Environmental Management System (EMS) - is a structured 3.

Planning
system or management tool which, once implemented. 3.1Environmental Aspects
helps an organization to identify the environmental impacts. - Identify activities, products, and services that can interact
with the environment.
Environmental Policy – sits at the top of an organizations
- Evaluate risks to determine significant environmental
EMS and articulates the overall intentions and direction
aspects and impacts.
regarding environmental performance.
3.2 Legal and other requirements
ISO 14000 Series – International standards on Environmental
- The environmental policy must include a commitment to
Management
compliance with legal and other requirements in order to
ISO 14001 – Blueprint for an EMS against which and meet the requirements of the standard
organization can be verified by a third party
3.3 Objectives, target, and program(s)
ISO 14004 - provides guidance on the development and - Objectives are overall goals
implementation of EMS - Targets are detailed performance requirements to meet
objectives.
ISO 14013/5 – Provides audit program review and - Consider legal requirements, significant aspects,
assessment material technology, and stakeholder views.
ISO 14020+ - Labelling Issues

ISO 14030+ - Provides guidance and performance targets 4. Implementation and Operation
and monitoring within an EMS
4.1 resources, roles, and responsibilities
ISO 14040+ - covers Life- cycle issues - Top management must provide sufficient resources
ISO 14063 – Environmental Communication (people, skills, technology, funds).
- Roles and responsibilities must be documented and
ISO 14064, 14065, 14067 – On greenhouse emissions communicated.
measurement monitoring, reporting, verifying, etc.
4.2 Competence, training, and awareness
- Competence can be determined through appropriate
Main Steps in EMC: education, training, and experience.
- Awareness ensures understanding of the EMS and
• Plan what you’re going to do expectations for support.
• Do what you planned to do
4.3 Communication
• Check to ensure you did what you planned, and
-Have a procedure for internal and external communication
• Act to make improvements
about environmental aspects.
-Use intranets, meetings, newsletters, or notice boards.
1. Scope of the EMS - certification to the requirements of
4.4 Documentation
the standard is sought.
Minimum requirements:
2. Environmental Policy - sets the direction for management - Environmental policy, objectives, and targets.
of the environment. - Scope of the EMS.
- Description of EMS elements and their interaction.
a. Compliance with all applicable legal requirements,
- Documents required by the standard.
and which other requirements to which the organization
- Records needed to ensure effective operation and control.
subscribes relating to its environmental aspects.
4.5 Control of Documents
b. Prevention of Pollution
- Include procedures for approval, updates, legibility, and
c. Continual improvement distribution.
- Manage obsolete documents and external document
references.
4.6 Operational Control
- stipulate the operating criteria, such as normal operations,
emergency situations, shut down, and maintenance.
- Operational procedures can range from text based to
pictorial.

4.7 Emergency preparedness and response

- identify potential emergency situations and potential
accidents that can have environmental impact and
determine how it will respond to them.
- Develop plans, train personnel, and conduct drills.
- Review and revise plans as needed.

5. Checking

5.1 Monitoring and Measurement

- Monitor and measure key operations with significant
environmental impacts.
-Record information to track performance, operational
controls, and progress on objectives.

5.3 Nonconformity, corrective, and preventive action

- Nonconformity is non-fulfilment of a requirement, that is,
when something does not go to plan. In the context of an
environmental management system
- environmental nonconformity occurs when an
environmental control is not implemented or is ineffective,
an environmental emergency or accident happens,

5.4 Control of records

Record – is a Historical piece of information
Documents – live pieces of Information, provides guidance
on what to do, and need to be kept up to date.

5.5 Internal audit

- Provides info to management whether the system
conforms to planned arrangements and has been properly
implemented and maintained.
- Focus on pollution prevention, compliance, and continual
improvement.

6. Management Review
- Holistic and strategic evaluation of EMS suitability,
adequacy, and effectiveness.
- Typically conducted annually, half-yearly, or quarterly.
- Records must be maintained for all reviews.