Road Map for EMS Development and Implementation

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Road Map for EMS Development and Implementation
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Basic Outline for the Workshops

• Step 1 Introduce the ISO elements
• Step 2 Practice the ISO elements
• Step 3 Implement the ISO elements between
  workshops

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• Tour of the three ring binder notebooks

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• How GreenWare will be used during the workshops

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Getting Started

• Define the scope or fence line for your
  organization
• Baseline Environmental Review

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The ISO 14001 Standard is the road map for an EMS
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Environmental Policy

• A statement of your organizations commitment to
  the environment.
• Use this policy as a framework for planning and
  action

Workshop 1
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Environmental Aspects

• Identify environmental attributes of your
  products, activities and services.
• Determine those that could have significant
  impacts on the environment.

Workshop 1
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Legal and Other Requirements

• Identify and ensure access to relevant laws and
  regulations (and other requirements to which your
  organization adheres).

Workshop 1
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Objectives and Targets

• Establish environmental goals for your
  organization, in line with your policy,
  environmental aspects and impacts, views of
  interested parties and other factors.

Workshop 2
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Environmental Management Programs (EMPs)

• Plan actions to achieve
• objectives and targets.

Workshop 2
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Structure Responsibility

• Establish roles and responsibilities and provide
  resources.

Workshop 1
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Training, Awareness and Competence

• Ensure that your employees are trained and
  capable of carrying out their environmental
  responsibilities.

Workshop 3
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Communication

• Establish processes for internal and external
  communication of the environmental management
  issues.

Workshop 3
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EMS Documentation

• Maintain information on your EMS and related
  documents.

Workshop 2
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Document Control

• Ensure effective management procedures and other
  system documents.

Workshop 1
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Operational Control

• Identify, plan and manage your operations and
  activities in line with your policy, objectives
  and targets.

Workshop 2
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Emergency Preparedness and Response

• Identify potential emergencies and develop
  procedures for preventing and responding to them.

Workshop 3
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Monitoring and Measurement

• Monitor key activities and track the performance.

Workshop 4
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Nonconformance and Corrective and Preventive
Action

• Identify and correct problems and prevent
  recurrences.

Workshop 4
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Records

• Keep adequate records of EMS performance.

Workshop 4
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EMS Audit

• Periodically verify that your EMS is operating as
  intended.

Workshop 4
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Management Review

• Periodically review your EMS with an eye to
  continual improvement.

Workshop 3
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Where are we today on the EMS road map?

• Environmental Policy
• Environmental Aspects
• Legal and Other Requirements
• Structure and Responsibility
• Document Control

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Terms and Acronyms used in this course

• EMS
• Elements
• Policy
• Procedures
• Work Sheets (GreenWare)
• Work Instructions (SOPs)
• EMPs
• Records
• Forms

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Remember we want to

• Learn it!
• Practice it!
• Implement it!
• Use GreenWare as a tool
• and make the software work for you!
• Keep your focus on the Big Picture

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