ENVIRONMENT, SAFETY AND

HEALTH
Module 1
Environmental Management
System
What is meant by Environmental Management
System?

An Environmental Management
System (EMS) is a set of
processes and practices that
enable an organization to reduce
its environmental impacts and
increase its operating efficiency.
What is an example of an
environmental management system?
Examples: paper use, used toner cartridges,
hazardous material (HM) use. Define
responsibilities, identify training needs,
establish communication and other processes,
document procedures. Examples: establish
paper-free communication chain, write toner
cartridge disposal SOP, request HM training.
Why is environmental management
system?

Having an effective EMS helps businesses

reduce their impact on the environment, as
well as improving health and safety for both
employees and the community. ... With an
increased focus on energy efficiency and
waste management, an EMS also helps
companies improve their operating efficiency,
which reduces costs.
What are the types of environmental
management system?
There are many EMS models now available
for different types of organisation. The three
current established EMS s are ISO 14001, the
Eco-management and Audit Scheme (EMAS)
and ISO 14005.
What is environmental management
and why it is necessary?
Essentially, environmental management
focuses on resource consumption and waste
generation. By taking a “measure it to
manage it” approach, EHS management can
be used to reduce consumption while finding
ways to divert waste from landfills via
repurposing, reuse, or recycling.
What are the main components of
environmental management system?
 Top 10 Elements in a Successful.
Environmental Management System.
 Environmental Policy.
 Environmental Requirements and Voluntary
Initiatives.
 Objectives/Targets.
 Structure, Responsibility and Resources.
 Operational Control.
 Corrective and Preventive Action and
Emergency Procedures.
 Training, Awareness and Competence.
1. Environmental Policy
 Reflects how the organization feels about the
environment
 Identifies environmental impacts of processes and
products
 Ensures compliance with environmental requirements
 Commits organization to prevent pollution, reduce
environmental risks and share information with external
stakeholders
2. Environmental Requirements and Voluntary
Initiatives
 Employees understand their roles in meeting
environmental requirements
 Identify management and manufacturing practices that
affect the organization's ability to meet requirements
 Identify and work with programs that encourage preventing
pollution
3. Objectives/Targets
 Set the following environmental objectives: comply with
environmental requirements; continuous improvement
in regulated and non-regulated areas; prevent pollution
 Make objectives specific to the organization
 Set timeframes to meet objectives
 Update objectives as environmental requirements
evolve

4. Structure, Responsibility and Resources

 Ensure the organization has the personnel and
resources needed to meet objectives
 Make managers responsible for the environmental
performance of their unit
 Develop procedures for attaining objectives
5. Operational Control
 Establish a procedure to ensure the proper waste
management hierarchy is followed
 Develop simple procedures to measure and report
environmental impacts of processes and products

6. Corrective and Preventive Action and

Emergency Procedures
 Document procedures for identifying, correcting and
preventing mistakes
 Develop emergency procedures to minimize or
eliminate adverse environmental impacts associated
with accidents or emergencies
 Correct causes of potential hazards to prevent pollution
7. Training, Awareness and Competence
 Train staff whose roles affect meeting objectives, and
make certain staff are capable of carrying out required
duties
 Mandatory trainings include detailed pollution
prevention methods

8. Organizational Decision-making and Planning

 Use life-cycle analysis to identify the impact products
make on the environment
 Empower all employees to make pollution prevention
improvements that do not require significant resources
9. Document Control
 For future evaluation, document steps taken to meet
objectives
 Use electronic documentation to improve record
management
 Document all pollution prevention suggestions

10. Continuous Evaluation and Improvement

 Conduct and document periodic objective-based
audits of the organization's performance
 Use audits to assess pollution prevention efforts
An Introduction to Environmental
Management Systems (EMS): In-depth
Definitions
 Environmental aspect is defined as an element
of an organization's activities, products or
services that interacts or can interact with the
environment
 Environmental impact refers to changes to the
environment, whether adverse or beneficial,
wholly or partially resulting from an
organization’s environmental aspects.
 An Introduction to Environmental
Management Systems (EMS): In-depth
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Plan, Do, Check, Act

The PDCA model ensures environmental issues are
systematically identified, controlled and monitored in
accordance with an organization's environmental policy,
which is periodically reviewed and updated.
Plan: Planning
Initial environmental review — a scoping study to collect
baseline information including legal requirements, aspects
and impacts, current practices and environmental
opportunities.
Environmental policy — a statement of commitment and
framework for planning and action.
Environmental aspects — consider environmental
attributes associated with activities, products and services
that can generate significant environmental impacts.
Legal and other requirements — identify and have access
to those regulations to which an organization subscribes
and examine how these apply to environmental aspects.
 Plan: Planning
Objective and targets — measurable environmental goals
consistent with policy to prevent pollution, comply with
legal requirements and improve performance.
Management programme — to achieve objectives and
targets within given time-frames.

Do: Implementation and Operation

Resources and responsibilities — provide resources and
delegate responsibilities to facilitate effective management
of the system.
Training and awareness — ensure staff understand the
environmental policy and its implications and are trained to
ensure their responsibilities conform to the EMS.
Do: Implementation and Operation
Communication — establish procedures for
communicating environmental management issues across
the organization and to external parties, where
appropriate.
Documentation — compile an environmental policy and
EMS documentation including objectives and targets and
related records.
Operational control — identify and plan operations
consistent with policy objectives and targets and establish
procedures to ensure these are carried out.
Emergency preparedness and response — identify
potential emergency situations and establish procedures
for preventing and responding to them
Check: Checking and Corrective Action
Monitoring and measurement — establish procedures to
monitor operations that can have a significant
environmental impact and evaluate compliance with
applicable legal and other requirements.
Non-conformance — introduce corrective and preventative
action procedures to deal with non-conformities and review
their effectiveness.
Records — establish and maintain records of EMS
conformity and performance.
EMS auditing — periodically assess the EMS (and records)
to ensure it conforms to agreed policy aims and is working
as intended.
Act: Management Review and Action
Review — assess the EMS, including the results
of the internal audit and compliance with legal
requirements to determine its effectiveness.
Recommend — agree and record options for
improvement.
Actions — take appropriate steps to amend policy
and redefine objectives, targets and other
elements of the EMS consistent with the
commitment to continual improvement.
Legislations
 Clean Air Act Of 1999 (RA 8749)
 Ecological Solid Waste Management Act (RA
9003)
 Clean Water Act (RA 9275) Environmental
Awareness And Education Act Of 2009 (RA
9512)
Legislations
Clean Air Act Of 1999 (RA 8749)
The law aims to achieve and maintain clean air that meets
the National Air Quality guideline values for criteria
pollutants, throughout the Philippines, while minimizing the
possible associated impacts to the economy.
Republic Act 9003 Ecological Solid Waste Management
Act of 2000
In partnership with stakeholders, the law aims to adopt a
systematic, comprehensive and ecological solid waste
management program that shall ensure the protection of
public health and environment. The law ensures proper
segregation, collection, storage, treatment and disposal of
solid waste through the formulation and adaptation of best
eco-waste products.
Legislations
Republic Act 9275 Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004
The law aims to protect the country's water bodies from
pollution from land-based sources (industries and
commercial establishments, agriculture and
community/household activities). It provides for
comprehensive and integrated strategy to prevent and
minimize pollution through a multi-sectoral and
participatory approach involving all the stakeholders.
Republic Act 8749 Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999
The law aims to achieve and maintain clean air that meets
the National Air Quality guideline values for criteria
pollutants, throughout the Philippines, while minimizing the
possible associated impacts to the economy.
Legislations
Presidential Decree 1586 Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) Statement of 1978
The Environment Impact Assessment System was formally
established in 1978 with the enactment of Presidential
Decree no. 1586 to facilitate the attainment and
maintenance of rational and orderly balance between socio-
economic development and environmental protection. EIA is
a planning and management tool that will help government,
decision makers, the proponents and the affected
community address the negative consequences or risks on
the environment. The process assures implementation of
environment-friendly projects.
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