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Environmental Management System: Sujina Ummar J S3 Mba

The document provides an overview of an environmental management system (EMS). It discusses the key components of an EMS, including establishing objectives and targets, structure, roles and responsibilities, environmental impact assessments, certification, standards like ISO 14000, and audits. The main points are that an EMS manages an organization's environmental practices, procedures and resources; it helps ensure regulatory compliance, reduce costs and risks, and improve public relations; and certification to standards like ISO 14001 demonstrates that the EMS meets set requirements.

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Environmental Management System: Sujina Ummar J S3 Mba

The document provides an overview of an environmental management system (EMS). It discusses the key components of an EMS, including establishing objectives and targets, structure, roles and responsibilities, environmental impact assessments, certification, standards like ISO 14000, and audits. The main points are that an EMS manages an organization's environmental practices, procedures and resources; it helps ensure regulatory compliance, reduce costs and risks, and improve public relations; and certification to standards like ISO 14001 demonstrates that the EMS meets set requirements.

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ENVIRONMENTAL

MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM

Sujina Ummar J
S3 MBA
TOPICS TO BE COVERED
 Environmental Management system
 Objectives and Targets
 EMS Benefits
 General Structure of EMS
 EMS Roles and Responsibilities
 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
 Certification for EMS
 Environmental Standards
 ISO 14000(series)
 EMS Audits
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM
“The overall management system that
includes organizational structure,
planning activities, responsibilities,
practices, procedures, processes and
resources for developing, implementing,
achieving, reviewing and maintaining
the environmental policy.”
OBJECTIVES AND TARGETS
 Develop and pursue environmental objectives
and targets
 Consider “legal and other requirements”
 Consider significant aspects
 Reflect “interested parties”
 Reflect policy commitments
 Results guide how you will measure progress
EMS BENEFITS
 Enhanced regulatory compliance
 Identification of cost saving
environmental opportunities
 Reduced risk and liability
 Enhanced relationship with regulators
 Improved public, customer & shareholder
relations
 May be required by customers
GENERAL STRUCTURE OF EMS
 Commitment and
policy
 Planning
 Implementation
and operation
 Checking and
corrective action
 Review and
improve
EMS
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Top EMS
Management and Management
Steering Committee Representative

Core Team

Implementation Team

All Employees in the Organization


ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ASSESSMENT (EIA)

 EIA refers to review of potential impact of a


project to be launched by an organization. It
includes
 Assessment of existing environmental status.
 Analysis of various factors of ecosystem like trees,
ponds , wildlife.
 Analysis of adverse impacts of the project that is to be
started.
 Impact on people in the neighbourhood.
CERTIFICATION FOR EMS

 There is a provision to have EMS certified by


an external party. International Standard
called ISO 14001 and European Union’s EMAS
(Eco-management and Audit System) and
earlier British Standard for environment(BS
7750) are the standards for the purpose.
ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS

 BS 7750: was introduced as a British Standard


for developing an environmental
management system, including as guidance
on its implementation and assessment.
 It was the first environmental standard and
influenced the development of ISO 14001.
 ISO 14000: The International Standard
Organization (ISO) took up the responsibility
for drawing up a new Environmental
Standard series ISO 14000 with the help of
Technical Committee, TC 207.
 This committee works through sub-comittees
each on:
 Environmental Management System
 Environmental Auditing
 Environmental Labeling
 Environmental Evaluation
 Life cycle Assessment
 Definitions and Terminology
ISO 14000
 ISO 14000 series was approved by European
Commission through the recommendation of
CEN( Comite European de Normalisation)
which is European Union’s Standardization
body.
 ISO 14001 is derived from ISO quality
standard, 9000 but it is broader in scope
than quality standards.
 ISO 14000 enables an organization’s EMS to :

 Formulate and define policy and objectives


in this regard.
 To formulate a plan to implement the policy
and objectives.
 To develop the capabilities and support
system to achieve the implementation of
policy objectives.
 To monitor and evaluate environmental
performance.
 To review the EMS for continued
improvement
COMPONENTS OF ISO 14001

Environmental Policy

Planning

Implementation

Monitoring and Evaluation

Review
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
 A sound environmental policy reflects the
commitment of management in matters
relating to environmental issues.
 The policy has to be written as a document
to be available to the concerned employees
as well as to the external parties.
PLANNING
 Planning of EMS for audit requires that the
system should be in the form of a written
plan or manual giving details of work and
procedures.
 Planning takes into consideration the
processes, resources, responsibilities, skills ,
authority and coordination.
IMPLEMENTATION
 An organization should have support and
capabilities for achieving objectives and
targets set out in policy and plan. The
process of implementation implies
management skills.
 Implementation of ISO 14001 means
 Management of Human, financial, natural resources.
 Motivation for action.
 Responsibilities
 Documentation
 Communication
 Records and management of information.
MONITORING AND EVALUATION
 EMS demands a mechanism for measuring
performance and evaluation for which a
process has to be evolved that involves
testing and verification.
 Such a process must be an ongoing process to
identify environmental performance
indicators that a verifiable.
REVIEW
 An organization which has initiated the
process of formulating policy. planning,
implementation and monitoring of EMS has to
adopt the last step, the review.
 Issues to be discussed in this process is:
 Suitability of environmental policy
 Recommendations of audit report
 New regulations
 Interest of stake holders
 Public awareness and pressures
EMS AUDIT
 Periodically audit to determine if the EMS,
is being properly implemented and
maintained
 Audit information is provided to management
PROCEDURE FOR AUDIT
 Two stages of audit.
 Stage 1.
 Pre – Audit stage.

 Stage 2
 Certification Audit
THANK YOU

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