ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

AND TECHNOLOGY

WEEK 6
ENVIRONMENT AND BUSINESS
(PART II)

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 LEARNING OBJECTIVES

 Describe the scope for environmental management

system.
 Describe the clauses in environmental management
system.

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 Terms and clauses

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 LEARNING OUTCOMES

 Student is able to describe the scope for environmental

management system.
 Student is able to describe the clauses present in EMS.

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 STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

 Scope
 Implement, maintain and improve environmental policy,
objectives and targets
 Demonstrate conformance with the policy, objectives and targets
 Seek certification of its environmental management system
using an external organization
 Make self determination and self declaration of conformance
with the standard

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 STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

 Definitions
 Continual improvement
 Environmental aspect
 Environmental impact
 Environmental management system
 Environmental management system audit
 Environmental performance
 Environmental policy

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 CLAUSES FOR STRATEGIC EMS

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 Clause 4.1 General Requirements

 This states that the organization is to establish and

maintain an EMS.

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 Clause 4.2 Environmental Policy

 Defined by top management

 Appropriate to environmental impacts
 Committed to improvements
 Commit resources
 Compliance to law
 Provide framework for setting and reviewing objectives and targets
 Documented, implemented, maintained and communicated
 Publicly available

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 Clause 4.3 Planning

 Clause 4.3.1 Environmental aspects

 Identify which of its activities, products or services have or can
have significant environmental impact

 Clause 4.3.2 Legal and other requirements

 Establish and maintain procedure so that legal requirements can
be identified and accessed
 Identify any applicable regulations, codes of practice and other
corporate requirements

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 Clause 4.3 Planning

 Clause 4.3.3 Objectives and targets

 Must be SMART (Simple, Measurable, Achievable, Reasonable,
Tractable)

 Clause 4.3.4 Environmental Management Program

 Designate responsibility for achieving objectives and targets and
the means by which they are to be achieved.

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 Clause 4.4 Implementation and operation

 Clause 4.4.1 Structure and responsibility

 Human and specialized skills
 Technological aspects
 Financial aspects

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 Clause 4.4 Implementation and operation

 Clause 4.4.2 Training, awareness and competence

 Identify training requirements.
 Training needs shall be appropriate to relevant personnel.
 All staffs shall know the significant environmental impacts of his
or her works
 All staffs shall know and understand the environmental benefits
of improved personal performance

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 Clause 4.4 Implementation and operation

 Clause 4.4.3 Communication

 Establish and maintain procedures for
 Internal communication
 Receiving, documenting and responding to relevant
communication from external interested parties
 External communication on significant environmental aspects

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 Clause 4.4 Implementation and operation

 Clause 4.4.4 EMS documentation

 Establish and maintain information to
 Describe core elements of the management system and their
interaction
 Provide direction to related documentation

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 Clause 4.4 Implementation and operation

 Clause 4.4.5 Documentation control

 Can be located
 Kept up to date and approved for adequacy by
authorized personnel
 Obsolete documents are prevented from being used
unintentionally

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 Clause 4.4 Implementation and operation

 Clause 4.4.6 Operational control

 Control of operations and activities associated with
identified significant environmental aspects.
 Stipulating operating criteria
 Communicating relevant procedures and
requirements to suppliers and contractors

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 Clause 4.4 Implementation and operation

 Clause 4.4.7 Emergency Preparedness and Response

 Procedures to identify and respond to accidents and
emergency situations
 Prevent and mitigate environmental impacts related to
accidents and emergency situations
 Periodically test such procedures where practicable

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 Clause 4.5 Checking and corrective action

 Clause 4.5.1 Monitoring and measurement

 Establish and maintain documented procedures for this process
 Record information for track performance, relevant operational
controls and conformance with organization’s objectives and
targets
 Calibrate and maintain monitoring equipment
 Evaluate compliance with relevant environmental legislation and
regulations

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 Clause 4.5 Checking and corrective action

 Clause 4.5.2 Corrective and preventive action

 Establish and maintain for defining responsibility and authority
for
 Investigating non-conformance with EMS requirements
 Taking action to mitigate impacts caused by non-
conformance
 Initiating and completing corrective and preventive action

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 Clause 4.5 Checking and corrective action

 Clause 4.5.3 Records

 Physical evidence that organization has implemented EMS and
the EMS is effective and demonstrate conformity
 Establish and maintain procedures to identify, maintain and
dispose of records
 Must be legible, easy to identify and trace to the activity

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 Clause 4.5 Checking and corrective action

 Clause 4.5.4 EMS audit

 Establish and maintain program and procedures for
periodic EMS audits to be carried out.
 Determine whether or not EMS conforms to planned
arrangements, properly implemented and maintained
 Provide information to management on results of
audits

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 Clause 4.6 Management review

 Organization’s top management must review EMS to ensure its

continuing suitability, adequacy and effectiveness, and the evaluation has
to be based on information collected in the management review process.

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 KEY TERMS

 EMS – Environmental Management System

 Audit – An official examination and verification of accounts and
records
 Correction – A change that rectifies an error or non-conformance.
 Prevention – The action of stopping something from happening or
arising
 Mitigation – The action of reducing the severity, seriousness, or
painfulness of something

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 REFERENCES

 Sheldon, C. ed. (2007). ISO14001 and Beyond:

Environmental Management Systems in the Real World.
London, Greenleaf Pub.
 Gilbert, M. and Gould, R. (1998). Achieving
Environmental Standards, 2nd ed. Pitman Pub.

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