ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

PROCEDURE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL

ASPECTS AND IMPACTS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. APPROVAL .......................................................................................................... 3
2. PURPOSE.............................................................................................................. 4
3. SCOPE ................................................................................................................. 4
4. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS .................................................................................... 4
5. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ............................................................................ 4
6. PROCEDURES ...................................................................................................... 6
6.1. Environmental Aspects and Impacts Management Process Overview........... 6
6.1.1. Environmental Aspects and Impacts Process Activity Map.......................... 6
6.2. Identification of Aspects ...................................................................................... 6
6.3. Assessment of Impacts ......................................................................................... 7
6.4. Impact Ratings ...................................................................................................... 7
6.5. Impact Treatment Options ................................................................................... 9
6.6. Reviews .................................................................................................................. 9
6.7. Reporting ............................................................................................................... 9
6.8. Monitoring............................................................................................................ 10
6.9. Training ................................................................................................................. 10
6.10. Communication .................................................................................................. 10
6.11. Aspects and Impacts Process Map ................................................................... 11
7. RELATED PROCEDURES, FORMS AND DOCUMENTS ........................................ 11
8. REVIEW CRITERIA .............................................................................................. 12
9. RECORD MANAGEMENT .................................................................................. 12
10. REFERENCES ...................................................................................................... 12

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1. APPROVAL
Document Control
Document: E-MP-6 – Environmental Aspects and Impacts
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Prepared By: Insert Person Position: Insert Position
Reviewed By: Insert Person Position: Insert Position
Approved By: Insert Person Position: Insert Position
This procedure is reviewed to ensure its continuing relevance to the systems and processes that
it describes. A record of contextual additions or omissions is given below.
Amendment Record
Summary of
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To determine the environmental
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organization.

The latest revision of this procedure is on the Insert Your Company intranet site.
It is the responsibility of the individual to ensure that any hardcopy is the current revision.
A printed version of this procedure is uncontrolled, except when provided with a document
title and revision number in the field below and marked as ‘Controlled Copy’.
Document Title: Environmental Aspects and Impacts Rev: 1.0
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2. PURPOSE
The purpose of this procedure is to outline the methodology for identifying
environmental aspects relating to Insert Your Company operations and for the
determination of related impacts that may have actual or potential impacts on the
environment.

3. SCOPE
This procedure applies to the process that Insert Your Company undertakes to ensure
(so far as is reasonably practicable) that environmental aspects and their associated
impacts are identified, assessed and controls are implemented to eliminate or
mitigate the risks.

4. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

Term Definition
An element of operations and activities that interact with the
Aspect
environment.
The degree to which an aspect may affect operations and
Impact
the environment.
Opportunity The positive effect of uncertainty.
Outputs The result of a process.
Process A set of interrelated or interacting activities which use inputs
to deliver outputs.
Risk The likelihood of a negative effect.
Risk Assessment The overall process of risk identification, risk analysis and risk
evaluation.
Risk Based Thinking Planning your objectives and actions with consideration to
the known risks and their potential effects. The ideal situation
is to minimize the likelihood or impact of unwanted
outcomes.

Risk Mitigation A plan developed with the intent of addressing all known or
possible risks and preventing their occurrence.
Uncertainty A deficiency of information related to understanding or
knowledge of an event, its consequence, or likelihood. (Not
to be confused with measurement uncertainty.)

5. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Managers are responsible for:

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• Identifying aspects and mitigating impacts with the goal of achieving a

sustained benefit.
• Engaging with process owners to ensure that the current and forecast impacts
are suitably aligned with existing controls and the effectiveness of treatment
methods.
• Continually challenging the relevance of aspects and impacts and the
adequacy of control measures.
• Reviewing and formally issuing approval of the environmental aspect and
impact register.
Process owners are responsible for:
• Identifying associated environmental impacts with products, services and
activities.
• Considering the life cycle perspective with respect to:
o Environmental impacts within the supply chain.
o Environmental impacts associated with product use and services.
o Environmental impacts at end-of-life treatments and/or disposal.
o The life cycle perspective of procured goods and services.
o Maintaining documented information regarding environmental aspects and
significant impacts.
o Prioritizing issues that could affect intended outcomes.
o Enhancement of environmental performance.
o Fulfilment of compliance obligations
o Achievement of environmental objectives.
o Any additional issues that Insert Your Company set.

Supervisors are responsible for:

• Escalating through established lines of management, the accountability of all
aspects and impacts that may require mitigation. This may take place during
formal reviews, or through other simple mechanisms at management meetings.
• Issuing reports in accordance with environmental requirements.
• Providing key information, such as statistical data on active impacts, unassessed
aspects, overdue actions and other information as appropriate.
Workers are responsible for:
• Reporting new and existing environmental aspects and their impacts when
identified.
• Assisting with the development of impact control measures.
• Complying with implemented control measures.

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