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Environmental Management Systems Duncan
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What is an Environmental Management System?

• A way of ensuring you identify and manage ALL of
  your environmental impacts
• The means by which you implement the promises
  made in your environmental policy
• A collection of procedures and work instructions
  connected via your environmental manual

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Three interdependent essential elements
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What is an EMS?

• Environmental policy
• Environmental Manual
• Legal register
• Environmental review / identified aspects and
  impacts
• Objectives, targets and controls
• Records

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What does it look like?
Environmental Policy
Environmental Manual
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Environmental Management System
Set Targets
Environmental Policy
Implement
Review
Measure
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Why have an environmental management system?

• Ensure I am in control of environmental impacts
• Ensure compliance with Environmental Legislation
• Ensure I am not polluting the Environment
• My competitors have one
• My competitors dont have one
• I want to be seen to care

I want something that will drive change in my
organisation!
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Have you checked your discharges?
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Are you confident of what goes down your drains?
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Do your staff know which drain is which?
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Are you confident of where your waste is going?
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Are you complying with your duty of care?
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Winning New Customers
Organisations want to buy from companies who are
not damaging the environment

• Sustainable Purchasing Procuring the Future
• Product Carbon Footprint
• Life Cycle Analysis and Life Cycle Costing
• Supply Chain Management
• Reputation!

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Certification

• Gives customers confidence you can achieve your
  objectives
• Gives you confidence you are managing all your
  impacts
• Independent expert advice on EMS structure and
  content

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Certification

• BSI 8555
• 6 easy stages
• Can be certified for completing each stage
• ISO 14001
• Most common
• Internationally recognised
• EMAS (Eco Management and Audit Scheme)
• Requires an annual environment statement which is
  externally verified

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What does it look like?
Environmental Policy
Environmental Manual
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Duncan East Senior Environmental Business
Advisor duncan.east_at_environmentcentre.com 023
8033 6199 www.environmentcentre.com
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