How an Environmental Management System (EMS) can help with embedding of a Carbon Management Plan (CMP)- Christopher Lang, Deputy Principal at Cambridge Regional College
The document discusses the implementation of an Environmental Management System (EMS) according to ISO 14001 standards at Cambridge Regional College. It covers the reasons for having an EMS, including legal and financial benefits; what ISO 14001 involves, such as establishing environmental aspects, impacts, and policies; how to set up an EMS with objectives, targets, evaluations, and management reviews; and that senior management buy-in, all staff, and an environmental action group will need to be involved in the process. The overall goal is for the college to be the first further education college in the UK to achieve ISO 14001 certification for its EMS.
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How an Environmental Management System (EMS) can help with embedding of a Carbon Management Plan (CMP)- Christopher Lang, Deputy Principal at Cambridge Regional College
1. WHAT WHOHOWWHY
Implementation of ISO 14001
Environmental Management System
CAMBRIDGE REGIONAL COLLEGE
Christopher Lang
Deputy Principal
2. WHAT WHOHOWWHY
1. Why …
……do
organisations need
an EMS?
Environmental Management System
WHY
3. WHAT WHOHOWWHY
•Helps to prevent enforcement or civil actions
•Reduces hidden costs associated with legal action (including
substantial draw on management time)
•Avoids fines and damages awarded from legal action through criminal
or civil courts and prevents the loss of the college’s credibility
•Improves operational and process efficiency
•Reduces operating costs and resource use thereby increasing
profitability
•Reduces outlay on waste disposal
•Gives the college a long-term sustainable future
•Develops relationships with stakeholders by satisfying investors',
lenders', and insurers' environmental performance requirements
•Helps to obtain insurance at a reasonable cost
•Enhances the internal and external image of the college, making it more
marketable
•Helps attract and retain quality staff and students
•Reduces pollution and improves the environment
Environmental Management System
WHY
Why …
4. WHAT WHOHOWWHY
•Helps to prevent enforcement or civil actions
•Reduces hidden costs associated with legal action (including
substantial draw on management time)
•Avoids fines and damages awarded from legal action through criminal
or civil courts and the prevents the loss of the college’s credibility
•Improves operational and process efficiency
•Reduces operating costs and resource use thereby increasing
profitability
•Reduces outlay on waste disposal
•Gives the college a long-term sustainable future
•Develops relationships with stakeholders by satisfying investors',
lenders', and insurers' environmental performance requirements
•Helps to obtain insurance at a reasonable cost
•Enhances the internal and external image of the college, making it more
marketable
•Helps attract and retain quality staff and students
•Reduces pollution and improves the environment
Environmental Management System
Why …
WHY
5. WHAT WHOHOWWHY
•Helps to prevent enforcement or civil actions
•Reduces hidden costs associated with legal action (including
substantial draw on management time)
•Avoids fines and damages awarded from legal action through criminal
or civil courts and prevents the loss of the college’s credibility
•Improves operational and process efficiency
•Reduces operating costs and resource use thereby increasing
profitability
•Reduces outlay on waste disposal
•Gives the college a long-term sustainable future
•Develops relationships with stakeholders by satisfying investors',
lenders', and insurers' environmental performance requirements
•Helps to obtain insurance at a reasonable cost
•Enhances the internal and external image of the college, making it more
marketable
•Helps attract and retain quality staff and students
•Reduces pollution and improves the environment
Environmental Management System
WHY
Why …
6. WHAT WHOHOWWHY
•Helps to prevent enforcement or civil actions
•Reduces hidden costs associated with legal action (including
substantial draw on management time)
•Avoids fines and damages awarded from legal action through criminal
or civil courts and prevents the loss of the college’s credibility
•Improves operational and process efficiency
•Reduces operating costs and resource use thereby increasing
profitability
•Reduces outlay on waste disposal
•Gives the college a long-term sustainable future
•Develops relationships with stakeholders by satisfying investors',
lenders', and insurers' environmental performance requirements
•Helps to obtain insurance at a reasonable cost
•Enhances the internal and external image of the college, making it more
marketable
•Helps attract and retain quality staff and students
•Reduces pollution and improves the environment
Environmental Management System
WHY
Why …
7. WHAT WHOHOWWHY
•Prevents the loss of the college’s credibility
•Improves operational and process efficiency
•Reduces operating costs and resource use thereby increasing
profitability
•Reduces outlay on waste disposal
•Gives the college a long-term sustainable future
•Enhances the internal and external image of the college, making
it more marketable
•Helps attract and retain quality staff and students
Environmental Management System
WHY
Why …
LEAD FROM THE FRONT:
Cambridge Regional College to be the first FE
College to embrace ISO 14001
8. WHAT WHOHOWWHY
•Prevents the loss of the college’s credibility
•Improves operational and process efficiency
•Reduces operating costs and resource use thereby increasing
profitability
•Reduces outlay on waste disposal
•Gives the college a long-term sustainable future
•Enhances the internal and external image of the college, making
it more marketable
•Helps attract and retain quality staff and students
Environmental Management System
WHY
Why …
GOAL: To make the EMS pay for itself by saving
College implementation costs, and provide a
measurable financial return
10. WHAT WHOHOWWHY
Register of Environmental Aspects
a catalogue of all elements of your
activity that could cause
environmental change
• “continual improvement”
• targets & evaluators
• environmental manual
• the five ‘P’s
• processes
• products
• premises
• purchasing
• people
Main principles:Review
Environmental Management System
Plan
Do
Check
Environmental Policy
objectives
targets+evaluators
hit?
next?
“significant
aspects”
Environmental Review
On a single Slide
WHAT
18. WHAT WHOHOWWHY
Significant Environmental Aspects
1 ENERGY
1.1 Electricity Usage Electricity consumption Depletion of non-renewable
energy resources
NO 80 2 160 HIGH
1.2 Emergency Diesel
Generator
Operation
Emission from
generator stack
Local and global air pollution NO 80 2 160 HIGH
Global warming
Air quality
1.3 Air Handling Units Consumption of Fuel Depletion of non-renewable
energy resources
NO 80 2 160 HIGH
Combustion from
Boilers
Local and global air pollution
1.4 Site Gas Usage Heating Depletion of non-renewable
energy resource
NO 80 2 160 HIGH
HOW
19. WHAT WHOHOWWHY
• carbon footprint already broken down, derived it from
its components
• Produced a Carbon Trust CMP in parallel
2007 (Scope 3) Carbon footprint / tonnes CO 2e
Purchasing Waste Scope 3
Gas Electricity Fuel Oil LPG Mains Water Effluent Materials / Services Waste matls Logistics Commuting
carbon
footprint
Jan 1.101 1.755 0.036 10.232 1.272 0.594 14.99 14.99
Feb 1.030 9.102 0.036 5.699 0.000 0.712 16.58 16.58
Mar 1.000 4.915 1.134 0.706 11.486 0.083 0.712 20.04 20.04
Apr 0.597 5.297 0.036 12.056 0.017 18.00 18.00
May 0.474 4.553 0.513 0.119 12.867 0.000 18.53 18.53
Jun 0.268 6.310 0.216 0.008 0.007 0.036 9.624 0.000 16.47 16.47
Jul 0.165 8.499 0.540 0.036 15.398 0.000 24.64 24.64
Aug 0.155 4.017 0.027 0.036 15.624 19.86 19.86
Sep 0.021 6.213 0.700 12.958 19.89 19.89
Oct 0.515 3.275 0.351 0.036 8.484 12.66 12.66
Nov 0.742 4.956 1.323 0.295 7.115 14.43 14.43
Dec 0.927 2.411 1.107 0.008 0.007 0.036 25.735 30.23 30.23
6.993 59.547 6.966 0.000 0.015 0.014 2.110 147.276 1.373 2.019 226.31 226.31
carbon
Profile
WaterEnergy Transport
carbon profile carbon
footprint
HOW
Carbon as significance
21. WHAT WHOHOWWHY
Objectives are the overall goals for
environmental performance
Objectives
Should:
- reflect the Environmental Policy
- take into account:
– significant aspects
– findings of the preliminary review
– legislation ( current / future )
– other regulatory requirements
– stakeholders’ views
– broad organisational objectives
HOW
23. WHAT WHOHOWWHY
TypicalEvaluators:
§ Electricity use: where, when, why? Cost ?
§ Temporary sub-metering by department
§ Monitoring identified use by time of day
§ Questionnaire used to identify use-reasons
§ Measure of activity based on hours of attendance by staff
§ Number of non-conformances
Measuring how well we have done
Developing EPEs
Environmental Performance Evaluators
HOW
25. WHAT WHOHOWWHY
Objective Target
To prevent unnecessary wastage of water on
site
To reduce consumption of water on site by
5% by September 2011
To prevent unnecessary wastage of electricity
on site
To reduce consumption of electricity on site
by 10% by September 2011
To prevent unnecessary wastage of paper use
on site
To reduce consumption of paper on site by
10% by September 2011
To prevent nuisance pollution arising from
transport
Implement a company transport
management policy by September 2010
To ensure pollution risks from the use, storage
and disposal of hazardous materials are
minimized
To have zero non-conformances relating to
“housekeeping” or inappropriate storage of
hazardous substances/wastes in 2010-11
Typical Environmental Targets
HOW
27. WHAT WHOHOWWHY
Objective Target ACTIONS
To prevent unnecessary
wastage of water on site
To reduce consumption of water on
site by 5% by September 2011
UNDERTAKE A WATER AUDIT FOR
WHOLE SITE
To prevent unnecessary
wastage of electricity on
site
To reduce consumption of
electricity on site by 10% by
September 2011
MAKE SURE ALL MACHINES WHERE
POSSIBLE ARE TURNED OFF WHEN
NOT IN USE
To prevent unnecessary
wastage of paper use on
site
To reduce consumption of paper on
site by 5% by Jan 2012
IN OFFICE USE DUPLEX PRINTERS
To prevent nuisance
pollution arising from
transport
Implement a company transport
management policy by June 2011
INTEGRATE TRANSPORT POLICIES OF
TRANSPORT CONTRACTORS
To ensure pollution risks
from the use, storage and
disposal of hazardous
materials are minimised
To have zero non-conformances
relating to “housekeeping” or
inappropriate storage of hazardous
substances/wastes in 2010-11
KEEP WORK AREAS TIDY
Typical Environmental Action Plan
HOW
29. WHAT WHOHOWWHY
Policy
CRC’s Environmental Policy was updated to conform to ISO 14001:
Additional requirements….
•be available to the public
•be appropriate
•commit to preventing pollution and to continuous improvement
•commit to compliance with relevant legal and other requirements
•provide a framework for setting objectives and targets
•be documented, implemented, maintained and communicated to all employees
HOW
31. WHAT WHOHOWWHY
Who …
Senior Management buy-in
- Essential and mandatory in ISO14001
All Staff
- Important to demonstrate to third-party external auditors
To be driven by Abricon’s training programme using college’s
excellent VLE
Impact on busy staff?
- Conflict between “ownership” and workload
- Have an Environmental Action Group
- Audit done via Health & Safety Manager
- Professional review and advice via consultants
WHO
32. WHAT WHOHOWWHY
Summary
1. Why… bother with Environmental Mgmt?
2. What … is IS014001, anyway?
3. How … to get / work an EMS?
4. Who … will be involved?
ANY QUESTIONS?
