Introduction To Environmental Management Systems EMS ISO 14001

Introduction to
Environmental Management
Systems
EMS ISO 14001
Objectives
• Define an EMS
• List elements in an EMS
• List the benefits of an EMS
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What is an Environmental
Management System?
• “The part of the overall management
system that includes organizational
structure, planning activities,
responsibilities, practices, procedures,
processes and resources for developing,
implementing achieving and reviewing the
environmental policy.” ISO14001
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What is an Environmental
Management System?
An environmental management system brings

together the people, policies, plans, review
mechanisms, and procedures used to
manage environmental issues at a facility or
in an organization.
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An EMS is Environmental
• Facilitates environmental compliance
• Addresses environmental impacts
• Broadens environmental responsibilities to
all whose work can have a significant
impact on the environment
• Environmental office has technical
expertise to contribute
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An EMS is Management
• Must have commitment of top managers

• EMS owned by facility manager
• Must be consistent with other management
systems
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An EMS is a System
• Requires awareness of formal structure

• Addresses policies, procedures, programs
• Doesn’t specifically address compliance
components (drums, labels, etc.)
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Continual Improvement
Cycle
Etc.
Plan
Implement
Implement
Plan
Review Implement Check
Check
Review
Plan
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ISO 14001 Components
• Environmental Policy
• Planning
• Implementation and Operation
• Checking and Corrective Action
• Management Review
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Environmental Policy
• Issue a policy statement signed by facility
manager
• At a minimum, commit to
– Continual improvement
– Pollution prevention
– Environmental compliance
• Identifies EMS framework
• Publicly available
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Planning
• Identify aspects and impacts from facility
activities, products, and services
• Review legal requirements
• Set objectives and targets
• Establish formal EMS program
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Implementation and
Operation
• Define roles and responsibilities
• Provide EMS training
• Establish internal and external communication
mechanisms
• Establish document control system
• Establish operational controls
• Integrate with or establish emergency
preparedness procedures
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Checking and Corrective
Action
• Conduct periodic monitoring of
environmental performance
• Identify root causes of findings and conduct
corrective and preventive actions
• Maintain environmental records
• Conduct periodic EMS audit
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Management Review
• Conduct periodic senior management
review of EMS
• Revise policies as needed
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ISO 14001 Elements
Management Environmental
Review Policy
Checking/ Continuous Planning

Corrective Actions Improvement
• Environmental Aspects
• Measurement and Monitoring
• EMS Nonconformance and • Compliance
Corrective Actions • Objectives and Targets
• Records • Environmental Mgmt.
• EMS Audits
Implementation Programs
• Roles and Responsibilities
• Training and Communication
• EMS Document Control
• Emergency Preparedness
and Response
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Other ISO 14001 Terms
Registration - An external audit of an EMS for
conformance with ISO 14001 by an entity certified
in the US by Registrar Accreditation Board (RAB)
Registrar - Entity that conducts external audit of EMS
for registration
Conformance - Adherence to ISO 14001 standard
measured externally or internally
Self-Declaration - An assertion by an organization
that it is in conformance with the ISO 14001
standard based on an internal audit of its EMS
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Benefits of an EMS
• Helps maintain compliance
• Reduce operating costs
• Integrate environmental programs
into mission
• Increase employee involvement
• Reduce environmental impacts
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Summary
• An EMS is the combination of people,
policies, procedures, review, and plans to
help address environmental issues
• Important EMS elements include continual
improvement, management commitment,
formalization, and awareness of system
approach
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• Must have commitment of top managers

• Requires awareness of formal structure

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