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Environmental Management System

An environmental management system (EMS) brings together an organization's policies, procedures, and resources to develop, implement, and review its environmental policy. Key aspects of an effective EMS include establishing structure and roles, planning for improvement, gaining management commitment, reviewing performance, and taking a systems-based approach. An EMS helps ensure compliance while reducing impacts through employee involvement, optimized operations, and integration into the organization's overall management.

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Environmental Management System

An environmental management system (EMS) brings together an organization's policies, procedures, and resources to develop, implement, and review its environmental policy. Key aspects of an effective EMS include establishing structure and roles, planning for improvement, gaining management commitment, reviewing performance, and taking a systems-based approach. An EMS helps ensure compliance while reducing impacts through employee involvement, optimized operations, and integration into the organization's overall management.

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Introduction to Environmental Management

Systems

At the end of this topic, the


students can:
a) explain the concept of EMS;
b) discuss EIA/EIS/EMP process.
What is an Environmental Management System?

• “The part of the overall management


system that includes organizational
structure, planning activities,
responsibilities, practices, procedures,
processes and resources for developing,
implementing achieving and reviewing
the environmental policy.” ISO14001

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What is an Environmental Management System?

An environmental management system


brings together the people, policies,
plans, review mechanisms, and
procedures used to manage
environmental issues at a facility or in
an organization.

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Things About EMS You May Not Know

• You already have one


• May not meet requirements of ISO 14001
• After this class, you may be able to
identify ways to improve your EMS

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An EMS is Environmental

• Facilitates environmental compliance


• Addresses environmental impacts
• Broadens environmental responsibilities
to all whose work can have a significant
impact on the environment
• Environmental office has technical
expertise to contribute

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An EMS is Management

• Must have commitment of top managers


• EMS owned by facility manager
• Must be consistent with other
management systems

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An EMS is a System

• Requires awareness of formal structure


• Addresses policies, procedures, programs
• Doesn’t specifically address compliance
components (drums, labels, etc.)

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Continual Improvement Cycle
Etc.
Plan
Implement

Implement
Plan

Review Implement Check

Check

Review
Plan

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EMS Frameworks

• ISO 14001 Standard


• Code of Environmental Management
Principles
• Compliance-Focused EMS
• Eco-Management and Audit Scheme

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ISO 14001 Components
• Environmental Policy
• Planning
• Implementation and Operation
• Checking and Corrective Action
• Management Review

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Environmental Policy

• Issue a policy statement signed by


facility manager
• At a minimum, commit to
• Continual improvement
• Pollution prevention
• Environmental compliance
• Identifies EMS framework
• Publicly available

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Planning

• Identify aspects and impacts from


facility activities, products, and services
• Review legal requirements
• Set objectives and targets
• Establish formal EMS program

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Implementation and Operation
• Define roles and responsibilities
• Provide EMS training
• Establish internal and external
communication mechanisms
• Establish document control system
• Establish operational controls
• Integrate with or establish emergency
preparedness procedures

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Checking and Corrective Action
• Conduct periodic monitoring of
environmental performance
• Identify root causes of findings and
conduct corrective and preventive actions
• Maintain environmental records
• Conduct periodic EMS audit

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Management Review

• Conduct periodic senior management


review of EMS
• Revise policies as needed

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ISO 14001 Elements
Management
Review Environmental
Policy

Continuous Planning
Checking/ Improvement
Corrective Actions • Environmental Aspects
• Measurement and Monitoring • Compliance
• EMS Nonconformance and • Objectives and Targets
Corrective Actions
• Records • Environmental Mgmt.
• EMS Audits Programs
Implementation
• Roles and Responsibilities
• Training and Communication
• EMS Document Control
• Emergency Preparedness
and Response

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Other ISO 14001 Terms
Registration - An external audit of an EMS for
conformance with ISO 14001 by an entity
certified in the US by Registrar Accreditation
Board (RAB)
Registrar - Entity that conducts external audit of
EMS for registration
Conformance - Adherence to ISO 14001 standard
measured externally or internally
Self-Declaration - An assertion by an organization
that it is in conformance with the ISO 14001
standard based on an internal audit of its EMS

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Benefits of an EMS
• Helps maintain compliance
• Reduce operating costs
• Integrate environmental programs into mission
• Increase employee involvement
• Reduce environmental impacts

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What’s Missing?

• Structure
• Continual improvement
• Top level management commitment
• Management review or ownership
• Formal awareness of “system”
• Or is it something else?

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Summary

• An EMS is the combination of people, policies, procedures,


review, and plans to help address environmental issues
• Important EMS elements include continual improvement,
management commitment, formalization, and awareness of
system approach

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