Support to enterprises in applying the tools … Support to enterprises in applying the tools REMAS in Poland Włłłodzimierz A. Sokó łłłł (D.Sc.Eng.) Director of NCP Manager

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Support to enterprises in applying the tools REMAS in Poland

Włłłłodzimierz A. Sokó łłłł(D.Sc.Eng.) Director of NCP

Manager of ACT CLEAN and SPIN

Central Mining Institute (GIG)Central Mining Institute (GIG)Central Mining Institute (GIG)Central Mining Institute (GIG)

„From Regulation to Eco-efficiency”, Transnational Industry Workshop, 11.04.2011 Praga, Czech Republik

SPIN

ACT CLEAN

Slovenia

European Network for SMEs

Offers

Demands

NCP key role:matchmaking of offers and demands on

environmentaltechnologies

The network of National Contact Points for SMEs


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Number of SME active in different sectors of economy in 2008 (in %)

In Poland in 2009 1 862 462 enterprises were active i .e.:0-9 employees – 1 787 909 (96,00%)

10-49 employees – 54 974 ( 2,95%)50-249 employees – 16 327 ( 0,88%)

>249 employees – 3 252 ( 0,17%)

SMEs in Poland


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SMEs needs in Poland

Needs defined on basis of weaknesses of present situation of SMEs:• access to adequate knowledge of the impact on environment of

different company operations

• access to environmental technologies and tools available for reduction of negative impact on environment of production and service processes

• improvement of capability of human resources

• extended cooperation with R&D sector

• access to knowledge of existing external financial resources available for co-financing eco-innovation projects

• awareness of the impact of the EU and Polish environmental regulations on companes activity

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SMEs needs in Poland

SMEs needs from the point of view of specific impacts on environment:• consumption of energy• emission of gasses to air• discharge of waste water• produce of waste• consumption of water• emission of noise

A lot of SMEs explore the technologies related:• recycling and waste management (50%)• water and waste-water management (38%)• production of clean energy (18%) • access to adequate knowledge of existing legal requirements


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In Poland each 4 years the National Environmental Policy is developed and then regional and local administration must prepare environmental protection programs for regions (voivodeships), counties and communities for 4 years with perspective of next 4.

To achieve sustainable development in regional scale by permanent improvement of quality of environment, quality of life, pollution prevention and conservation of natural

resources the model of Regional Environmental

Management System (REMAS) is developed since 2002 [1,2] and supported newly by specific software tools [3,4].

Introduction to REMAS


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REMAS is oriented on integration the efforts of all significant regional actors, including SMEs, to maintain permanent improvement of regional and local environmental performance by creating and implementing coherent environmental policies, measurable objectives and targets and environmental protection programs in communes, counties and in the whole region taking into account national environmental policy

Introduction to REMAS


Auditors of local EMS (ISO, EMAS)

Auditors of local EMS (ISO, EMAS)

Regional Coordinator

Operator of REMAS

Regional Coordinator

Operator of REMAS

Supporting organizationsRepresentatives of National and regional ecological funds, commercial banks, research organizations, chambers of commerce

Supporting organizationsRepresentatives of National and regional ecological funds, commercial banks, research organizations, chambers of commerce

Local Leaders:Top managers from key enterprises, mayors of counties, communitiesand representatives of business associations

Local Leaders:Top managers from key enterprises, mayors of counties, communitiesand representatives of business associations

Regional Leader:Management of Voivodship

Regional Leader:Management of Voivodship

Ecological Non

Governmental

Organizations

Ecological Non

Governmental

Organizations

Representatives of

regional and local

environmental

education

Representatives of

regional and local

environmental

education

Organizations

responsible for

environmental

monitoring and

supervision

Organizations

responsible for

environmental

monitoring and

supervision

Institutional incentivesInstitutional incentives Management of informationManagement of information

Actors of REMAS

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Implem

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performance evaluation

Reviewing & correcting

actions Communities

Counties

Region/Voivodeship

State

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indicators

Identi fying significant

aspects and priori ties

International

context

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Supply of eco-efficient

technologies

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Enterprises

Programming

Financing

IdentificationEvaluation

AppraisalImplementation

Project Cycle Management

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Environmental objectives

Environmental targets

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How to integrate?What is important?

Source: [4]

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REMAS model:• 3 easy and uniform procedures based on

main requirements of ISO 14001 and ISO 14031 and EMAS• specific tools and software for monitoring,

collecting and assessing data and management of environmental information in region

and creation institutional incentives(legal, financial & administrative

REMAS model:• 3 easy and uniform procedures based on

main requirements of ISO 14001 and ISO 14031 and EMAS• specific tools and software for monitoring,

collecting and assessing data and management of environmental information in region

and creation institutional incentives(legal, financial & administrative

Origin of REMAS model


EMASEMAS

ISO 14031ISO 14031ISO 14001ISO 14001

Classic CP

ProcedureClassic CP

Procedure

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Institutional mechanisms:

legal, financial

and organizational

Institutional mechanisms:

legal, financial

and organizational

Commune 1Commune 1Commune kCommune k

Environmental management

system on regional level

- the voivodship in Poland


system on regional level

- the voivodship in Poland

Interested partiesInterested parties

PR3: Management of Environmental Information & Integration Procedure

Procedure PR1: Environmental ManagementProcedure PR1: Environmental ManagementProcedure PR2: Environmental Performance EvaluationProcedure PR2: Environmental Performance Evaluation

Organising the systemOrganising the system

Environmental policyEnvironmental policy

Environmental objectivesEnvironmental objectives

Environmental targetsEnvironmental targets

Environmental management programEnvironmental management program

Realization of environmental

management program

Realization of environmental

management programMonitoring and

collecting data

Monitoring and

collecting dataCompleting internal Data BaseCompleting internal Data Base

Calculating and analyzing

indicators

Calculating and analyzing

indicators

Identifying significant

aspects and priorities

Identifying significant

aspects and priorities Assessment criterionsAssessment criterions

Calculating methodsCalculating methods

Reviewing and environmental performance evaluationReviewing and environmental performance evaluation

periodically


system on intermediate level

- the counties


system on intermediate level

- the counties

CP

ISO14001/EMAS

ISO 14031/EMAS

Specific

Exchangeable

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REMAS proceduresEnvironmental management procedure (PR1) takes advantages of CP (Waste Management Procedure) and satisfy basicISO 14001/EMAS requirements. It is applied for organisation of environmental management system and for preparation of:

• environmental policy

• environmental objectives and targets

• environmental management programs and they implementation.

All targets are defined and implemented according specific schemes like EU Project Cycle Management scheme or/and other investment preparation procedures i.e. revitalisation procedure [3,4].

Risk Management tools are applied for identification of significant environmental aspects, selection of tasks for environmental management programs and for selection innovative, eco-efficient technologies [3,4].


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REMAS procedures

Environmental performance evaluation procedure (PR2)adopts ISO 14031 and ISO 14001/ EMAS basic requirements and a set of tools available for:

• monitoring, collecting and assessing data in Internal Data Base• including import of aggregated data from regional Data Base of pollutions

• reviewing the organization impact on environment

• selecting and calculating environmental performance indicators

• identifying significant aspects and priorities

• environmental performance evaluation with comparison to planed improvements


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Management of environmental information procedure (PR3)is specific procedure only. In case of regional environmental management It describes collecting and reviewing environmental data and information respectively between the management levels and between main actors of regional management system, including SMEs as actors.

This procedure supports monitoring and predicting pollutions (air, water, waste, noise etc), complying legal requirements by enterprises and other users of environment, collecting funds from fees being paid by pollutants and users of environment that are distributed then by Marshal of the voivodship on accounts of existing in Poland system of environment funds.

PR3 describes how and when to import/export data to/from Internal Data Base and how to find and use external information.

In case of REMAS dedicated for SMEs PR3 describe specific activities related management of internal and external information and data valid for compliance with legal requirements and implementation improvement of environmental performance

REMAS procedures


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Users of

Environment

and pollutants

Marshal of the

voivodship Commune Budget ~20 %

County Budget ~10 %

National Fund ~30 %

Each of 16th the Voivodship Funds ~40%

Preference loans subsidies

81 million EURExpenses

174 million EURtotal capital

Repayment of given

loans capital and interest

Reproduction mechanism

of financial capability of

the Fund for supporting

next environmental

projects

Income

Fees & fines =

100 %

Financial incentive - System of Environmental Protection

Funds in Poland

From other resources

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Companies

Voivod. Env. supervision Interested parties

REMAS Website

Operator REMASweb-tool

Management of environmental protection programs in regional level

Controlling and predictingenvironmental fees

Payment of fees

call for payments

Checking emissions

registration

Declarationsof emissions

and payments

Marshal of the voivodship

Integrated software

SOZAT REMAS

Integrated software

REMASSOZAT

Integrated software

SOZAT-data base of emissions,

pollutants and payments

REMAS -procedures and env. protection

program

Bookkeepingof payments

Counties

Communities

Statistic office

Verified data and information on pollutions, payers and management programs

National & Voivodship Fundscounty and community budget

Aggregated environmental

data and information

Share of fees

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Verification of payers

Procedure (PR3) - Software

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This 3 procedures are supported by integrated tool –the software REMAS & SOZAT developed by SMEs: ATMOTER S.A. from Opole & RNT Ltd. From Cieszyn


Integrated tools for regional and local

environmental management

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REMAS web-software

REMAS software available after login on www.remas.com.pl


REMAS web-software

Home page of REMAS

Import of aggregated data from regional SOZAT

State of the environment in the community/ county/ region

Submitting data to Internal Data Base

Basic documents

Description of REMAS model

Figures

Procedures

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The procedure PR1 and PR2 has got unique structure, templates for reporting and the text useful for any organization – only the name of organization, Its logo and the name of a key personnel (director, president, mayor etc.) is updated. Procedure PR3 is specific.

Internal Data Base and set of indicators are exchangeable - the same for communities, counties and the region, but for the enterprises or groups of enterprises are adopted taking into account size and character of the company (big, SMEs), their activity, impact on environment and legal obligations.


Book of the procedures

Procedure PR1

Procedure PR2

Procedure PR3

REMAS web-software

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PROCEDURE CONTENTS (Unique)

1. Aim of the procedure

2. Subject

3. Scope

4. Terminology

5. Responsibility and competency

6. Proceeding

7. Sheme

8. Modification procedure

9. Documents and templates

Book of the procedures

REMAS web-software

Uniform structureof all procedures


Chapters of Internal Data Base:Surface of the Community/county

Population

Labour market

Enterprises

Protection of soil

Incomes & expenses for environmental protection

Municipal management

Quality of the environment from monitoring

Water protection and waste water management

Air protection and protection of nature

Waste management

REMAS web-software

Internal Data BaseSubmitting data to Internal Data Base


REMAS web-software

Set of sustainable indicators

Basic management documents Common indicators (versus area, number of inhabitants or %) for each region, county, community the same:

OA1 – emission of greenhouse gases OA2 – emission of all gases OA3 – emission of dust OE1 – consumption of electricity by households EO1 – production of renewable energy OW1 – level of wastewater cleaning OW2 – households joint to wastewater treatment GW1 – households served by aqueducts GW2 – consumption of water GO1 – solid waste produced GO2 – hazard waste produced GO3 – reuse of waste GO4 – recycling of municipal wasteOG1 – area of degraded sitesOP1 – area of forests OP2 – area of protected nature RO1 – expenses on environmental protection RO2 – labour market versus env. protection expenses

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REMAS web-software

Basic management documents:

Environmental management staffReview sheet (Internal Data Base)IndicatorsTable of prioritiesRegister of environmental aspectsEnvironmental policyRegister of objectives & targetsEnvironmental management program (s)Review of implemented objectivesReview of implemented targetsEnvironmental performance evaluation

Basic management documents

Basic management documents

Register of objectives & targets

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SOZAT software

SOZAT is a software created by ATMOTERM S.A. (www.atmoterm.com) that assists and supports REMAS procedures PR2 and PR3 by aggregated data for Internal Data Base imported from regional Data Base of polutions.

The system is user-friendly and can be employed by businesses of all sizes (including SMEs), operating in all areas of industry.

SOZAT simplifies data collection, data analysis, permit applications, environmental fee calculations and reporting procedures


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SOZAT is an integrated environmental suite of modules which together contain the most critical types of industrial environmental emissions and impacts such as:

• ECO2 Suite• ISO 14000-SOZAT• Air emission module• Waste module• Water module• Wastewater module

and helps to ensure the community, county or company, including SMEs, remains compliant with all of today’s environmental management standards.


SOZAT software

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XSOZAT software


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SOZAT software

Air module

Waste module


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SOZAT software

Watermodule

Waste water module

CO2 emission register


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1. REMAS & SOZAT set of tools is dedicated for regional and local administration that supports integration the efforts of significant regional actors, including SMEs, to maintain permanent improvement of regional and local environmental performance by creating and implementing coherent environmental policies, measurable objectives and targets and environmental protection programs in communes, counties and in the whole region taking into account national environmental policy

2. REMAS & SOZAT are useful as well for environmental management ofsingle companies, groups of companies and industrial sectors thanks exchangeable Internal Data Base, possibility to define set of data and indicators and uniform structure of basic management procedures and reporting templates.

3. REMAS &SOZAT could be adopted to specific legal regulations and submitted in selected language version for foreign buyers

Conclusions

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References

1. Sokol W.A.: “Reduction of greenhouse effect as task of the regional environmental management”. The First International Congress for the Control of Greenhouse Effect”, 3rd - 6th October 2002, Strasbourg

2. Sokół W.A.: “Regional environmental management on industrial sites”. ”International Industrial Ecology Conference of the Visegrad Countries, Budapest, 8 June 2004

3. Sokół W.A.:”Risk Management Approach to Meet the Demand on Eco-efficient Technologies for Sustainable Revitalisation of Brownfields”. The 20th Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments, Water, and Energy”. March 15-18,2010, San Diego, CA, USA

4. Sokół W.A.: „Evaluation of environmental technologies for degraded areas”. Przegląd Komunalny (Municipal Review) No 11(95)/2010


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Contact
