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Midterm Flashcards

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To achieve its environmental objective an organization should focus and align people, system, strength, resources, structure.

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True

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What are the key elements of ISO 14001?

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Commitment, Plan, Implement, Check, Review

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Training programs should consist of:

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Identify employee need, develop a training plan, train the targeted employee group.

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What does SEA stand for?

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Significant Environmental Aspect

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Give an example of what you might monitor/measure from the Checking phase..

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Atmospheric Emissions. 
Waste Water. 
Resources Consumption. 
Hazardous Waste. 
Land Use.
Etc.
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What is the mission of ISO?

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Promote development of standardization, facilitate international exchange of
goods and services, develop cooperation in intellectual, scientific, technological and
economic activity.

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True or False, evaluation of compliance ensures that conformities are corrected?

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False, it ensures nonconformities are corrected.

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Who Develops ISO?

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Technical Committees

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What process is used to develop ISO?

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Collective Decisions and Consensus

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What does PDCA stand for in relation to ISO?

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Plan, Do, Check, Act

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What are the 6 Elements of an ISO 14001 Environmental Management
System?

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  1. Environmental Policy
  2. Planning
  3. Implementation and Organization
  4. Checking and Corrective Action
  5. Management Review and Improvement
  6. Continual Improvement
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Who defines the Environmental Policy?

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Top Management

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In what section can you find aspects, impacts, objectives, targets and
programs?

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Planning

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True or False, ISO 14001 is Mandatory?

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False

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What are the key elements of an EMS?

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Environmental policy, 
Planning, 
Implementation and operation, 
Checking and corrective action, 
Management review, 
continual improvement
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What is an Environmental Aspect?

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Element of an organizations activities that may cause and adverse impact in the environment.

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Define Life Cycle Assessment.

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The process of evaluating the impact that a process or product has on the environment over the entire period of its life cycle. Cradle to Grave

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True or False, targets require a time bound.

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True

18
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What is the number of the ISO standard for environmental management systems?

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14001

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List 5 economic benefits from implementing an environmental management system.

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  1. Improves cost control and lowers insurance
  2. Enhances investor confidence and improves investments
  3. Improves market access locally and globally
  4. Assists vendor requirements
  5. Improves overall organization’s image
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What is an environmental aspect? give 2 examples

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Element of an organizations activities that may cause and adverse impact in the environment.

  1. Atmospheric Emissions
  2. Waste Water Effluent
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What is an environmental impact? give 2 examples

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Any change to the environment, whether adverse or beneficial, wholly or partially resulting from an organization’s activities, products or services.

  1. Constructing a dam and blocking water ways, changing the flow of water through a valley.
  2. releasing CO2 into the atmosphere from cement production.
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What is an Environmental Policy?

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A statement to meet or exceed environmental regulations and legislation, and other requirements to which the organization subscribes.

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Explain Management Review..

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Management shall review evaluate the EMS comprehensively at a defined interval

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Input to management reviews include..

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  • Internal audit results
  • Evaluations of compliance with legal and other requirements
  • Communication from external interested parties including complaints
  • Environmental performance
  • Ensuring objectives and targets are met
  • Status of corrective and preventative action
  • Follow-up actions
  • Changing circumstances, legal and other requirements
  • Recommendations
  • EMS suitability and concerns
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Output from management reviews include..

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  • Changes in the environmental policy
  • Changes in objectives, targets, and EMS elements
  • Changes to improve EMS suitability and concerns
  • Commitment to continual improvements
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What is the point of an internal audit?

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  • To see if following the regulations
  • To check previous audits
  • To confirm if you’re doing what you say you are
27
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What does EMAS stand for?

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Environmental Management Audit Scheme

28
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Where is EMAS used?

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Europe

29
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Is EMAS mandatory?

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Yes.

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