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ISO 14001ENVIRONMENTALMANAGEMENT

SYSTEM

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What is ISO 14001?

ISO 14001 is a standard that governs acompanys Environmental ManagementSystem (EMS). It contains a set ofrequirements that must be followed in

order for a company to be registered tothat standard. ISO 14001 is recognized as the single world-

wide EMS standard. Ent.. Management System (EMS): the part of

the overall management system thatincludes organizational structure, planningactivities, responsibilities, practices,procedures, processes and resources fordeveloping, implementing, achieving,

reviewing and maintaining the

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What are the elements ofanEMS?

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Environmental Policy

Top management shall define theorganizations environmental policy andensure that it:

Is appropriate to the nature and scale ofthe organization Includes a commitment to continual

improvement and prevention of

pollution Includes a commitment to comply with

relevant environmental legislation andregulations, and with other

requirements to which the organizationsubscribes

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v y(continued)

Provides the framework for setting andreviewing environmental objectives andtargets

Is documented, implemented,maintained, and communicated to allemployees

Is available to the public

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Planning

4.3Planning

Environ-mental

Program

Environ-mental

Aspects

Objectives&Targets

4.3.3

4.3.1

4.3.4

4.3.2

Legaland OtherRequire-ments

Activities, Products or Services

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Planning (continued)

Documented environmental objectives and targets mustbe established and maintained

Legal and other requirements must beconsidered

View of interested parties must be considered Objectives and targets must be consistent

with the environmental policy

Plans for achieving objectives and targets must beestablished and maintained Responsibility must be defined The manner and time frame for achieving

goals must be defined

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Operation

Roles, responsibility and authorities mustbe defined, documented, andcommunicated.

Necessary resources must be provided Top management should appoint a

management representative to overseeand report the EMS

Training needs for all associates must bedefined

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Operation(continued)

Procedures must be established and maintained to makeassociates at all levels aware of the following:

The importance of conformance to the policy andprocedures

The significant environmental impacts, actual orpotential, and the environmental benefits of improvedpersonal performance

Their roles and responsibilities in achievingconformance with the policy, procedures, and

requirements of the EMS Their role in emergency preparedness and

response requirements The potential environmental consequences of

departure from specified operating procedures.

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ImplementationandOperation

I m p l e m e n t a t i o nn d O p e r a t i o nCommunication

Training ,wareness andCompetence

ESDocumentation

DocumentControl

OperationalControl

Emergencyreparedness andResponseStructureandResponsibility

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Operation(continued) Personnel performing tasks which can cause

significant environmental impacts shall becompetent on the basis of education,training, and/or experience.

Procedures must be established for internalcommunication within the organization andfor communication from externalinterested parties.

A document control system must be set up

for EMS documentation Operations related to significant

environmental aspects must be identified

and controlled. This includes contractedoperations.

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Operation(continued) Procedures for emergency preparedness

and response must be established andmaintained

These procedures must bereviewed and revised where necessary

These procedures must beperiodically tested, where practicable

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vAction

Documented procedures must beestablished and maintained to monitorand measure, on a regular basis, thekey characteristics of operations andactivities that can have a significantenvironmental impact. This includes:

Recording information to trackperformance

Relevant operations controls Conformance with environmental

objectives and targets

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Checking and CorrectiveAction

h e c k i n g a n do r r e c t i v e A c t i o nRecords -Non Conformance& orrective&reventive Action

ESAudit Monitoring& -easurement

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vAction(continued) A system for record retention must be

established

Periodic internal EMS audits must be

conducted Results of internal EMS audits must be

reported to management

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Management Review

Top management must periodically review theEMS to determine the continuing suitability,adequacy and effectiveness.

At a minimum, the management reviewaddresses the possible need for changes to thepolicy, objectives, and other elements of theEMS. Activities that would effect this reviewmay be:

EMS audit results New programs, products New raw materials/chemicals Capital/facility improvements or

renovations

Corporate goals and objectives

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uthe EMS

Policy and Objectives

Defined Responsibilities

Documented Systems

Training Records

Control of Critical Processes

Internal System Audits

Corrective and Preventive Action

Management Review

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Definitions

Continual improvement process ofenhancing the EMS to achieveimprovements in overall environmental

performance in line with theorganizations environmental policy.

Environment surroundings in which anorganization operates, including air,

water, land, natural resources, flora,fauna, humans and their intentions

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Definitions(continued) Environmental Aspect element of an

organizations activities, products, orservices that can interact with the

environment. Environmental Impact any change to

the environment, whether adverse orbeneficial, wholly or partially resulting

from an organizations activities,products or services

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Environmental Objectives overallenvironmental goal, arising from theenvironmental policy, than an

organization sets itself to achieve, andwhich is quantified where practicable.

Environmental Performance measurableresults of the EMS, related to an

organizations control of itsenvironmental aspects, based on itsenvironmental policy, objectives andtargets

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Environmental Policy statement by theorganization of its intentions andprinciples in relation to its overall

environmental performance whichprovides a framework for action and forthe setting of its environmentalobjectives and targets

Interested Party Individual or groupconcerned with or affected by theenvironmental performance of anorganization

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Environmental Targets detailedperformance requirement, quantifiedwhere practicable, applicable to theorganization or parts thereof, that arises

from the environmental objectives and thatneeds to be set and met in order toachieve those objectives

Consequences of Departure from ProceduresRelating to Significant Aspects - This

means that we need to understand whatthe potential environmentalconsequences are to not following ourprocedures related to significant aspects.For example, if we did not follow our

procedures for hazardous chemicaldis osal there could be otential

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