable level of development.
Types of Environmental Audit
1) Environmental Compliance Audit
2) Environmental Performance Audit
3) Environmental Financial Audit
Environmental Compliance Audit
Objective – To provide assurance to organizational activities are conducted in accordance with environmental laws, standards, guidelines, and policies.
Criteria – National law, International Agreements, Applicable Standards, Industry Guidelines or Corporate Policy.
Benefits:
➢ Helps in ensuring compliance with laws.
➢ Reduces risk / costs with non-compliance.
➢ Gap between promises and results.
➢ Pollution & Waste reducing, conserving resources.
➢ Helps in improving Environmental Performance.
Environmental Performance Audit
6
Objective – To assess whether an organization meets its environmental objectives, is effective in producing environmental results with efficiency and economy.
Criteria – Indicator
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Self-learning e Course on Green Productivity and Environment Management System (ISO 14001) By, Asian Productivity Organization, Tokyo, Japan
To obtain comprehensive and practical understanding and application of the ISO 14000 as well as to understand what is required in order to effectively manage the same and the benefits of compliance
Environmental auditing originated in the United States in the 1970s as a way of checking whether a company was complying with a multitude of new environmental laws and regulations. More recently, it is used as an extremely valuable tool for assessing a company's environmental management systems, policy, and equipment. It provides the company with recommendations on how it can improve its environmental management practices, and reduce the environmental impact. Beside, improved environmental practices often save money in the long run.
Environmental Auditing (or Audit) is a management tool used by an industry to evaluate its environmental performance.
A management tool comprising systematic, documented, periodic and objective evaluation of how well environmental organization, management, and equipment are performing with the aim of helping to safeguard the environment by facilitating management control of practices and assessing compliance with company policies, which would include regulatory requirements and standards applicable.
An environmental audit is essentially an environmental management tool for measuring the effects of certain activities on the environment against set criteria or standards. Depending on the types of standards and the focus of the audit, there are different types of environmental audit. Organizations of all kinds now recognize the importance of environmental matters and accept that their environmental performance will be scrutinized by a wide range of interested parties.
OBJECTIVES:
Improve risk management systems
Optimizing environmental resources
To review the implementation of policies.
To identify liabilities.
To review management systems.
To identify needs, strengths, and weaknesses.
To assess environmental performance.
To promote environmental awareness.
To improve production safety and health
To reduce waste,
To assess compliance with a regulatory requirement
Benefits of Environmental Audit:
Financial Benefits
5
• Helps avoid fines by regulatory agencies
• Identifies issues of non-compliance sooner versus later allowing for proactive financial planning Lowers corrective action costs
• Waste minimization opportunities realized, leading to reduced operating costs
Compliance Benefits
• Reduced agency enforcement actions and penalties
• Increased employee awareness of environmental standards and responsibilities
Stakeholder Relations Benefits
• Improved employee relations and increased morale
• Improved community image of the Company’s Goodwill
• Firms with sound environmental stewardship programs are desirable to investors
General Benefit:
• Maintenance of sustainable level of development.
Types of Environmental Audit
1) Environmental Compliance Audit
2) Environmental Performance Audit
3) Environmental Financial Audit
Environmental Compliance Audit
Objective – To provide assurance to organizational activities are conducted in accordance with environmental laws, standards, guidelines, and policies.
Criteria – National law, International Agreements, Applicable Standards, Industry Guidelines or Corporate Policy.
Benefits:
➢ Helps in ensuring compliance with laws.
➢ Reduces risk / costs with non-compliance.
➢ Gap between promises and results.
➢ Pollution & Waste reducing, conserving resources.
➢ Helps in improving Environmental Performance.
Environmental Performance Audit
6
Objective – To assess whether an organization meets its environmental objectives, is effective in producing environmental results with efficiency and economy.
Criteria – Indicator
2nd Module
Self-learning e Course on Green Productivity and Environment Management System (ISO 14001) By, Asian Productivity Organization, Tokyo, Japan
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2. WWhhaatt iiss aa MMaannaaggeemmeenntt SSyysstteemm
A management system is a structured framework of
practices and procedures that enables an organization to
execute its operations in a consistent and sustained
manner.
The management system is intended to be system
dependent, not people dependent.
The system is built on the Plan, Do, Check and Act
Model.
3. DDeeffiinniittiioonnss
An EMS objective is an overall goal arising from the
environmental policy statement set by the organization.
An EMS target is a detailed measurable performance
requirement related to the objective.
4. SSoommee BBaassiicc EEMMSS DDeeffiinniittiioonnss
Environmental Aspect (Cause) – The elements of an organization’s
activities, products, or services which can interact with the
environment.
– It is important to establish, implement and maintain a procedure
to identify the environmental aspects of activities products and
services that you “can control and …can influence.”
– After identifying environmental aspects you must determine
those which have or can have significant impacts on the
environment.
– Examples include: air emissions, water discharges, , use of raw
materials, energy use, use of natural resources, use of volatile
organic compounds.
Environmental Impact (Effect) – Any change to the environment
whether adverse or beneficial, wholly or partially resulting from an
organizations activities, products, or services.
– Examples include: depletion of natural resources, air pollution,
hazardous waste generation, soil and water contamination.
5. EExxaammpplleess
Objective: Reduce transportation congestion
Target: Increase the number of employee-days of mass
transit use by 50% by the year 2007 based on a 2002
calendar year baseline.
Target: Purchase 25 bicycles for use within the facility
by the year 2004.
6. PPuurrppoossee ooff aann EEMMSS
An EMS brings together the people, policies, plans,
review mechanisms, and procedures used to
manage environmental issues at a facility or in an
organization.
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PPeeooppllee
o An EMS helps each member of the organization
understand their role in the environment, and to see
how what they do at the facility affects the environment
o It provides for responsibility, ownership, and
accountability of actions and related impacts,
o Results? People that are more aware, better trained,
more motivated, and more enthusiastic.
10. AA BBaassiicc EEMMSS FFrraammeewwoorrkk PPDDCCAA
• Plan
Planning, identifying environmental
aspects and establishing goals
• Do
Implementing, includes training and
operational controls
• Check
Checking, includes monitoring and
corrective action
• Act
Reviewing, includes progress reviews
and acting to make needed changes
11. TThhee EEMMSS
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Checking/
Corrective Actions
• Measurement and
Monitoring
• EMS Nonconformance and
Corrective Actions
• Records
• EMS Audits
Continuous
Improvement
Implementation
• Roles and Responsibilities
• Training and
Communication
• EMS Document Control
• Emergency Preparedness
and Response
Planning
• Environmental Aspects
• Compliance
• Objectives and Targets
• Environmental Mgmt.
Programs
Environmental
Policy
Management
Review
12. EEMMSS CCoommppoonneennttss
• Environmental Policy
• Planning
• Implementation and Operation
• Checking and Corrective Action
• Management Review
13. 1. Environmental Policy
• Issue a policy statement signed by facility manager
• At a minimum, commit to
– Continual improvement
– Pollution prevention
– Environmental compliance
• Identifies EMS framework
• Publicly available
14. 2. Planning
• Identify aspects and impacts from facility activities,
products, and services
• Review legal requirements
• Set objectives and targets
• Establish formal EMS program
15. 3. Implementation and Operation
• Define roles and responsibilities
• Provide EMS training
• Establish internal and external
communication mechanisms
• Establish document control system
• Establish operational controls
• Integrate with or establish emergency
preparedness procedures
16. 4. Checking and Corrective Action
• Conduct periodic monitoring of environmental
performance
• Identify root causes of findings and conduct corrective
and preventive actions
• Maintain environmental records
• Conduct periodic EMS audit
17. 5. Management Review
• Conduct periodic senior management review of EMS
• Revise policies as needed
18. BBoottttoomm LLiinnee EEMMSS RReeqquuiirreemmeennttss
• Must have commitment of top managers.
• An EMS doesn’t exist in isolation.
• Must be consistent with other management systems
(e.g., IT) in your organization.
• An EMS must be owned by everyone in your
organization.
20. CCoonncclluussiioonn
An environmental management system takes time and
commitment from the entire organisation.
Effective running of an EMS will provide ongoing
Environmental benefits, cost savings and contribute to
building an attractive work place culture.
The greatest benefit of implementing an EMS is the change in behavior in attitudes about the environment. No matter how good the environmental manager of the facility is they can’t do as good of a job as everyone taking responsibility. Most auditors find that it isn’t that people ignore environmental requirements, it is that they are ignorant of their impact on the environment. An EMS is a systematic way to ensure everyone knows about the environmental aspects of their job.
An EMS requires that you look at your processes. Often when this happens people find ways to make the process more efficient.
ReduceUse or buy only what we really need - there is no waste to treat when there is no waste to begin with.ReuseDon't throw away items that are reusable. Reduce waste by making full use of any item.RecycleGive items you don't need to persons in need; recycle broken but recyclable items so that the resources can be recycled into usable items.
ReplaceAdopt eco-friendly goods or lifestyles, such as using handkerchiefs instead of tissues, travel by public transport instead of private cars.
