EMS ppt

Environment Management System(EMS)

ISO 14000

-ISO 14001 specifies requirements for Third Party registration and specification standards.-ISO 14004 gives guidelines for design and implementation of EMS.-ISO 14010 to 15 are concerned with environmental auditing.-ISO 14020 to 24 are concerned with environmental labelling.-ISO 14040 to 48 are concerned with life cycle assessment.-ISO Guide 64 is concerned with environmental aspects in product standards.s

Under these standards, management structure has to address organisational needs to respond to the effect of products, processes and services on environment.

The environment auditors evaluate processes, not outcomes. ISO 14000 is not a product or performance standard. These focus on management processes and not on performance goals. Also, EMS is again based on PDCA (Plan, Do Check and Act) cycle.

Developed as a sequel to BS 7750 and EMAR ,1993/TC 907 of ISO.

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) deals with measurements of environmental consequences of product during various stages of its life. LCA guidelines are used to develop labelling standards and used for environmental rating of products and marketing.

Major components of an EMS:(i) Environmental

policy(ii) Legal aspects(iii) Planning(iv) Objectives and goals(v) Environmental

Management Programme

(vi) Management and employee commitment

(vii) Environment planning

(viii) Emergency preparedness and response

(ix) Operational control & maintenance programme

(x) Environment system procedure and documentation

(xi) Environment audit(xii) Commendation

The Environmental Policy (EP): It must address the following issues:

(i) Management commitment to continual improvement, i.e. core values and beliefs in making environment policy;(ii) Prevention of pollution;(iii) Compliance with environment laws and regulation, co-operation with public

authorities;(iv) Creating a framework for setting objectives;(v) Communication requirements with shareholders; and(vi) Education and training for environment.

Under EMS, it is imperative that performance criteria be developed for:

(i) Emission, (ii) Environmental accidents, (iii) Risk reduction in terms of spills, hazards, noise etc. (iv) Reduction of waste, (v) Reduction in impact of packaging materials, (vi) Product/process redesigns, (vii) Energy savings, (viii) Environmental performance of contractors and suppliers, and (ix) Degree of ensuring equivalent EMS of contractors.

Focus points of EMS: The EMS must essentially focus on: (i) Roles, responsibilities and authorities of environment personnel; (ii) Employee awareness, education and training about EMS; (iii) Maintenance of records (register) of significant environmental effects; (iv) Documentation system: records of compliance and audits and their retention; (v) Operational and control procedures of activities, that effect environment; (vi) Procuring and contracting procedures; (vii) Work-procedures for employees for EMS;

(viii) Measurement and control of process characteristics; (ix) Examination of preventive mechanisms; (x) Investigation and rectification of non- compliance; (xi) Records of compliance and environmental audits; (xii) Verification of EMS by external auditors; (xiii) Publication of environmental statement; and (xiv) Registration. 

EMS model as per ISO 14001

Planning

Implementationand Operation

EnvironmentPolicy (EP)

Checking andCorrective Action

Review

ContinualImprovement

 Environment labelling: It refers to communicating

environment attributes of a product on a label. The label must be factual and relevant. The claims must be based on experimentation and criteria for claims should be publicly available and developed by consensus. Evaluation must be based on environmental impact during different stages, i.e. life cycle assessment (LCA). The labelling should not create trade barriers and should not discourage innovation.

BS-7750/ISO 14001 Companies wishing to become accredited under the BSI scheme need at first a Board level commitment, followed by a review of their existing environmental impacts. This preparatory review should cover four key areas:

(i) Legislative and regulatory requirements, (ii) An evaluation and registration of significant

environmental effects, (iii) An examination of all existing environmental

management practices and procedures, and (iv) An assessment of feedback from the

investigation of previous incidents and noncompliance.

noncompliance.

Commitment

Register of Regulations,

Evaluation andRegister of Effects

Initial Review

Policy

Organisationand Personnel

Objectivesand Targets

ManagementProgramme

ManagementManual

OperationalControl

Records

Audits

Reviews

Implementing the policy begins by the development of two manuals.

The first is a summary of legislative and regulatory requirements, which affect the activities of the company.

The second is an analysis of the existing environmental effects of the company under normal, abnormal and emergency conditions and is akin to the preparation of an environmental impact statement for a new project.

Following this analysis, objectives, which should include a commitment to continual year-on-year improvement in environmental performance need to be established at Board-level. Areas targeted for improvement should include those with the greatest current environmental impact.

The first stage in developing a system for achieving the targets is the establishment of a programme which specifies:

(i) Designation of responsibility for targets at each function and level of the organisation;

(ii) The means by which these are to be achieved.

A manual collating the environmental policy, objectives, targets and programme is then created. Additionally, this will document the key roles and responsibilities and the inter-relationship with other management systems (e.g. health and safety documentation ,QMS) already in operation within the company.

The environmental management manual is the key document within the system and needs to set-out procedures or operating standards for all functions, activities and processes which have an impact on the environment. A system for routine monitoring of progress against targets and corrective action to be taken in the event of non-compliance should also be identified

The company must, then, carry out an audit to assess the effectiveness of the procedures and progress against the agreed targets. The audits can be carried out internally, although the personnel utilised for the audit must be independent of the part being audited, or by the use of external consultants. The result of this audit should be submitted to the appropriate managers and the conclusions incorporated as changes to the procedures or targets, if necessary.

The identification and development of quantifiable objectives and targets in relation to current environmental impacts could be the most difficult to perform. Having decided the objectives, the second half of the environmental management standard closely follows the quality management standard (i.e. BS-5750 and ISO 9000) and uses tried and tested methods of ensuring compliance with targets. However, if the first half of the scheme is done poorly, the environmental improvements, brought about by the scheme, may not be significant.

The implementations could be on a division or plant basis and not companywide. Some leading companies doing this are AT&T, Chevron, Dow chemicals, 3M, DuPont, Ford, Merck, Procter and Gamble and Colgate Palmolive. Colgate Palmolive have a programme called ENVIROPRIDE which involves 7Rs namely reduce, reuse, recycle, reformulate, redesign, reward and renew.

P&G focussed on vision,design, action and communication for implementation of TQEM companywide.

Organisations like Delhi Metro and St. Stephens Hospital display their environmental policies. Effectiveness of their implementation is yet to be ascertained.