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raising standards worldwide
ISO 14001 & BS 8555 STEMS Environmental Management
PROVE YOUR ENVIRONMENTALLEADERSHIP
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What is ISO 14001?
An Environmental Management System (EMS) is a framework that allows
your organization to consistently control its significant impacts on the
environment, reduce the risk of potentially costly pollution incidents,
ensure compliance with environmental legislation and continually
improve your business operations.
ISO 14001 is an internationally accepted standard that defines the
requirements for establishing, implementing and operating an
Environmental Management System.
The standard recognizes that you may be concerned about both your
own profitability and managing environmental impacts. ISO 14001
integrates these two motives and provides a refreshingly workable
methodology to achieve an effective Environmental Management System.
It's not just a 'paper' standard it demands the commitment of your
whole organization. If the environment benefits and your profits are
enhanced, stakeholders see rewards.
Contents
WHAT IS ISO 14001? 2
WHY IMPLEMENT ISO 14001? 3
ISO 14001 MODEL 3
POLICY AND PLANNING 4
IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION 5
MANAGEMENT REVIEW 5
THE FEATURES AND BENEFITS OF ISO 14001? 5
WHAT IS BS 8555 STEMS? 6
BS 8555 STEMS: 6
Phase 1 Commitment and establishing the baseline
Phase 2 Identifying and ensuring compliance with legal and
other requirementsPhase 3 Developing objectives, targets and programmes
Phase 4 Implementation and Operation
Phase 5 Checking, audit and review
Phase 6 Option 2 Preparation and verification against the
EMAS regulations
WHAT ARE THE FEATURES & BENEFITS? 9
HOW BSI CAN HELP 10
REGISTRATION 10
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Why implement ISO 14001?
An Environmental Management System (EMS) assists organizations in
identifying the environmental interests of its stakeholders such as
customers, shareholders, employees, local residents, regulators, local
authority etc.
ISO 14001 provides an organization with a structured approach to
planning, implementing and managing an EMS.
Operating an effective EMS can:
Provide cost savings through the reduction of waste and moreefficient use of natural resources (electricity, water, gas and fuels).
Tighten production processes, yielding better efficiency and reduction
in the risk of incidents.
Improve internal communications and morale - often leading to sound
environmental solutions suggested by staff, who are the ultimate
owners of the business processes.
Ensure that the organization is better placed to avoid future fines and
penalties from not meeting environmental legislation.
Reduce insurance costs through demonstrating better risk
management.
Lead to a better public perception of the organization and the
potential to gain a competitive advantage, leading to improved
sales opportunities.
Lead to better community awareness of the impact of your activities
on local residents (noise, smell, dust, vibration, etc.).
CURRENT
SITUATION
CONTINUAL
IMPROVEMENT
MANAGEMENT
REVIEW
CHECKING AND
CORRECTIVE ACTION
ENVIRONMENTAL
POLICY
PLANNING
IMPLEMENTATION
& OPERATION
ISO 14001 MODEL
ISO 14001 Model
Before you can implement an EMS, you must understand what you
currently know about your environmental impacts and performance.
First look at your current activities, products, services and processes and
their impact on the environment. This will provide a baseline from which
progress can be measured.
The type of questions you might want to ask are:
What are our waste streams?
What regulations and legal requirements do we have to meet?
How much energy do we use?
What environmental consideration is given to the design of our
products/services and the purchasing of raw materials?
What do our neighbours think of us?
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Policy and Planning
ISO 14001 requires you to produce a policy statement that
communicates your environmental values to stakeholders. It is your
contract with the environment.
You must deliver an environmental performance that is consistent
with this statement.
Environmental Risk Assessment
An initial review will enable you to identify how you currently interact with
the environment. You should then conduct an Environmental RiskAssessment to determine which are your significant issues.
Operational Control
From the Environmental Risk Assessment you will have identified the
significant impacts that need to be monitored and managed.
These could include:
Waste streams
Air emissions
Use of energy
Discharge to water systems Storage of chemicals
Objectives, Targets and Management Programmes
Your environmental policy has committed you to improve on your
environmental performance. You will need to set specific, measurable
and timely objectives and targets. These targets and objectives should
be based on the significant issues identified in the Environmental Risk
Assessment. For example:
To reduce energy consumption per unit of production by 10% in the
next 12 months.
To reduce the number of skips sent to landfill by 25% in the next
18 months.
The objectives are achieved through the implementation of Management
Programmes. Management Programmes are plans that define what will
be done, who will do what and by when.
Your environmental policy hascommitted you to improve on yourenvironmental performance.
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Implementation and Operation
To implement and operate an effective EMS, you will need to:
Define the roles, responsibilities and authorities of staff with regard to
the environment, including the appointment of a management
representative to act as a project manager.
Describe how the management system is structured (commonly
achieved through the publication of an environmental manual) and
develop the necessary environmental procedures.
Establish, maintain and test a process for dealing with emergencysituations and accidents.
Also, ensure that:
Appropriate training is provided and people with key roles
are competent.
There is effective internal and external communication.
Environmental management system documentation is controlled so
that current versions are in use and obsolete documents are removed.
The issues, detailed in Operational Control, are being properly
managed, including the development of appropriate procedures
and the maintenance of records.
Checking and Corrective Action
You will need a process for monitoring and measuring your EMS.
This process will give you the confidence that you are in control of your
significant environmental impacts and provide a mechanism to determine
your progress towards achieving the environmental objectives.
Procedures are required for the handling and investigation of problems
in order to eliminate the actual or potential cause.
Environmental audits and records are required to give you confidence
that the EMS is working effectively and that you are in control.
You are in control of yoursignificant environmental impacts.
Management Review
Top management will need to meet periodically to ensure that the EMS is
still effective. This will include a review of your environmental policy and
performance against the environmental objectives. Consideration will
need to be given to changes to the policy and future environmental
objectives, in light of audit results.
The features and benefits of ISO 14001
Certification to ISO 14001 provides confidence for your stakeholders.
It proves your EMS meets a recognized standard shown to deliver
environmental improvement consistent with your environmental policy.
Other benefits include:
The use of a recognized certification mark.
Potential differentiation in the marketplace.
Expanding opportunities when organizations require their
suppliers to be registered.
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Phase 1 Commitment and
establishing the baseline.
Phase 2 Identifying and ensuring
compliance with legal and other
requirements.
Phase 3 Developing objectives,
targets and programmes.
Phase 4 Implementation and
operation of the EMS.
Phase 5 Checking, auditing
and review.
Phase 6 EMS acknowledgement:
Option 1 ISO 14001 certification
Option 2 EMAS verification
The 6 phases of BS 8555STEMS are:
Customer satisfactiongoes beyond delivery.
What is BS 8555 STEMS?
BS 8555:2003 Guidance to the phased implementation of an
environmental management system including the use of environmentalperformance indicators is a guidance document and as such certification
cannot be issued against it.
BS 8555 STEMS (Steps to Environmental Management Systems) is the BSI
scheme which implements the guidance of this British Standard.
The scheme involves the assessment and recognition (by a Certificate
of Achievement) of each phase of implementation of an environmental
management system as laid down in BS 8555.
BS 8555 STEMS
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Phase 1 is broken down into 7 stages concerned with the instigation
and planning of the environmental management system
implementation project.
The requirements of the stages are as follows:
Stage 1 Gaining and maintaining top management commitment to
and commencement of the implementation project.
Stage 2 Conducting a baseline assessment by the organization to
establish the current situation concerning the environmental impacts of
the organizations activities.
Stage 3 The development of a draft environmental policy appropriate
to the nature and scale of the organization and the environmental impacts
of its activities, products and services.
Stage 4 Developing environmental indicators to be used to measure,
analyse, assess and review data relating to environmental performance.
Stage 5 Developing an initial EMS implementation plan detailing the
timescales and responsibilities for the achievement of the implementation
goals.
Stage 6 Training, awareness and the initiation of culture change within
the organization and those working for or on behalf of the organization.
Stage 7 Initiation of action plans for continual improvement of
environmental performance.
BS 8555 STEMS Phase 1 Commitment and establishing the baseline
Phase 2 is broken down into 5 stages concerned with identifying the
relevant legislation and other requirements that may affect the
organization. It is important to be aware of the environmental legislative
requirements affecting the organization in order to ensure compliance
and prevent prosecution, fines, and any potential bad publicity.
The requirements of the stages are as follows:
Stage 1 Identifying relevant legal requirements and defining aprocedure for identifying, having access to and updating those
requirements.
Stage 2 Identifying other requirements and defining a procedure for
identifying, having access to and updating those other requirements to
which the organization subscribes.
Stage 3 Checking compliance against the requirements identified in
stages 1 and 2.
Stage 4 Ongoing compliance including operational controls, emergency
preparedness and response procedures to support compliance.
Stage 5 Developing compliance indicators as a means to measure
compliance on a continual basis.
BS 8555 STEMS Phase 2 Identifying and ensuring compliance with
legal and other requirements
Phase 3 is broken down into 7 stages concerned with defining an
environmental policy and determining where you want to get to in terms
of environmental performance.
The requirements of the stages are as follows:
Stage 1 Identification of environmental aspects and impacts and
determination of their significance.
Stage 2 Finalizing the environmental policy as a short public declaration
of the organizations intentions and commitment to improving its
environmental performance.
Stage 3 Developing objectives and targets which support the broad
aims in the environmental policy and relate to the organizations most
significant aspects and associated impacts.
Stage 4 Establishing indicators as a means to measure and track
environmental performance.
Stage 5 Developing the environmental management programme which
defines the responsibilities, means and timescales by which objectives and
targets can be achieved.
Stage 6 Developing practical operational control procedures.
Stage 7 Communicating the environmental policy, objectives, targets
and indicators to those working for and on behalf of the organization.
BS 8555 STEMS Phase 3 Developing objectives, targets and programmes
mark of achievement
BS 8555:STEMS phase one
mark of achievement
BS 8555:STEMS phase two
mark of achievement
BS 8555:STEMS phase three
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BS 8555 STEMS Phase 4 Implementation and Operation
Phase 4 is broken down into 6 stages concerned with the implementation
and operation of the environmental management system.
The requirements of the stages are as follows:
Stage 1 Finalizing and documenting management structure,
responsibilities and authorities.
Stage 2 Defining procedures for training, raising awareness and
competence, plans and maintaining records.
Stage 3 Establishing and maintaining formal communication
mechanisms and procedures.
Stage 4 Documentation and record keeping.
Stage 5 Reviewing and testing emergency preparedness and response
to potential accidents and emergency situations.
Stage 6 Developing indicators for the environmental management
system to help assess the effectiveness of key features of the system.
BS 8555 STEMS Phase 5 Checking, audit and review
Phase 5 is broken down into 5 stages concerned with checking the
effectiveness of the environmental management system in meeting the
set objectives.
The requirements of the stages are as follows:
Stage 1 Establishing audit programmes to determine whether the EMS
conforms to procedures and practices laid down and the requirements of
ISO 14001 and EMAS.
Stage 2 Correcting non-conformances and taking preventative action
a fundamental element of a successful system and at the heart of
continual improvement.
Stage 3 Management reviews which provide the top management with
a structured opportunity for reviewing the performance of the EMS and
its continuing suitability, adequacy and effectiveness.
Stage 4 Improving environmental performance as evidenced through
improving actions being in place with responsibilities and timescales
allocated.
Stage 5 Improving the environmental management system as
evidenced through improving actions being agreed with responsibilities
and timescales agreed.
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BS 8555:STEMS phase four
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BS 8555 STEMS Phase 6 Option 2 Preparation and verification against the EMAS regulations
The Community Eco-management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) is a
management tool for companies and other organizations to evaluate,
report and improve their environmental performance. It goes a step
further than ISO 14001:2004 by requiring the organization to complete
an environmental review and publish a statement of its environmental
performance.
Phase 6, option 2 is broken down into 6 stages concerned with preparing
for and having the EMS assessed against the requirements of the EMASregulations in order to obtain a verification statement to EMAS.
The requirements of the stages are as follows:
Stage 1 Reviewing the baseline which considers the requirements
of EMAS to ensure the EMS meets the requirements of the
EMAS Regulations.
Stage 2 Reviewing the implementation and planning stages to ensure
that the additional EMAS requirements have been addressed.
Stage 3 Developing a robust data collection, transfer, handling, storage
and communication process to ensure that data is comparable over time.
Stage 4 Reviewing the audit process to ensure that all the requirements
of EMAS have been met.
Stage 5 Developing the Environmental Statement ready for validation
against the requirements of EMAS.
Stage 6 Assessing the Environmental Statement
against the requirements of EMAS.
What are the features & benefits?
The BS 8555 STEMS scheme includes the requirement for a company
to complete the implementation process by progressing to a full
environmental management system in the form of either ISO 14001:2004
certification or an EMAS verification for which the appropriate certificate
of certification or verification statement is issued.
Clear framework and step by step approach to developing and
implementing a full EMS useful for companies without specialist
resources.
Performance based approach to management of environmental issues
with clear signposts as to what decisions are expected/criteria are to
be achieved.
Flexibility on how you progress to a full EMS. An organization can be
assessed against a phase at a time or a group of phases in one go,
though they must be completed in sequence.
Flexibility on how quickly to progress through the phases with a
maximum period of two years between each phase assessment.
A re-assessment will be performed after 12 months to ensure thecurrent phase requirements continue to be met.
Recognition and independent verification of progress and achievements
relating to environmental management system implementation and
environmental performance.
Ability to spread the costs.
Features & Benefits of BS 8555 STEMS include:
Provides confidence foryour Stakeholders.
BS 8555 STEMS Phase 6 Option 1 Preparation and assessment of the EMS to ISO 14001:2004
Phase 6, Option 1 is broken down into 2 stages concerned with
preparing for and having the EMS assessed against the requirements
of ISO 14001:2004 in order to obtain a Certificate of Certification to
ISO 14001:2004.
The requirements of the stages are as follows:
Stage 1 Evidence that the EMS is ready for an external assessment
against the requirements of the Standard.
Stage 2 Assessment for compliance against the requirementsof ISO 14001:2004.
Benefits of ISO 14001
It is only at the completion of the implementation of a full
environmental management system that an organization can realise
all the benefits which include:
An internationally recognized system to help you manage, monitor
and continually improve your environmental risks and impacts.
Improved overall performance and efficiency which may lead to
greater profits.
Reduced risk of incidents that result in liability.
Improved compliance with legal obligations which may lead to alighter regulatory touch from the Environment Agency.
Lower insurance costs as risks and liabilities are reduced.
Improved access to capital from satisfying investor criteria.
Greater access to new markets through competitive advantage/
market differentiation.
Provides confidence to and enhances relationships with your
customers, trade partners, stakeholders, regulators, local
authority and environmental groups through demonstrating
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How BSI can help
Integration with other Management Systems
Standards are becoming increasingly compatible and the latest
management philosophy is to integrate all of the applicable standards into
a single management system. An integrated management system can be
audited and assessed through BSI's Integrated Assessment Service (IAS).
BSI Training offers a complete range of training courses for EMS and
related areas, including introduction, understanding, implementating and
auditor courses.
Distance Learning programmes are also available for BS 8555 STEMS.
They are aimed at helping organizations to understand the requirements
of BS 8555 STEMS and tools to implement them.
For more information on BSI Training courses and to purchase standards
please visit: www.bsi-training.com
Certification
For further information on ISO 14001:2004 certification and how we can
guide you through the process, see our website for a variety of brochures
and useful guidance documents available to download:
www.bsi-uk.com/environment
Alternatively you can contact us on +44 (0)845 080 9000 and we will be
happy to help you with your ISO 14001 enquiry.
For further information on certification to BS 8555 STEMS and how
we can guide you through the process please contact us on
+44 (0)845 080 9000 and we will be happy to help you with your enquiry.
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Information Security Management
ISO/TS 16949:2002
Automotive Quality Management
ISO 10002:2004
Complaints Management
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