Environmental Management

System
What is EMS?
 EMS is a part of a comprehensive
management system that addresses
how the overall business activities,
including its products and services,
impact the environment.
 EMS maximizes company participation
in environmental performance now and
in the future.
 ISO 14000 Series Standards

 Organizational Evaluation Standard

Organizational Evaluation Standards

EMS Environmental Environmental

Auditing Performance
14001 Specification 14010 General Principles Evaluation
14004 General Guidelines
14011 Audit Procedures 14031 Guidelines
14012 Auditor Criteria
 ISO 14000 Series Standards

 Product Evaluation Standards

Product Evaluation
Standards
Environmental Aspects Environmental Life Cycle Assessment
in Product Standards Labeling
14020 Basic Principles 14040 Principles and
Framework
Guide 64 EAPS Guide 14021 Self Declaration 14041 Goals and Definitions
14022 Symbols 14042 Impact Assessment
14024 Testing and Verification 14043 Improvement
14024 Third Party Assessment
Concepts of ISO 14001
 This standard provides organizations
with the elements for an environmental
management system, which can be
integrated into other management
systems to help achieve environmental
and economic goals
 Environmental Management
System Model
Environmental
Policy

Planning

Management Continual Implementation

Review Improvement and Operation

Checking and
Corrective Action
 Definitions
 Environment – is defined as the global surroundings in
which an organization operates and includes air, water,
land, natural resources, flora, fauna, humans, and their
interaction.
 Environmental aspect- is defined as an element of an
organization’s activities, products, or services that can
interact with the environment.
 Environmental impact- is defined as any change,
whether adverse or beneficial, wholly or partially
resulting from an organization’s activities, product or
services.
 Definitions Cont…
 Environmental objective- is an overall
environmental goal, arising from the policy
statement, that an organization sets for itself
and which is quantified when practical.
 Environmental Target- is detailed performance
requirement
Requirements of ISO 14001
 See ISO web site

http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/oth
erpubs/iso14000/index.html
 Questions
 What is your business activities that
effect the environment?
 How can your business do a better job
of protecting the environment?
Benefits of EMS
 Global

 Facilitate trade and remove barriers

 Improve environmental performance
 Build consensus that there is a need for
environmental management and a common
terminology for EMS
Benefits of EMS
 Organizational

 Assuring customers of a commitment to environmental

management
 Meeting customer requirements (primary reason)
 Maintaining a good public image
 Satisfying investor criteria
 Obtaining insurance at reasonable costs
 Increasing market share – competitive advantage
Benefits of EMS
 Organizational

 Reducing incidents that results in liability

 Improving defense posture in litigation
 Conserving input materials and energy
 Facilitating the attainment of permits
 Improving industry/government relations
 Cost effective
 Focus on prevention
 Benefits of EMS

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