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Project BEBB. Better Environment - Better Business. Environmental management system. ISO 14001:2004 Environmental audit . Environmental management system. Interaction between population, consumption and environmental impacts. x. Global population. Consumption. =.
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Project BEBB Better Environment - Better Business
Environmental management system ISO 14001:2004 Environmental audit
Interaction between population, consumption and environmental impacts x Global population Consumption = Global Environmental Impact Environmental Technologies
Environmental protection in the past 20 years • Lack of integrated environmental strategy • Focus on manufacturing and industrial sector • Economic and Environmental objectives in conflict • Legal control more than voluntary compliance • Not satisfy level of innovative technologies introducing
What do we need in the 21st century? • Think (Green) more efficiency system • Involvement of all staff • Design for productivity (sustainable models) • Consider efficiency of energy and raw materials • Monitoring of growth (i.e. business expansion) • Government incentives/flexibilities (to encourage) • Prevention and minimization of the negative impacts • Support from management level • Voluntary self compliance
Environmental Management can be done through: Waste minimization Waste reduction Waste recycling Utilization and final treatment
Prevention Minimization Recycling Utilization Dump
What is ISO? • ISO - International Organization for Standardization • Non - Governmental organization • Began its official functions on 23thof February, 1947 • Today there are 163 members (countries) and 3.368 technical bodies to take care of standard development • A standard is a document that provides requirements, specifications, guidelines or characteristics that can be used consistently to ensure that materials, products, processes and services are fit for their purpose.
Mission • Promotion of the development of standardization and related activities in the world with a view to: • Facilitate the international exchange of goods and services • Develop cooperation in the spheres of intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity • In each sector that ISO addresses, business, government, consumers and other stakeholders recognize and rely on ISO as the leading platform for the development and dissemination of globally relevant solutions.
EMS Essential • EMS when integrated with other management systems (i.e. QMS), can help achieve environmental and economic goals • Enables the organization to develop and implement a policy and objectives which take into account legal requirements and information about significant environmental aspects. • Provides the framework for continual improvement on environmental objectives and targets.
What interesting for me? • Improved company credibility • Competitive advantage in the market place • Reduced trade barrier • Satisfy stakeholders interest
What interesting for me? • Reduced raw material usage • Reduced energy consumption • Reduced waste disposal cost • Recoverable resources • Reduced penalties and insurance premium • Continuity of operation and increased efficiency • Fewer accidents
ISO 14000 • Specifies requirements for an environmental management system to enable an organization to develop and implement a policy and objectives, and information about significant environmental aspects. • Prior to the development of the ISO 14000 series, organizations voluntarily constructed their own EMS systems, but this made comparisons of environmental effects between companies difficult and therefore the universal ISO 14000 series was developed. • An EMS is defined by ISO as: part of the overall management system, that includes organizational structure, planning activities, responsibilities, practices, procedures, processes and resources for developing, implementing, achieving and maintaining the environmental policy.
ISO 14004 Provides organizations requiring more general guidance on a broad range of EMS issues. ISO 19011 Provides guidelines on auditing quality and environmental management systems.
The purpose of ISO 14000 standards • Reduced pollution and negative effects • Improved utilization of resources • Does not replace legislative and regulatory requirements • Does not specify environmental performance criteria • Encourage of implementation of new eco safety technologies and management of the products • Good reputation for the business and etc.
EMS Model Continual Improvement
Environmental Policy Mgt Review Organization & Personnel EMS Implementation Cycle EMS Audits Regulations, aspects & impacts Records Objectives & Targets Management Programs Operational Control Management Procedures
What does an EMS do? • Establishes the EMS Policy, Objectives and Targets • Prevents problems rather than fixing them later • Provides evidence of compliance • Makes effort for continual improvement
EMS Needs • Means / methods • Resources • Training • Time frame • Documentation / reporting • Communication • Operational control
Scope Applicable to any organization that wishes to: • establish an EMS • assure itself of conformity with its stated environmental policy • demonstrate conformity by: - making a self-determination and self-declaration - seeking confirmation of its conformance - seeking confirmation of its self-declaration by external party - seeking certification/registration
Normative reference No normative references are cited. This clause is included in order to retain clause numbering identical with the previous edition (ISO 14001:1996) ISO 14001:2004 is developed from Technical committee ISO/TC 207, Environmental management, Subcommittee SC 3, Environmental labeling
General Requirements • Establish, document, implement, maintain and continually improve an environmental management system • Objectively auditing (must be just objectively requirements) • Define and document the scope
Appropriate to the nature, scale and environmental impacts of activities, products and services. Environmental Policy • Include a commitment to continual improvement and prevention of pollution. • Include a commitment to comply with applicable requirements and with other requirements to which the organization subscribes which relate to its environmental aspects • Provide the framework for setting and reviewing environmental objectives and targets. • Is documented, implemented, maintained • Is communicated to all persons working for or on behalf of the organization • Is available to the public
Environmental Policy It is the company (organization) to conduct all business activities in the manufacturing of some product in a responsible manner for the protection and preservation of the environment. The company is committed to comply with all applicable environmental legal and other requirements. Reviewing its products, activities, environmental objectives and targets for the conservation of resources, prevention of pollution for continual improvement.
Environmental Policy • Should reflect top management’s commitment to comply requirements, prevention of pollution and continual improvement • Area of application should be identified • Forms the basis for setting the objectives and targets • Easy to understand by interested parties
Planning • Environmental Aspects • Definitions: • Environmental Aspects: an element of an organization’s activities or products or services that can interact with the environment. • Environmental Impact: any change to the environment, whether adverse or beneficial, wholly or partially resulting from an organization’s activities, products or services.
Planning Environmental Aspects Establish, implement and maintain procedure(s) to: • identify environmental aspects of its activities, products and services within defined scope of the EMS • determine those aspects that have or can have significant impact(s) on the environment
Global warming • Stratospheric Ozone depletion • Acid rain • Water quality • Air quality • Noise / vibration • Visual impact • Waste management • Contaminated land • Major spills and incidents • Release of genetically manipulated organisms Environmental problems
Issues for the industry • Air pollution • Water pollution • Water usage and other resource usage • Hazardous substances • Biological hazards • Radiation • Waste • Noise • Community concerns • Wildlife and habitats • Accidents and emergencies • Interface with other heath and safety issues
Aspects - normal, abnormal, emergency • Air Emissions • Liquid releases • Waste management • Water management • Land contamination • Use of materials and resources • Noise, odor, dust, vibration, visual impact • Eco systems aspects • Transport / contractors • Other
Identification of aspects - Tools • Product review (Life cycle analysis) • Site assessment • Product/process data review • Communications review • Compliance audit • Walk through audit • Past performance review • Referred to as Initial review or Preparatory Environmental Review (PER)
What should be considered inidentifying the environmental aspects? • Emissions to Air • Releases to Water • Releases to Land • Use of raw materials and natural resources • Use of Energy • Energy emitted, e.g. heat, radiation, vibration • Waste and by-products
What exactly is an Initial Environmental Review? • It provides a snapshot of a company’s performance at a particular point in time. • It highlights a company’s environmental impacts allowing action to be taken where it is most required. • The purpose is to find and evaluate as many areas as possible in which the company can improve its environmental performance.
Approach and methods: • Process maps - outlines the process requirements (i.e. resources) and the outputs including wastes, emissions and by-products that serve as a baseline for identifying environmental aspects.
Criteria for Assessment of Significance • Legislative / regulatory obligation • Risk to the Environment • Occurrence of incidents • Actual and potential nuisance/harm • International and/or resource usage / resource management issues • Lack of information or data to make satisfactory appraisal
Criteria for significance evaluation Evaluation criteria Severity (S) Occurrence (O) Detection (D) Significance evaluation rating system: ERPN = S x O x D ERPN - Environmental Risk Priority Number used to rank order environmental aspects
Definition • Severity • Is an assessment of the seriousness of the effect (environmental impact) to the cause (environmental aspect) to the environment. • Occurrence • How frequently the specific environmental aspect is projected to occur (the occurrence number has a meaning rather than a value) • Detection • Is an assessment of the probability that the existing operational control(s) or monitoring and measurement(s) will detect environmental aspect performance weakness, deterioration or degradation.
Legal and other requirements Establish, implement and maintain a procedure to: • Identify and have access to the applicable legal requirements and other requirements to which the organization subscribes • Determine how these requirements apply to its environmental aspects
Objectives, targets and program(s) • Definitions • Environmental objectives • Overall environmental goal, consistent with the environmental policy that an organization sets itself to achieve. • Environmental target • Detailed performance requirement, applicable to the organization or parts thereof, that arises from the environmental objectives and that needs to be set and met in order to achieve those objectives.
Establish, implement and maintain documented environmental objectives and targets at relevant function and level within the organization. • In setting objectives, consider: • Legal and other requirements • Significant environmental aspects • Technological options • Financial, operational and business requirements • Views of interested parties • Consistent with the policy including commitment to the prevention of pollution. • Commitments to continual improvement Objectives, targets and program(s)
Objectives, targets and program(s) • Establish, implement and maintain a program(s) for achieving its objectives and targets. • Program(s) should include • Designation of responsibility for achieving and targets at relevant functions and levels of the organization • Means and time-frame by which they are to be achieved.
Objectives, targets and program(s) ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND IMPACTS Objectives/targets- Quantified – what and when Programs Who, what, when, how, Resources, knowledge ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY LEGAL AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS INTERESTED PARTIES COMMITMENTS Policy commitment Reduce waste from operations OBJECTIVE 1 Reduce the waste generated By the organization in 3 years Target 1 Reduce the total waste Generated by 50% in 3 years Target 2 Reduce the packaging waste By 40 % in 2 years, Target 3 Reduce liquid waste by 30% In 2 years OBJECTIVE 1 OBJECTIVE 2 OBJECTIVE 3 TARGET 1 TARGET 2 TARGET 3 proograms
Implementation and operation • Resources, roles, responsibility and authority • Define, document and communicate roles, responsibilities and authorities in order for facilitate effective environmental management. • Provide resources essential to the implementation and control of EMS. • Appoint (a) specific management representative (s) with defined role, responsibility and authority for: • Ensuring that the EMS is established, implemented and maintained. • Reporting on performance of EMS to top management for review and as basis for improvement.