3. ISO 14001 is the international standard that specifies
requirements for an Effective Environmental Management
System(EMS).
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What is EMS 14001 ?
ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 are among ISO's most well
known standards ever.
Quality
Management
Environmental
Management
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Environmental Management
What the organization does to:
Minimize harmful effects on the environment caused
by its activities
To conform to applicable regulatory requirements,
and to
Achieve continual improvement of its environmental
performance
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Core Contents
4.2 Environmental Policy
4.3.1 Environmental Aspects
Procedure to Identify Aspects
4.3.2 Legal and other Requirements
4.3.3 Objectives and Targets
4.3.4 Environmental Management Program(s)
4.4.1 Resources, Roles, Responsibilities and Authority
Accountability and Responsibility
4.4.2 Training, Awareness and Competence
4.4.3 Communication
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4.4.4 Environmental Management System Documentation
4.4.5 Document Control
4.4.6 Operational Control
Procedures vs. Instructions
4.4.7 Emergency Preparedness and Response
4.5.1 Monitoring and Measurement
4.5.2 Nonconformance and Corrective and Preventive Action
4.5.3 Records
4.5.4 Environnemental Management System Audit
4.6 Management Review
Implementation
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Organizational Coverage
Context of the organization
Leadership
Planning
Support
Operation
Performance evaluation
Continuous Improvement
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Elementary Essence
Environmental Aspects Impacts
Environmental aspects are those elements of an
organization’s activities, products, services or physical
resources which may have potentially beneficial or harmful
effects on the environment. These may include discharges and
emissions, raw materials and energy use, waste recycling,
noise, dust, and visual pollution.
An environmental impact is the change that takes place from
the occurrence of any given aspect. The relationship between
the two is causal: an impact is the pollution that would result if
an environmental aspect were not properly managed or
controlled.
Aspects include technical concerns such as potential process,
storage, transfer, transportation, utilities, and product impacts.
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Environmental Aspects
Aspects identification is important, since it is from this
identification of the potential to impact the environment
that the rest of the system is built.
Good Identification of Aspects is essential
Direct Aspects Indirect Aspects
Clearly evident to the
facility
Hazardous waste generation
Air emissions
Waster discharges, etc.
Activities of raw materials
suppliers and end-users.
Not directly related to the
organization, but in some
manner under their control.
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10. CHECK
ACT
PLAN
DO
EMS 14001 provides an organized structural approach to
improve processes that results into environmental impacts
Continual
Improvement
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Application
12. G Growth in knowledge and continued improvement
R Reduction in use of resources and waste
E Environmentally responsible and sustainable operation
E Example to others
N Necessary compliance with environmental laws and regulations
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16. Take account of:
• audit findings
• progress records on objectives
changes to facilities
• changes in activities,
products or services
• changes in technology
• concerns of interested parties
• other relevant information
To Assess the
• suitability,
• adequacy, and
• effectiveness of the EMS
In order to determine the need
for change and improvement to:
• the environmental policy
• the objectives and targets
• other elements of the EMS
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ACT
This slide shows the components arranged to reflect the EMS cycle and the notion that the cycle supports the continual improvement concept that is the backbone of an effective EMS
the next few slides will describe the various components
Next is the planning component - some organizations begin here even before they have drafted their policy - it is here where you inventory what you do that affects the environment - identifying what impacts those activities have on the environment - identify legal and other requirements such as Executive Order performance goals - determine which of the impacts are significant to your organization - and considering that information and your legal and other requirements, establish your objectives and the targets where you ultimately want to be - it is recognized in the standard that the objectives and targets should reflect financial and technological limitations - it is also recognized that the objectives and target should reflect the views of interested parties
at this point you are ready to develop your environmental management program that identifies planning and logistics for achieving your objectives, including responsibilities, resources planning, timing and milestones - this activity may be addressed by amending existing strategic planning or developing a separate program - it also establishes the metrics that will be used to determine progress in meeting your objectives
Implementation is the “do” step in an EMS - this is where roles, responsibilities and authorities for EMS implementation are “defined, documented, and communicated”
This step is also where training and communication reside- training reflects both skills training for those whose role in the organization involves potential environmental impact as well as general awareness training for all employees - training includes both training in the EMS itself and general environmental awareness, training to ensure competence in one duties where significant environmental impact may occur as a result of an individuals responsibilities, including training that may be required by regulation
in addition, an organization must have a process for internal communication regarding the EMS to its employees across the organization - including information transfer up the chain of command - empowering the individual
also here is document control - all documents, including EMS documents, can be located, are reviewed and revised as necessary, current documents are available, obsolete ones are identified as such - this is reflective of the quality standard
operational controls are procedures to ensure that actions are taken to prevent deviation from the environmental policy and objects and targets - when your out of compliance, your operational controls are not working - these are also SOPs
finally this is where emergency situations are covered - identify potential accidents and prevent, mitigate or respond to associated environmental impact
This component of the EMS process is the “check” stage of the plan-do-check-act paradigm. There are really four categories under this component.
Monitoring and measurement covers those activities that can have a significant impact on the environment including those associated with operational controls and objectives and targets - this is to determine whether your are achieving your policy goals and the actions of the environmental program- this includes compliance monitoring programs
The second part of this component is nonconformance and corrective and preventive action- this is where an organization addresses nonconformance to policy goals by mitigating impacts that may have occurred, correcting the circumstance that allowed it to occur and preventing further nonconformance - these actions are documented - it should be noted that this goes beyond regulatory issues to all aspects of the standard - this is also where root cause analysis comes into play by addressing the cause of the nonconformance not just the event
Also in this component is the requirement for EMS audits - this is to see whether or not the EMS itself is working as identified in the ISO standard and as defined in the EMS planning process including whether is is being properly implemented and maintained - the standard calls for the results of these audits to be provided to management for their review
Finally, throughout the process of the EMS implementation, records must be maintained that reflect the actions taken.
The next step in the EMS process is management review. Note that this is not the “final step.” This is where management, those with the responsibility and authority to alter facility policies and activities, review the EMS and determine what- if any- changes to make. The EMS is reviewed for “continuing suitability, adequacy and effectiveness.” From the review can come changes to the policy, objectives and targets and the EMS program.
Remember one of the goals of the EMS is continual improvement - according top SIO 14001 that is “enhancing the EMS to achieve improvements in overall performance in line with the organization’s environmental policy.” That’s in large part what this step is all about