ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

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Sally BardossySally Bardossy

Objectives

• Provide an Overview of EMS

• ISO 14001 Certification Schedule

• Discuss impacts to our clients

What is an Environmental Management System?

It is a management approach that requires:

• a specific policy

• the identification of factors, including risks

• the setting of targets and objectives

• monitoring of performance against objectives

Plan, Do, Check, Act

E M S C Y C L E

P lann ing

M anagem entR eview

C hecking &C orrective action

PLAN

DOACT

CHECK

ContinualImprovement

Im p lem enta tion &O peration

EMS requires documentation at each stage

Plan – how to operate with regard to the environment

Do – procedures to follow while conducting business that protect the environment / achieve your plan

Check – take the time to review how you do versus your plan

Act – learn from your performance to do better next time

What is the Cariboo-What is the Cariboo-Chilcotin’s EMS?Chilcotin’s EMS?

• Defines environmental performance we’d like to achieve

• Describes who will do what, and when to achieve it.

• Defines clear roles and responsibilities

• Always evaluating and improving the system and our performance

BCTS Provincial Certification Schedule

Strait of Georgia ISO Registered

Chinook ISO Registered

Peace-Liard ISO/CSA Feb. 2005

Seaward-Tlasta ISO Feb. 2005

Okanagan-Columbia ISO Mar. 2005

Babine ISO/CSA Aug. 2005

BCTS Provincial Certification Schedule

Kamloops ISO Sep. 2005

Skeena ISO Oct. 2005

Prince George ISO/CSA Nov. 2005

Stuart-Nechako ISO/CSA Dec. 2005

Cariboo-Chilcotin ISO Jan. 2006

Kootenay ISO Feb. 2006

BCTS environmental policy :

States the guiding principles of our EMS

and commits to:

• Meeting all laws

• Preventing pollution

• Protecting the environment

• Continually improving

What is ISO 14001?What is ISO 14001?• International Organisation for

Standardization (ISO)

• ISO 14001 is an international generic standard for environmental management systems (EMS) that can be applied to any industry

• ISO 14001 certified EMS allows companies to set their own goals for issues of greatest concern

ISO 14001 Certification for ISO 14001 Certification for Cariboo-Chilcotin Business Cariboo-Chilcotin Business

Area means:Area means:

Our EMS meets ISO 14001 standards

Independent auditor confirms that we’ve done what we said we were going to do in our EMS

Why do we need EMS ?

• Ensures marketability of our products

• Provides an efficient system for improving our business practises

• Provides clear expectations between staff and clients

• Due Diligence Defence

Scope of our EMSScope of our EMS

All BCTS operations including planning, harvesting, silviculture, road construction and maintenance

All BCTS Licensees, Permittees, Contractors (LPC) activities and operations under our control or influence

Not the LPC camps, shops or off site facilities

BCTS’s Approach to EMSBCTS’s Approach to EMS

Set-up Phase - present

Voluntary Implementation Phase - May 2005

Mandatory Implementation Phase - October

2005

Audit Phase - January 2006

Mandatory Implementation Phase

Applies to All Contracts/TSL’s issued after October 1, 2005

• Documents will contain mandatory EMS conformance clauses

• LPC signatory/supervisor must have proof of BCTS Level 3 certification (card)

• Level 3 supervisor delivers and documents “tail-gate training and test-drills” with all on-site staff for each project

Voluntary Implementation Phase

• Cariboo-Chilcotin BCTS offering Level 3 training to LPC’s signatory/supervisors March - April 2005

• Planning 2 sessions in Williams Lake and 2 sessions in Quesnel

• Voluntary participation means working together to learn staff/client roles and responsibilities

Voluntary Implementation Phase

• Will not require mandatory EMS conformance clauses to be added to existing documents

• Requires the signing of a voluntary conformance agreement at training session

• LPC’s do not have to participate but will have to obtain their own Level 3 certification at their own cost

Level 3 Training will use Operational Controls

• Environmental Operating Procedures

• Environmental Field Procedures

• Emergency Preparedness Response Manual

• Emergency Response Plan

• Checklists (pre-works)

• Supplements

Emergency Response ManualBCTS Environmental

Policy

Spill Kit Requirements

Reporting Requirements for Landslides/Major Erosion Events, Forest Fires and Spills

LPC responsibilities and testing requirements

DRAFTEMERGENCY RESPONSE MANUAL

Updated: ________ 2005

BCTS EMS

• EMS LPC Level 3 – Management/Supervisor*– General awareness of ISO 14001 and EMS– Review ISO elements and provide an overview of the

BA EMS Manual– Review EMS procedures and checklists/forms– Review EOP’s and EFP’s– Review non-conformance & non-compliance and

corrective action– Review responsibilities under the EMS

* A classroom module provided by Provincial Trainers and cards issued (training is acceptable throughout the province for BCTS activities)

BCTS EMS

• EMS Level 3 – Basic Worker Training**

– EMS and SFM awareness

– Introduction and review of applicable EFP’s

– Introduction and review of the ERM and ERP

** Classroom or field training provided by a Licensee/Contractor staff who holds a card issued by a Provincial Trainer (training is acceptable only while working for the LPC who provided the training)

It’s all about RISKRISK

E1. Identify the basic groupings that

encompass all my activities

2. Identify the primary operational activities that exist within these groupings

3. Identify impacts that could result from poor practices related to the activities

•Planning•Harvesting•Roads•Silviculture

•Field layout•Falling•Deactivation•Planting

•Failure to meet targets•Trespass •Erosion•Excessive mortality

It’s all about RISKRISK

M1. Identify what adverse component of our

activity we are trying to manage

2. Develop controls to help us avoid these components and prevent the impacts

•The “altering or influencing of”…riparian areas•The “production of”…smoke particulates•The “spillage of”…fuels and oils

•Increased training and awareness•Targeted monitoring of risk•Modification of strategies•Implement more effective practices

It’s all about RISKRISK

S1. Roll the controls into a system that is

designed to ensure their success

2. Implement the system

3. Monitor the system for improvement

Plan

DoCheck

Respond

etc…

The EMS Cycle

Plan

DoCheck

Respond

etc…

•PLAN – Core components (Policy, Aspects, etc)

•DO – Operational Controls (Procedures)

•CHECK – Monitoring and Inspections

•RESPOND – Corrective Action (Action Plans, ITS)

The BEFORE

TIMBER SALE LICENSES

CONTRACTS

EXISTING SYSTEMS

And the AFTER

EMS

Contract TSL SystemsElements