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E NVIROMENTAL M ANAGEMENT S YSTEM WHY IS IT NEEDED?. Corporate Requires It Corporation is Environmentally Conscious Government Requirements Compliance is required - fined if non-compliant Be A Good Corporate Citizen Set a good example for the community Save Money ???????????
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ENVIROMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMWHY IS IT NEEDED? • Corporate Requires It • Corporation is Environmentally Conscious • Government Requirements • Compliance is required - fined if non-compliant • Be A Good Corporate Citizen • Set a good example for the community • Save Money ??????????? • All of the above
ENVIROMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMWHY IS IT NEEDED? • Corporate Requires It • What areas does corporate want to concentrate? • Outline areas of concern • Are they relevant to your operation? • Yes - Prioritize • No - Advise that they are not relevant • Examples for Philips • Packaging Reduction • Hazardous Material Reduction
ENVIROMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMWHY IS IT NEEDED? • Government Requirements • Need to satisfy Air & Water Regulations • Both Local & State • Which Regulation are relevant to your operation? • Hone in on all that apply • Examples for Philips • Monthly sampling of Effluent • Air permit for Lacquer painting process
ENVIROMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMWHY IS IT NEEDED? • Be A Good Corporate Citizen • Avoid Environmental Issues with Neighbors • Promote goodwill with the city • Avoid local fines and defamation of company Name - Helps Brand Name Recognition • Examples for Philips • Unpleasant odor form Painting process • Amount of Aluminum concern of local Water Authority from Paint Process
ENVIROMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMWHY IS IT NEEDED? • Save Money ??????????? • Packaging • Saved cost of Cardboard and foam • Paint Change - Lacquer to Water Base • HAZ-MAT became none issue - Became Small Generator - Pay for once a year removal • Air Permit Not Needed - Saved Cost of permit • Stopped Need for Monthly Sampling of Effluent - Saved Analysis cost • Unpleasant odor disappeared - No Masks
ENVIROMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMWHY DID WE WANT IT? • Philips need to pass ISO-14001 Certification Audit as part of a Corporate Quality Effort • Needed it to get and remain permit free for Air Quality. • Needed to reduce Sampling schedule for county wastewater treatment plant. • Continue to remain under regulated amounts of pollutants in the wastewater.
ENVIROMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMHOW DID WE DO IT? • Formed a team from all sites and picked coordinators at each site. • Developed and used a prioritizing Excel-based chart. • Wrote an Environmental Policy for all sites • Tied processes and procedures into ISO-9000 format. • After identification of Aspects needing attention - wrote procedures to cover • Wrote EMS from Procedures using ISO-14000 regulation.
ENVIROMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMHOW DID WE DO IT? • Focus on ASPECTS Determination • Following Three slides demonstrate how we prioritized aspects and impacts on known areas of concern. • Starting, Rating, Final Results • Identify the areas of most concern and form plan to correct or change current practices.
ENVIROMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMHOW TO SELL EMS • Focus on ASPECTS and IMPACTS where money can be saved • Make sure that all savings can be tracked to the bottom line • Get buy-in by showing that not only will this change help save time (?) and money, but will also help with morale of the work force • Show graphs with predictive savings if possibly • Show saving beyond one year - Five year plan
ENVIROMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMMAKE IT WORK • Set goals and objectives that can be obtained quickly - Show success • Don’t rush for Certification • Review and Audit the processes developed from the formation of the EMS • Make certain aspects objectives as objectives for certain personnel that are affected • Get hourly and first line supervision co-operation
Example Goals & Objectives • Participate in the Chamber of Commerce Air Quality Alert procedures, like last year. • Have all chemicals listed and identified used in each department. • Establish Baseline for Cardboard Reduction program.
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