Week 10 Flashcards
EMSs
Environmental Management Systems
What is an EMS?
Systematic and methodical approach.
Addresses short and long-term impact of an organization’s products, services and processes on the environment.
A tool for continuously improving environmental performance
Based on Plan-Do-Check-Act Model
EMS Standards/Models
ISO 14001
EMAS (Eco-Management and Audit Scheme )
British Standard BS7750
TQM
Total Quality Management.
Plan, Implement (Do), Check, Review (Act), Plan…A continual cycle for quality improvement .
Why most companies chose ISO14001
as the standard for their EMSs?
A widely accepted international standard for EMS.
Applicable to all organisations and industries!
Consistent with the key elements found in most EMS standards/models.
Can be applied by combining it with another EMS model developed for a specific industry, e.g.,
Responsible Care of the chemical industry.
Elements of an ISO 14001 EMS:
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
Develop a statement of your organization’s commitment to the environment. Use this policy as a framework for planning and action
Elements of an ISO 14001 EMS:
PLANNING
Environmental aspects — Identify environmental attributes of your products, activities and services. Determine those that could have significant impacts on the environment.
Legal and other requirements — Identify and ensure access to relevant laws and regulations (and other requirements to which your organization adheres).
Objectives and targets — Establish environmental goals for your organization, in line with your policy, environmental impacts, views of interested parties and other factors.
Environmental management program — Plan actions to achieve objectives and targets.
Atom Economy
is a measure of the intrinsic efficiency of a synthetic transformation.
Elements of an ISO 14001 EMS:
IMPLEMENTATION
Structure and responsibility — Establish roles and responsibilities and provide resources.
Training, awareness and competence — Ensure that your employees are trained and capable of carrying out their
environmental responsibilities.
Communication — Establish processes for internal and external communications on environmental management issues.
EMS documentation — Maintain information on your EMS and related documents.
Document control — Ensure effective management of procedures and other system documents.
Operational control — Identify, plan and manage your operations and activities in line with your policy, objectives and targets.
Elements of an ISO 14001 EMS:
CHECKING/CORRECTION ACTION
Emergency preparedness and response — Identify potential emergencies and develop procedures for preventing and responding to them.
Monitoring and measurement — Monitor key activities and track performance.
Non-conformance and corrective and preventive action — Identify and correct problems and prevent recurrences.
Records — Keep adequate records of EMS performance.
EMS audit — Periodically verify that your EMS is operating as intended.
Elements of an ISO14001 EMS
MANAGEMENT REVIEW
Periodically review your EMS with an eye to continual improvement.
Specific EMS models developed for the
chemical industry?
RC-14001 EMS Model
Policy Requirements of ISO14001 EMS
Environmental Policy is a set of principles and goals which communicates to staff, customers and the community your company’s commitments to maintaining
and improving environmental performance.
The commitments should include:
prevention of pollution
management of environmental risk
compliance with environmental legal obligations
minimising wastage of resources
continual improvement.
Six Codes of Responsible Care®
- Community Right to Know
- Manufacturing Process Safety
- Environment Protection
- Storage and Transport Safety
- Employee Health and Safety
- Product Stewardship
