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Lecture 2:
Environmental Policy:
sets out its overall aims and intentions with respect to the environment.
تنفيذ. السياسة البيئية هي وثيقة تعرض بوضوح االهداف العامة والمعاني التي تحددها الشركة بالنسبة للبيئة
السياسة البيئية هي الخطوة االولى التي تقوم بها الشركة للمباشرة بنظام االدارة البيئية وتشير السياسة البيئية
.الى االلتزام باالدارة البيئية واالستعداد لتحقيق المزيد من فعاليات االدارة البيئية
environmental management.
Setting out your aims and intentions with respect to the environment is an
Having done this, your company can then take the measures necessary to achieve
environmental management - your company can gain the benefits that such
management brings.
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your external stakeholders such as your customers and the local community.
environmental management.
environmental affairs in a planned and systematic way and thus identify those
ways of improving its environmental performance that most benefit its business
performance.
The Business Council for Sustainable Developments had made a request for the
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national standards institutes from countries large and small, industrialized and
standards which add value to all types of business operations. They contribute to
more efficient, safer and cleaner. They make trade between countries easier and
fairer. ISO standards also serve to safeguard consumers and users in general of
Technical Committee (TC) 207 were formed in June 1993 to standardize the
The first ISO 14000 series standards was published in September 1996 which
include
1. Environmental Management Systems (EMS ISO 14001)
2. Environmental Auditing (EA ISO 14010)
3. Environmental Labelling (EL ISO 14020)
4. Environmental Performance Evaluation (EPE ISO 14031)
5. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA ISO 14040)
Although each standards in the ISO 14000 series has its own application , all the
standards in ISO 14000 series can be classified in two main categories based on
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EL are the ultimate application of the ISO 14000 series for the corporation .
EA,LCA and EPE standards are situated in between. This indicates that they serve
of EMS, as is EPE .
LCA is used to identify key environmental aspects of product or service such that
the LCA results can be both used for the identification of key issues and for the
EA
EMS LCA EL
EPE
14001):
Many of their elements are similar in concepts, however the ISO 14000
The Plan, DO, Check and Act (PDCA) concepts form the basis of ISO 14000.
The PDCA cycle can be put as a procedure which requires organizations to ask
3- What is the gap between where you are and where you want to go?
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to the environment. Use this policy as a framework for planning and action.
Principle 2: Planning:
activities and services. Determine those that could have significant impact on
the environment.
Legal and other requirements : Identify and ensure access to relevant laws and
interested parties.
Principle 3: Implementation :
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Training, awareness and competence : Ensure that employees are trained and
Document control : The firm must establish procedures for controlling all the
documents required by ISO 14001 to ensure, for instance, that they can be located
and that they are periodically reviewed, revised as necessary and approved by
authorized personnel.
Operational control : Identify, plan and manage your operations and services in
line with your policy, priority environmental issues, and objectives and targets.
covered by the objectives and targets in order to see if the objectives and targets
have been met. The firm must also establish and maintain a documented procedure
and regulations.
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EMS audit : Periodically verify, internally and/or through a third-party, that your
improvement.