Themes to consider

Energy
Heat & lightning

Waste & Recycling

Reuse, recycle & compost

Travel
Bike schemes & Liftshare

Procurement
Worker’s rights, Fairtrade & sustainable suppliers

Wellbeing, Biodiversity & Community

Nature trail & bee hives

Embedding Communication &

Administration
Greening the curriculum & charity in the wider community
Your turn…
Identifying your own environmental aspects and impacts:

Brainstorm your activities

What environmental aspects are associated with these?
What are the environmental impacts of this?
Identify the significance of each impact:
• Intensity
• Likelihood
SIGNIFICANCE RATING
Severity is related to the level of the
exposition of the environment to the
impact, including air, water, soil, natural
resources, flora, fauna, humans

Frequency describes how often some

impacts could occur in the environment of
an organization.

Volume describes the quantity of aspect

Frequency (F) – rating of the environmental aspect based
on the frequency of occurrence

Occurrence Risk
Factor
Daily
10
Weekly
7
Monthly
5
Quarterly
3
Semi-annual
2
Annual
1
Severity of Impact (S) = environmental impact’s rating is
basedon the effect of a particular aspect to the environment.
Effect to the environment shall be categorized as pollution,
depletion of natural resources and beneficial to environment

Characteristics Risk Factor

Pollutant is gas
5
Pollutant is liquid release to water
3
Pollutant is liquid release to land, hazardous
solid release to land 2

Pollutant is a solid waste

1
Beneficial to environment
0
Volume / quantity – rating is based on the volume or
quantity of a particular aspect. For gas, irregardless of
volume the risk rating is maximum

Volume/Weight Risk Factor

Large quantities involved resulting in significant
loss/depletion of a natural resources. ( Above 50 5
liters for liquid & above 100kgs for solid per month. )

Medium quantities involved and where the

quantities and materials nature involved does not 3
continue a significant loss/depletion of a natural
resource. ( For liquid, 31-50 liters & 51-100 kgs for
solid per month )
Low quantities involve and the materials is not
considered to be of a sensitive nature in respect 1
to the depletion of the natural resources. ( Below
30 liters for liquid & below 50kgs for solid per month
)
Total Risk = [ Frequency ( F ) x
Severity ( S )
x Volume ( V ) ]

SIGNIFICANT

NO YES

TOTAL RISK 60 Below 60 Above

 Applicable Legal Requirements

RA 8749 - Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999

RA 6969 - Toxic Substances & Nuclear Wastes

Control Act of 1990

RA 9003 - Ecological Solid Waste Management Act

of 2000

RA 9275 - Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004

COMMON EXAMPLES OF
ASPECT & IMPACT IN OUR PRODUCTION

ASPECTS IMPACT

Papers,rags,finger cots,mold runner Soil (Land ) pollutant

Sawdust, acetone, cleaning agent Air pollutant
DI water used in solder dip Water pollutant
UV, Radiation, Chemicals Health hazard
Noise from Generator set Noise pollutant
Use of water & electricity Energy Consumption
Fire extinguisher, CFC, refrigerants Ozone depleting
substance
Protecting the environment is
Everyone’s Job , and so is …
Maintaining the EMS !!!