environment management system_awareness_training.ppt
- 1. General Environmental Management Systems Awareness Training
- 2. Objectives • What an environmental management system (EMS) is. • The benefits of an EMS. • Why an EMS is important to what you do. 2
- 3. What Is an Environmental Management System (EMS)? • An EMS is simply a set of procedures to reduce our environmental footprint in our day-to-day activities. • An EMS is the combination of people, policies, procedures, review, and plans to help address environmental issues. • An EMS is that part of an overall management system which includes organizational structure, planning activities, responsibilities, practices, procedures, processes, and resources for...achieving environmental policy. • Important EMS elements include continual improvement, management commitment, formalization, and awareness of a systems based approach. 3
- 4. Purpose of an EMS An EMS brings together the people, policies, plans, review mechanisms, and procedures used to manage environmental issues at a facility or in an organization. 4
- 5. Benefits of an EMS • Helps maintain compliance • Reduce operating costs • Integrate environmental programs into mission • Increase employee involvement • Reduce environmental impacts 5
- 6. Things About EMS You May Not Know • Your organization may already have an have EMS established or have elements of an EMS in place. • You may be able to contribute to implementing and improving your organization’s EMS. 6
- 7. EMS Frameworks • The International Standard ISO 14001 is the most widely used and respected. • Organizations, however, use many EMS frameworks and models. • The EO 13423 Implementing Instructions directs Federal agencies to align their EMS programs with ISO 14001. 7
- 8. A Basic EMS Framework Plan, Do, Check, Act ACT CHECK DO PLAN 8
- 9. The Continuous Cycle • Plan Planning, identifying environmental aspects and establishing goals • Do Implementing, includes training and operational controls • Check Checking, includes monitoring and corrective action • Act Reviewing, includes progress reviews and acting to make needed changes 9
- 10. EMS Components (e.g., ISO 14001) • Environmental Policy • Planning • Implementation and Operation • Checking and Corrective Action • Management Review 10
- 11. 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 11
- 12. Planning • Identify aspects and impacts from facility activities, products, and services • Review legal requirements • Set objectives and targets • Establish formal EMS program 12
- 13. 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 13
- 14. 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 14
- 15. Management Review • Conduct periodic senior management review of EMS • Revise policies as needed 15
- 16. The EMS Plan, Do, Check, Act Cycle (e.g., ISO 14001) 16 Checking/ Corrective Actions • Measurement and Monitoring • EMS Nonconformance and Corrective Actions • Records • EMS Audits Continuous Improvement Implementation • Roles and Responsibilities • Training and Communication • EMS Document Control • Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning • Environmental Aspects • Compliance • Objectives and Targets • Environmental Mgmt. Programs Environmental Policy Management Review
- 17. Bottom Line EMS Requirements • Must have commitment of top managers. • An EMS doesn’t exist in isolation. • Must be consistent with other management systems (e.g., IT) in your organization. • An EMS must be owned by everyone in your organization. 17
- 18. Some Basic EMS Definitions • Environmental Aspect (Cause) – The elements of an organization’s activities, products, or services which can interact with the environment. • It is important to establish, implement and maintain a procedure to identify the environmental aspects of activities products and services that you “can control and …can influence.” • After identifying environmental aspects you must determine those which have or can have significant impacts on the environment. • Examples include: air emissions, water discharges, , use of raw materials, energy use, use of natural resources, use of volatile organic compounds. • Environmental Impact (Effect) – Any change to the environment whether adverse or beneficial, wholly or partially resulting from an organizations activities, products, or services. • Examples include: depletion of natural resources, air pollution, hazardous waste generation, soil and water contamination. 18
- 19. Examples of Aspects and Impacts •Facility Operations •Aspect: Office use of electronic equipment •Impact: Generation of recyclable waste (paper, batteries, toner cartridges) •Aspect: Use of solvents, oil, fluorescent lamps, and excess furniture •Impact: Land contamination (landfill) •Aspect: Air emissions from buildings •Impact: Air pollution, global warming 19
- 20. Examples of Aspects and Impacts •Facility Operations (continued) • Aspect: Motor vehicle operations (Use of oil, rags, antifreeze, tires, and batteries) • Impact: Hazardous waste generation and air pollution • Aspect: Custodial Operations (Use of cleaning products, paper, water, energy) • Impact: Depletion of natural resources and contamination of land • Aspect: Grounds Maintenance • Impact: Depletion of natural resources (pesticides, fertilizer, water use, fossil fuels) 20
- 21. Examples of Significant Environmental Aspects •Purchasing chemicals •Use of chemicals •Application of pesticides •Office products/paper consumption •Use of electronic equipment •Building temperature control •Grounds and custodial operations •Motor vehicle operations 21
- 22. Objectives and Targets • Compliance with Regulations • Reduce Waste Streams • Hazardous, Solid, and Universal • Reduce Energy Consumption • Recycle • Green Purchasing • Pollution Prevention 22
- 23. Definitions An EMS objective is an overall goal arising from the environmental policy statement set by the organization. An EMS target is a detailed measurable performance requirement related to the objective. 23
- 24. Examples Objective: Increase solid waste diversion Target: Achieve a 60% diversion rate for all solid waste by the year 2008. 24
- 25. Examples Objective: Improve environmental compliance Target: Reduce the number of external environmental compliance audit findings by 50% on an audit-to-audit basis. 25
- 26. Examples Objective: Reduce transportation congestion Target: Increase the number of employee-days of mass transit use by 50% by the year 2007 based on a 2002 calendar year baseline. Target: Purchase 25 bicycles for use within the facility by the year 2004. 26
- 27. An objective of EMS is to reduce environmental impacts. Below are ways you can support this objective: • Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – Reduce your use of resources such as water. Reuse resources such as office supplies Recycle all batteries, paper, electronics, toner cartridges, metal scraps, metal cans, glass and plastic containers, and fluorescent light bulbs, etc. • Purchasing Requirements – Government purchasing agents, including credit card holders, are required to follow the Affirmative (Green) Procurement Plan. • Carpool – Conserve fuel by carpooling to field sites or other work related destinations. 27
- 28. What Managers and Supervisors Need to Do Provide support to change habits • Old habits die hard. • Employees need support through both motivational and technical hurdles. • Initial training and periodic refreshers are essential to continuing pollution prevention success. 28
- 29. Top Ten Pollution Prevention Techniques 1. Good housekeeping and maintenance practices 2. Spill prevention and preparedness 3. Inventory management 4. Prudent purchasing 5. Waste exchange programs 6. Alternate cleaning processes 7. Reduce/reuse process wastes 8. Process modifications 9. Changes in equipment or technology 10.Environmentally preferable purchasing 29
- 30. An Example: Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Definition: Products or services that have a lesser or reduced effect on human health and the environment when compared with competing products or services that serve the same purpose. 30
- 31. Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Environmentally preferable purchasing means examining the pollution prevention practices of your vendors and subcontractors 31