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Hints and tools to get an Environmental
Management System started
Dr. Thomas Hruschka EcoBusinessPlan
Vienna www.hru_at_m22.magwien.gv.at http//www.oekobu
sinessplan.wien.at Tel[phone]
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What are your targets establishing EMS?
besides all that to save money
we are forced to do
just for IONAS
a need to stay in business
management wants it
Public Relations
to structure your processes
protect environment
to get a positive image
legal compliance
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Do you know your surrounding field?
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Whom do you need from outside?
Get them on board!
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Whom do you need in your company for
establishing EMS successfully?
Do not fight alone, establish a team structure!

• People for your team
• environmental manager
• risk manger
• member of the general management
• representative of workers council
• technician
• ? involve them any time in the process

• Supporters you need for realisation
• PR - officer
• marketing expert
• somebody of each business unit
• procurement officer
• book keeper
• ..
• ? inform them any time of the process

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Intersect the project in achievable milestones!
Milestones will set targets for the team,
motivate and generate a feeling of success
structure!
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Do you know your main environmental deficits?
Try to get a quick overview - use a simple plan
of site!

• mark
• your operating sector
• your machines
• production units
• important supply units
• traffic areas
• neighbouring sites
• streets, rivers,

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Do you know your main environmental deficits?
Inform your employees and use their specific
knowledge - draw an environmental weather chart!

• involve your employees from the beginning in the
  process
• their intuitive answers are important
  information
• where do they mark positive and negative points
• you need just 2 minutes per person
• these information is the basis for your ecomaps

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Do you know your main environmental deficits?
Mark the information on the plan of site, one for
every environmental aspect (energy, waste, )!
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Do you know your main environmental deficits?
As result you will get your 7 ecomaps your basic
information of environmental hotspots in your
company!

• plan of site
• water
• soil
• air, smell, dust, noise
• energy
• waste
• risks

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Do you know your input and output?
Collect all the input/output data!

• you will find those dates
• in the book keeping
• on the energy bills
• at your waste desposer
• .

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Do you know your input and output?

• The EcoBusnessPlan developed an excel-tool to
  collect those data, to draw automatically a
  scheme and to generate automatically a basic
  version of an environmental report. A joint
  cooperation could make it possible to translate
  and share the tool and make it possible to adapt
  it for your needs.

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Document your environmental performance!
A database could store the results, show your
efforts to the public and makes your projects
available for others!

• The EcoBusnessPlan database is ready to be
  translated into English. A joint cooperation
  could make it possible to share the database and
  make it possible to adapt it for your needs.

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Communicate at any time during the process!
Open-minded communication is the basis of a
process which is reliable to your surrounding!

• Choose the adequate way of communication media
  and topics (!) for your target groups
• employees
• management
• b2b-contacts
• authorities
• media
• public
• NGOs
• ...

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Celebrate the milestones of the project!
Celebration forms the team tighter and motivates
to do the next steps!
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Summary of topics

• Think about the targets
• Who is your surrounding
• Form a team and look for support
• Get a brief overview
• Involve employees to find hot spots
• Define your in- and output
• Collect your data
• Communicate
• Celebrate

and dont forget!