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Factsheet
Phased certificationof an Environmental Management System,
via the Acorn Scheme.
1. Flexibility
The organisation can move at a pace that suits its business needs. The
scheme is ideal for small to medium sized organisations with a low to/
moderate risk to the environment. If this applies to your business, it may not
be necessary to move through all the phases.
Environmental impacts and performance are measured from the start. This
allows an organisation to quickly evaluate where improvement and cost
savings can be implemented.
4. Early recognition
Many customers accept that, by Phase three, the organisation has control of
its environmental impacts and risks. This is enough to satisfy their
requirement for low environmental risk.
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5. Improved stakeholder relationships
Phase two aims to help identify relevant environmental, legal and other
requirements, then to develop and implement control measures to ensure
continued compliance with these requirements.
Phase three aims to establish the core elements of a functional EMS and
develop a structured framework for systematic environmental management
and performance improvement.
Phase three can provide a natural pause in the development of a full EMS as
it provides evidence for customers that the organisation understands its
environmental risks and has them under control. This is also a good point at
which to have the initial assessment by the certification body and obtain Acorn
registration.
Phase five introduces the discipline of auditing the EMS and undertaking a
management review. This will close the continual improvement loop for
environmental performance.
At the end of Phase 5, the organisation should have a fully functional EMS in
place & will be in a good position to be assessed against the requirements of
ISO14001 or EMAS.
Phase 6 will prepare the organisation for the final assessment by the
certification body.
Timescale
The programme can be developed to match the pace that the organisation
wishes to adopt, but a realistic timescale for implementation is one phase per
month, giving full ISO14001 certification six months from the start date.
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