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Week18-EMSPresentation.pptENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (EMSs)
Theory and application
Companies have many and diverse stakeholders
There may be many and diverse issues to manage
The Master Plan
6. Managing the impacts of growth
6.1 Strategic environmental appraisal
6.2 Traffic and transport
6.3 Road transport
6.4 Noise
6.5 Air quality
6.6 Natural heritage
6.7 Surface water
6.8 Energy and waste
6.9 Waste
6.10 Economic and social impact
Environmental management clearly needs a systematic approach
Systems and standards in industry
are commonplace….
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What should an effective environmental management system look like?
1
policy
2
planning
3
implementation
and
operation
4
checking
5
management
review
Typical EMS structure
1
policy
2
planning
3
implementation
and
operation
4
checking
5
management
review
A management system approach:
Written
commitment
to deal with
key issues
Includes setting
targets relating
to key issues
Putting management of key issues into practice
Auditing - measuring progress towards targets
Assessing success of
elements 1-4 and the system as a whole
Standards
- All BSi and ISO standards have identification numbers
- This ensures clear identification by all parties
Standards identification numbers:
Certification
Organisations can be certified to ISO 14001
(often termed ‘certified against ISO 14001’)
ISO 14001
Why the strong growth of
ISO 14001?
ISO Survey of Management System Standard Certifications – 2016
EMSs
- Other forms of recognition exist
- In Europe, EMAS is widely adopted
EMAS has since been dropped
- SAS reviewed the strategic benefits …
EMSs
Standards – environmental and others – are increasingly important for business
– a company may lose out if standards
are not gained
– a company may see business increase
through the achievement of standards
