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1. PURPOSE:

To establish, implement & maintain a procedure for identification of environmental aspects of activities, and
products covered under the scope of EHS Management system and to evaluate the environmental aspects
and further determine significant impacts on the environment.

2. SCOPE:
Applicable for the activities, process & products covered under the scope of EHS Management System.

3. RESPONSIBILITY:

EMR – Environmental Management Representative

SO – Safety Officer
ECM – EMS Committee Member

4. DEFINITION

a. Aspect: Element of an organization’s activities, process, and products that can interact with the
environment.

b. Impact: Any change to the environment, whether adverse or beneficial, wholly or partially
resulting from the organization’s activities, process and products.

5. PROCEDURE – DETAILS:

5.1 MR shall identify the ECM from all departments for effective implementation of EOHS Management
System. List of ECM shall be approved by the President / Managing Director

5.2 ECM conducts the overall process of identifying environmental aspects & impacts.

5.3 ECM conduct an Initial Environmental review considering the following:

• Identification of legal requirements

• Emission to air
• Discharge to water
• Waste management practices.
• Use of natural resources such as water, electricity, Furnace Oil and diesel are considered as a
business concern.
• Existing procedure dealing with contractual activities etc.

5.4 During the study, all the areas/departments under Shoko Elec premises are covered and due
consideration given to emergency situations.

5.5 ECM shall identify the environmental aspects & impacts associated with the activities, processes,
products of Shoko Elec including planned / new developments / new or modified activities, process,
and products.

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5.5.1 Identifying activities, processes, products and services:

1.) Activities: The first step is to categorize activities, processes, products of Shoko Elec. The
activities, processes & product of Shoko Elec premises are identified in each dept. There can be
more than one aspect for each activity and an aspect can have as its source more than one
activity.

2.) Products: The product is the outcome of the processes and or operations which may or may
not have an impact on the Environment. Thus the processes/operations directly related to the
manufacturing will be considered to identify the related environmental aspects & impacts.

5.5.2 Identifying Environmental Aspects & Impacts: The second step is to identify the aspects
associated with the identified activities, process & product. Aspects/ Impacts associated with
activities, process & product shall be identified considering impacts and output associated with
operations giving due consideration to normal, abnormal operating conditions, startup & shutdown
as well as foreseeable emergency situations. The aspects are identified in the following classes:
• Discharge to water
• Emissions to air (including noise)
• Spillage of all types of oils
• Waste management practices
• Noise from Crimping/Casting Machines
• Hazardous waste management.
• Energy consumption
• Material use/consumption
• Recycling and re-use
• The emergency situation during all activities etc.

DURATION PROBABILITY
SEVERITY DETECTION
SCORE SCALE (IMPACT AREA) (Health OF
(Quantum) (Period)
Impact) OCCURRENCE

1 The immediate person Negligible Momentary Immediate Accidental

2 Concern department Minor One day Daily Occasional

3 Factory / Unit Moderate One week Weekly Periodically

4 Neighborhood Major Month / Year Periodically Regular

Not
5 Beyond Neighborhood Excessive Life long Continuous
detectable

The total score for any aspects shall be the multiplication of individual score of scale, severity, duration,
detection, and probability of the same aspect. Significant aspects are those activities that will score above
average of the total score or any overriding criteria.

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Consumption of natural resources such as oil, water, energy has been considered as overriding criteria.
(Note: – Natural resource will be considered small when the volume is less than or equal to 20 %
approximately of total volume consumption. If Consumption of natural resources is small volume &
probability is accidental or occasional such aspects considered as nonsignificant.)
Also, legal concerns interested party concern & emergency situation have been considered as overriding
criteria.

Guidelines for considering overriding criteria are as follows:

a) Legal Concern: All legal concerns as identified in Legal Register (document no.)
b) Interested Party Concern: All other requirements
c) Natural Resources: Volume of activity is small, medium & large.
d) Emergency: As per situations defined in the emergency plan

Non-Significant aspects are those activities that will score below the average of the total score. Overriding
criteria for determining significant aspects shall be any one of the following criteria’s like legal concern,
interested party concern, emergency situation, and Natural resources used in large quantity. Operational
control (i.e. work instruction) shall be implemented for all significant aspects

1. Scale: – An Impact area in the neighborhood or beyond neighborhood is as per assumption,

2. Severity: – These are the Quantum of adverse impact on the environment by the activity,
processes of the organization.
3. Duration: – Time period for which the impact will be active on the human being, animal, flora,
fauna, etc.
4. Detection: – It’s the Time required for the aspect to be detected.
5. Probability: – It’s the chances of Occurrence of the aspect –
• Accidental = by accidentally.
• Occasional = Once per year.
• Periodically = Once per month.
• Regular = Once per week.
• Continues = At least Once per day or daily.

Assumptions:

1. The scale of impacts is in the neighborhood or beyond the neighborhood.

2. Health impacts may sustain for the year or lifelong.
3. The time period of detecting the aspects may be periodical or may not be detectable at all.
4. Probability of occurrences may be accidental.
5. Glass bowls may burst / brake.
6. Components may fall down on shop floor during handling.
7. Components / material may get rejected during inspection / production.
8. Oils may spill on the floor during handling.
9. Residual oils may spill or contaminate water/land during disposal of empty cans/bottles
10. Drinking waters may not be pure or safe for drinking.
11. The smoke of soldering or tin dipping may pollute workplace environment
12. Incoming vehicles may create air pollution.
13. The volume of aspect should be considered based on experience.

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5.6 Review of Significant Impact Study:

Any new aspects identified are rated for finding significant impact. In the significant impact study,
the rating allocated may be re-rated annually to know the effectiveness of Implementation of the
system. In case of any change in rating guideline the rating of all aspects is conducted for the
revised criteria in the guideline. The latest list of significant impacts is maintained in each
department. The change to documents is made as per document control procedure.

6. Document/ Record Ref:

6.1 List of ECM

6.2 List of General Waste and Hazardous Waste
6.3 Aspect & Impact Register
6.4 Master List of Significant Aspect
6.5 Legal Register

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