EMS Design Including P2

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EMS Design Including P2
BMW Manufacturing Corp.
August 24, 1999
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BMW Received ISO 14001 Certification in August,
1998
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New Plant Opened in 1994

• Excellent opportunity establish state-of-the-art
  EMS
• Associates have no corporate memory to overcome
• Culture includes commitment to the environment

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BMWs Environmental Policy

• Commits us to
• Compliance
• Continual Improvement
• Consistency with BMW AG requirements
• Pollution Prevention

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Plant 10 Environmental Performance

• Recognized as most environmentally-friendly plant
  in automobile industry
• Winner of 1997 Governors Pollution Prevention
  Award
• Certified in the Wildlife Industry Together
  Program in July, 1998

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Recent Recognition

• Accepted into South Carolina Environmental
  Excellence Program - November, 1998
• Recipient Carolina Recycling Association award
  for Outstanding In-house Waste Reduction
  Program - March 1999

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Performance beyond compliance

• Lowest air emissions in the industry
• Best 5 in industry in toxic chemical releases
• 24 reduction in toxic chemical releases from
  1997 to 1998
• 73 of all wastes recycled
• VOC Emissions well below permitted limits

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Do Results Come About by Chance?

• P2 Team was created in 1996
• Members from each operational department
• Waste streams tracked annually
• Menu of possible projects brainstormed
• Environmental targets developed each year
• Progress tracked annually

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1998 Waste Minimization Results
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Management's Goal

• To increase the effectiveness of our
  environmental management system by making each
  department more directly responsible for setting
  and achieving agreed-upon goals
• To implement ISO 14001 as an integral part of our
  business management system
• Avoid environmental violations by any regulatory
  agency with environmental authority

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Examples of EMS Program Results

• Paint waste was reduced by 145,700 pounds, saving
  the company 864,000
• Solvent parts washers converted to aqueous,
  eliminating waste stream

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More examples.

• Returnable packaging projects (wiring harnesses
  and transmissions) reduced waste by more than 1
  million pounds in 1998
• Paint sludge dewatering improvements saved
  57,500

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Returnable Packaging for Transmissions
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P2 and ISO 14001 A Perfect Fit

• Little change for P2 team
• ISO 14001 programs are a direct and natural
  outgrowth of P2 concept
• ISO 14001 makes a P2 practices part of the
  management system
• Probability of future success improved

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EMS Process
Env. Policy
Legal Requirements
Management Review
Aspects
Audits
Significant Aspects
Programs
Targets Objectives
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Env. Policy
Targets ObjectivesEach Department adopts
environmental targets objectives considering
its significant environmental aspects
Legal Requirements
Aspects
Significant Aspects
Targets Objectives
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Env. Policy
ProgramsEach department adopts specific
environmental programs to achieve targets
Legal Requirements
Aspects
Significant Aspects
Programs
Targets Objectives
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An Important Element of the EMS Is Continual
Improvement

• A good P2 Team functions at the heart of the
  continual improvement cycle
• Requires good tools from technical support areas,
  including effective methods for tracking progress
• Requires strong management support

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Whos responsible for protecting the environment?
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And a good P2 team is an essential element that
can champion the continual improvement process
and ensure success
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Thank you