1 / 21

Environmental Management Systems (EMS) - Adding Value

Environmental Management Systems (EMS) - Adding Value. Karen Szmidt Resource Efficiency Specialist Groundwork Cheshire. Agenda. 1. Who are Groundwork? 2. What is an Environmental Management System (EMS)? 3. Typical Activities of Environmental Management 4. Three Standards for EMS

roza
Download Presentation

Environmental Management Systems (EMS) - Adding Value

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Environmental Management Systems (EMS) -Adding Value Karen Szmidt Resource Efficiency Specialist Groundwork Cheshire

  2. Agenda 1.Who are Groundwork? 2. What is an Environmental Management System (EMS)? 3. Typical Activities of Environmental Management 4. Three Standards for EMS 5. Why implement an EMS? 6. Features of a Successful EMS 7. Benefits of implementing an EMS 8. Added Value at assisted companies 9. How can Groundwork help?

  3. Groundwork 1. Who are Groundwork?

  4. Groundwork • First Trust created in St Helens in 1981 • Federation of 42 local Trusts • Groundwork works with partners, communities and businesses to: • improve the quality of the local environment, • the lives of local people and, • the profitability of local businesses.

  5. Groundwork Our six project areas are: Employment Business Land Youth Community Education

  6. Groundwork Groundwork & Business • Consultancy Projects • Environmental Management System ISO 14001 & BS 8555 • H&S Management • Training • Resource Efficiency and Corporate Responsibility Programme • Carbon Foot printing

  7. What is an EMS? 2. What is an Environmental Management System (EMS)?

  8. What is an EMS? Environmental Management System • Working Environmental Policy • Sets out objectives and targets to continually improve environmental performance • Like a Quality or H&S management system • Provides: • Structure for managing your • Control company’s • Consistency environmental performance

  9. What is an EMS? Continual Improvement Plan • Planning: • environmental aspects • legal requirements • other requirements • objectives & targets • environmental management • programme Environmental Policy Act Management Review Do Check • Implementation & Operations: • structure & responsibility • training, awareness & competence • communication • EMS documentation • document control • operational control • emergency procedures • Monitoring & Corrective Action: • monitoring & measurement • non-conformance, corrective & • preventative action • records • EMS audit

  10. 3. Typical Activities of Environmental Management

  11. Typical Activities of Environmental Management • Pollution Prevention and Risk Management • Waste Control & Minimisation • Reducing Resource Consumption • Client and Supplier Collaboration • Maintaining Legal Records • Auditing • Training & Awareness Raising • Monitoring & Measurement • Communications

  12. 4. Three Standards of EMS: • ISO 14001: 2004 • International Standard for EMS implementation • BS 8555 – Phased approach to ISO 14001 and EMAS • EMAS (Eco-Management and Audit Scheme) – European Standard for EMS implementation • Requires achievement of ISO 14001 and Environmental Public Statement • Requires the production of an annual environmental statement, providing details on progress towards environmental objectives and targets

  13. 5. Why Implement an EMS? There are a number of Environmental Issues and Drivers affecting organisations

  14. Why Implement an EMS? Global Environmental Issues: • Climate Change • Ozone Depletion • Water Pollution • Global Dimming • Light Pollution • Deforestation • Desertification Sources: 1Emanuel, K. 2005. Increasing destructiveness of tropical cyclones over the past 30 years. Nature 436: 686-688 2 World Health Organisation 3 World Health Organisation 4Krabill, W., E. Hanna, P. Huybrechts, W. Abdalati, J. Cappelen, B. Csatho, E. Frefick, S. Manizade, C. Martin, J, Sonntag, R. Swift, R. Thomas and J. Yungel. 2004. Greenland Ice Sheet: Increased coastal thinning. Geophysical Research Letters 31

  15. Why Implement an EMS? Local Environmental Issues: • Water Pollution • Can be point of source discharge such as sewage and contaminated surface water or spillage into water course / groundwater • Air Pollution • Carbon Monoxide, Nitrogen Dioxide and Sulphur Oxides • Reductions in Air Pollution are driven by Environmental Regulation, fuel taxes, technology/innovations, stakeholder pressures and Environmental Management • Land Pollution • The degradation of the Earth’s land surface • Acid rain, fertiliser application, illegal dumping, spillage and leakage

  16. Why Implement an EMS? Drivers for EMS Implementation • Legislation • EU Directives and Regulations, UK Regulations • Financial • Energy Efficiency • Waste Minimisation • Process Optimisation • Market Differentiation/open new markets • Reducing the risk of fines and other costs • Clean up costs • Taxes and levies • Stakeholders and customers

  17. Features of Successful EMS 6. Features of Successful EMS • Commitment • Good understanding of the issues • Involvement • Training and awareness raising • Strong Communications • Focus on performance improvement • Integrates with existing management systems • Good planning - flexible • Monitored and maintained • Practical for all levels of the organisation

  18. Benefits of implementing an EMS 7. Benefits of implementing an EMS • Increase revenues through reduced costs • Consolidate market position • Raise barriers for competitors • Open new markets • Foster better relationships • Better control of environmental liabilities • Reduce liabilities passed through to customers • Reduced regulatory burden • Environment considered in strategy • Business excellence – increase investment appeal

  19. Added Value at Assisted Companies 8. Added Value at Assisted Companies • £869,000 – new contracts • £130,000 – safeguarded sales • 20 - jobs safeguarded

  20. 9. How can Groundwork help? • EMS Implementation Training • BS 8555 (Approved Training Course through IEMA) • Environmental Awareness Training for staff • More likely to take on board what you are aiming to achieve e.g. objectives and targets etc • Environmental Auditor Training • Get other staff involved with the system so you don’t have to do everything yourself • Gap Analysis • Pre audit before you get an external party in (BS 8555 and ISO 14001) • Environmental Legislation Compliance Checks • Audit Environmental Legislation Register to ensure that everything is in place that should be • Identify if there are any gaps in terms of missing legislation

  21. Contact Details: Karen Szmidt Resource Efficiency Specialist Groundwork Cheshire Tel: 01606 723175 Email:karen.szmidt@groundwork.org.uk

More Related