Week 6 Env and Business (Part II)

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Last Updated:10 August 2012 LMS SEGi education group 1

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

AND TECHNOLOGY

WEEK 6

ENVIRONMENT AND BUSINESS(PART II)


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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Describe the scope for environmental management

system.

Describe the clauses in environmental managementsystem.


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LEARNING OUTCOMES

Student is able to describe the scope for environmental

management system.

Student is able to describe the clauses present in EMS.


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STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL

MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

Scope

Implement, maintain and improve environmental policy,

objectives and targets

Demonstrate conformance with the policy, objectives and targets

Seek certification of its environmental management system

using an external organization

Make self determination and self declaration of conformance

with the standard


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STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL

MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

Definitions

Continual improvement

Environmental aspect

Environmental impact

Environmental management system

Environmental management system audit

Environmental performance

Environmental policy


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CLAUSES FOR STRATEGIC EMS



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Clause 4.1 General Requirements

This states that the organization is to establish and

maintain an EMS.


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Clause 4.2 Environmental Policy

Defined by top management

Appropriate to environmental impacts

Committed to improvements

Commit resources

Compliance to law

Provide framework for setting and reviewing objectives and

targets

Documented, implemented, maintained and communicated

Publicly available


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Clause 4.3 Planning

Clause 4.3.1 Environmental aspects

Identify which of its activities, products or services have or can

have significant environmental impact

Clause 4.3.2 Legal and other requirements

Establish and maintain procedure so that legal requirements can

be identified and accessed

Identify any applicable regulations, codes of practice and other

corporate requirements


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Clause 4.3 Planning

Clause 4.3.3 Objectives and targets

Must be SMART (Simple, Measurable, Achievable, Reasonable,

Tractable)

Clause 4.3.4 Environmental Management Program

Designate responsibility for achieving objectives and targets and

the means by which they are to be achieved.


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Clause 4.4 Implementation and operation

Clause 4.4.1 Structure and responsibility

Human and specialized skills

Technological aspects

Financial aspects


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Clause 4.4.2 Training, awareness and competence

Identify training requirements.

Training needs shall be appropriate to relevant personnel.

All staffs shall know the significant environmental impacts of his

or her works

All staffs shall know and understand the environmental benefits

of improved personal performance


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Clause 4.4.3 Communication

Establish and maintain procedures for

Internal communication

Receiving, documenting and responding to relevant

communication from external interested parties

External communication on significant environmental aspects


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Clause 4.4.4 EMS documentation

Establish and maintain information to

Describe core elements of the management system and their

interaction

Provide direction to related documentation


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Clause 4.4.5 Documentation control

Can be located

Kept up to date and approved for adequacy by

authorized personnel

Obsolete documents are prevented from being used

unintentionally


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Clause 4.4.6 Operational control

Control of operations and activities associated with

identified significant environmental aspects.

Stipulating operating criteria

Communicating relevant procedures and

requirements to suppliers and contractors


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Clause 4.4.7 Emergency Preparedness and Response

Procedures to identify and respond to accidents and

emergency situations

Prevent and mitigate environmental impacts related to

accidents and emergency situations

Periodically test such procedures where practicable


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Clause 4.5 Checking and corrective action

Clause 4.5.1 Monitoring and measurement

Establish and maintain documented procedures for this process

Record information for track performance, relevant operational

controls and conformance with organizations objectives and

targets

Calibrate and maintain monitoring equipment

Evaluate compliance with relevant environmental legislation and

regulations


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Clause 4.5.2 Corrective and preventive action

Establish and maintain for defining responsibility and authority

for

Investigating non-conformance with EMS requirements

Taking action to mitigate impacts caused by non-

conformance

Initiating and completing corrective and preventive action


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Clause 4.5.3 Records

Physical evidence that organization has implemented EMS and

the EMS is effective and demonstrate conformity

Establish and maintain procedures to identify, maintain and

dispose of records

Must be legible, easy to identify and trace to the activity


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Clause 4.5.4 EMS audit

Establish and maintain program and procedures for

periodic EMS audits to be carried out.

Determine whether or not EMS conforms to planned

arrangements, properly implemented and maintained

Provide information to management on results of

audits


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Clause 4.6 Management review

Organizations top management must review EMS to

ensure its continuing suitability, adequacy and

effectiveness, and the evaluation has to be based on

information collected in the management review process.


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KEY TERMS

EMS Environmental Management System

Audit An official examination and verification of accounts and

records

Correction A change that rectifies an error or non-conformance.

Prevention The action of stopping something from happening or

arising

Mitigation The action of reducing the severity, seriousness, or

painfulness of something


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REFERENCES

Sheldon, C. ed. (2007). ISO14001 and Beyond:

Environmental Management Systems in the Real World.

London, Greenleaf Pub.

Gilbert, M. and Gould, R. (1998). Achieving

Environmental Standards, 2nd ed. Pitman Pub.

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