3. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
- CLAUSES
4.1
General
4.2
Environmental
Policy
4.3
Planning
4.4
Implementation
& Operation
4.5
Checking &
Corrective
Action
4.6
Management
Review
[Establishing,
Maintaining an
EMS]
Top Management
commitment
4.3.1
Environmental
Aspects
4.4.1
Structure and
responsibility
4.5.1
Monitoring and
Measurement
Change in Policy,
Targets/Objective
s Change in
Procedures
Involvement of
everyone in the
company
4.3.2
Legal and other
requirements
4.4.2
Training
Awareness and
Competence
4.5.2
Nonconformanc
e and Corrective
and Preventive
Action
Documented and
Implemented and
made available
to Public
4.3.3
Objectives and
Targets
4.4.3
Communication
4.5.3
Records
Give direction on
Objectives and
Targets
4.3.4
Environment
Management
Programmes
4.4.4
EMS
Documentation
4.5.4
EMS Audit
4.4.5 Document
Control
4.4.6 Operation
Control
4.4.7
Emergency
Preparedness
and Response
4. Need For ISO 14000 Certification
Employees
Neighbours
Regulators
Shareholders
Parent Company
Local
Media
National
Media
Customers
Legislators
Banks and
Insurers
Industry
5. PRESSURES ON BUSINESS
Internal
Pressures
1. Product Quality
2. Investment return
3. Cost reduction
4. Profit
maximization
External
Pressures
1. Legislation
2. Global standards
3. Sustainable development
4. Environmental protection
5. Green consumer
6. Pollution payer principle
8. Commitments to Compliance
• Compliance with legal requirements is a
critical consideration in EMS
– Develop & communicate policy that includes
commitment to compliance
– Objectives and targets are in line with
compliance
– Management programs address this apsect
– Operational controls address this aspect too
9. (Prevention of Pollution) P2
Hierarchy
P2 Hierarchy
Source reduction
In process re cycling
Other re cycling
Treatment & recovery
Control mechanisms
11. Environmental Aspects : element of an
organization’s activities, products or services that
can interact with the environment
Industry & Environmental Interactions
12. Key Elements of an EMS
• Identifying environmental aspects
– How an organization interfaces with the
environment and
• Can control & have influence
» Which significant impact would be considered as
significant Aspects
» Look beyond laws & regulations while deciding
them
» Identifying significant aspects could be
challenging and rewarding too!
13. Identifying Aspects
o Operations and activities that interface with
Environment
o Materials,energy sources and other resources we use
o Do we have emissions to Air ,Water or Land ?
o Do we generate wastes ?
o Land or infrastructure interaction ?
o Activities leading to accidental releases?
o Use of recycled paper
14. Potential Aspects
• Air emissions
• Solid & Hazardous wastes
• Contamination of land
• Noise,odour,dust,traffic
• Water discharges
• Energy use
• Resource use
• Hazardous material handling & storage
15. IMPACTS
adverse or beneficial
Any change to the Environment
resulting from organization’s
Activities, Products or Services e.g.
Global Warming
Air Pollution
Acid Rain
16. • Soil & Groundwater contamination
• Air Pollution
• Degradation of aquatic habitat &
• drinking water supply
• Depletion of natural resources
• Increase in ground level ozone
Potential Impacts
17. Evaluating impacts
Are the impacts
• Actual or potential?
• Beneficial or damaging?
• magnitude or degree
• Frequency or likelihood
• Duration & geographic area
• Parts of the environment
• Interested parties
18. Key Elements of an EMS
• Legal & other requirements
– Setting the legal framework for your EMS
• Identify and communicate applicable legal &
other requirements &
• Ensure that these requirements are factored into
the organization’s management efforts
» Identify legal requirements
» Analyze impacts
» Communicate
» Act
19. Key Elements of an EMS
• Objectives & Targets
– Esatblishing goals for environmental
management
• Objective- Overall environmental goal,arising
from the environmental policy that organization
sets itself to achieve,and which is quantified
where applicable.
• Target- Detailed performance requirement,that
arises from the objective and that needs to be
set and met in order to achieve these
objectives.
» Your objectives and targets should reflect
what your organization does,how well it is
performing and what it wants to achieve.
20. Key Elements of an EMS
• Environmental Management Program(s)
– A Roadmap for achieving environmental goals
• Should define
– The responsibilities for achieving goals
– The means for achieving goals
– The time farme for achieving these goals
It should be dynamic and linked directly to objectives &
targets
• It should describe how the organization will translate its
goals and policies commitments into concrete actions so that
objectives and targets are achieved
21. Key Elements of an EMS
• Structure & Responsibility
– Aligning your resources to succeed
• Appoint Management Representative
– Determine the scope of EMP
– Know your significant environmental aspects
and compliance needs
– Objectives
• Build flexibility into the organization
• Communicate to people thru respy matrix
22. Key Elements of an EMS
• Training, Awareness & Competency
– Building internal capabilities
• Train people for
– Motivation
– Awareness
– Commitment
– Skills/Capability
– Compliance
– performance
• Every employee has an impact on
environment
23. Key Elements of an EMS
• EMS Documentation
– Describing the EMS and how pieces fit
together
• Documentation should include
– Env Policy
– EMS Manual
– Procedures
– Forms /Drawings
• Environmental Management Program
24. Key Elements of an EMS
• Document Control
– Ensuring that everyone works with the
right tools
• Suggested elements
– Currency of documents
– Doc No
– Cross referneces
– Disposition of obsolete documents
• Is everyone working with the same set of docs
• Do people who need access have access?
25. Key Elements of an EMS
• Operational Control
– Building environmental performance into
operations & activities
• Like
– Management & disposal of wastes
– Approval of new chemicals
– Storage & Handling of chemicals
– Wastewater treatment
– Operation of paintline
– Operation of plating system
– Management of contractors
• Risk of activity
• Skills/training of workforce
26. Key Elements of an EMS
• Emergency preparedness & Reponse
– Minimizing the impacts of uncontrolled
events
• Must have provision for
– Assessing the potential for accidents & emergencies
– Preventing incidents and their associated environmental
impacts
– Plans/procedures for responding to incidents
– Perioding testing of emergency plans(mock drills)
– Mitigating impacts associated with it
• Conduct false alarm exercise
• Ways of accident prevention
27. Key Elements of an EMS
• Monitoring & Measurement
• Assessing how well the system is
performing
• Enable the organization to
– Evaluate environmental performance
– Assess compliance with legal requirements
– Identify areas requiring corrective actions
– Improve performance & increase efficiency
• Monitor key characteristics
• Track performance, calibrate and maintain
28. Key Elements of an EMS
• Corrective / Preventive Action
• Fixing EMS problems-and avoiding
them in future
• Ensure that
– Problems are identified and investigated
– Actions are identified and implemented
– Actions are tracked and their effectiveness is verified
• Think about opportunities for
improvement
29. Key Elements of an EMS
• Records
• Evidence that EMS is working as
intended
• Ensure that
– Required EMS records are identified
– Have focus on the records that add value
– They are simple and understandable
– They have a retention period
– They have access to the right people
• How they are disposed off !
30. Key Elements of an EMS
• EMS Auditing
• Objective evidence of
conformance
• Does Audit
– Add value to your system
– Surfaces significant deficiencies
– Review effectiveness of corrective actions
• Set the objective of audit based on analysis of
previous data,previous audits and internal audit
outcomes.
31. Key Elements of an EMS
• EMS Management Review
• Closing the continual
improvement loop
• Ensure that
– The system is working
– It is suitable,adequate and effective
– Meets our needs
– Provides a basis for continual improvement
• Think out of box, & Challenge
the limits !
32. Key Performance Indicators
(KPI)
Kgs of VOC emitted per unit of production
Kgs of hazardous waste generated per year
Percentage of employees completing environmental
training
Average time for resolving non conformities
Energy use per unit of production
Water use per unit of production
Percentage of solid waste recycled
Percentage of reduction in emissions
33. EMS Costs and Benefits
Costs
• Staff ( Manager’s ) time
• Other employees’time
• Workforce times
• Potential consulting assistance
• Outside training of personnel
• Investment on environment related
equipment
35. EMS Costs and Benefits
Benefits..
Employee awareness of environmental
issues and responsibilities
Prevention of pollution
Resource Conservation
Enhanced image with public/regulators and
lenders
New customers /Markets
Enhanced employee morale
Sustainable development
36. Advantages of being Small &
Medium Sized Organizations
Lines of communication are shorter
Organization structures are less
complex
People often perform multiple functions
Process are generally well understood
Access to the management is simpler
An effective envronment management
is easier
37. Summary
• EMS- ISO 14001 Clauses
• Need fro Certification
• Key Elements of EMS
• Key Performance Indicators
• Costs & Benefits of EMS
