EMSE IEM Course Notes 11

Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Protection
”Integrated Environmental Management”

- Course Notes -
Master Study Programme: Environmental Management and Sustainable Energy
Year of Study: 1
First Name and Family Name: Carmen Teodosiu

Email: cteo@tuiasi.ro
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”Integrated Environmental Management ” – Course Notes
Course 11 : ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCES AND REPORTING

ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCES AND THEIR ASSESSMENT _ ISO 14031
• Environmental performance - the organization’s management results regarding the

organization’s environmental aspects.
• Environmental performance evaluation (EPE)- process which facilitates management
decisions concerning the organization's environmental performance through: the choice of
indicators, data collection and analysis, the evaluation of informations according to the
environmental performance criteria, reporting and communication, periodic analysis and the
improvement of this process(the model Plan- Do- Check- Act).
• Environmental performance indicator - specific expression that provides informations about
the organization's environmental performance.

EVALUATION PROCESS STAGES OF ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE

PLAN
•Planning environmental performance evaluation
• Selecting indicators to evaluate the environmental performance
DO
Data collection
Data
Analysis and data processing
Informations
Information’s evaluation
Results
Reporting and
communication
CHECK AND ACT
• Analysis and improvement of environmental performance
evaluation
INDICATORS IN ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION (EPE)
Environmental performance indicators (EPI)

• Management performance indicators (MPI) – provide information about the management
efforts to influence the environmental performance of the organization’s operations.
• Operation performance indicators (OPI) – provide information about environmental
performance of the organization’s activities.
Environmental condition indicators(ECI) - provide information about the condition of the

environment (it can help the organization to better understand the current or potential impact
of its environmental issues and thus to support the planning and the implementation of EPE).

INDICATORS FUNCTIONS
• Environmental performance evaluation

• Planning
• Explanations  provide information about Stress, Condition and the Responses to
environmental problems
• Information  contributes to the raising of the awareness level

DESIGN AND SELECTION CRITERIA

Design criteria
•Clarity
• Must be a clear expression of goals
• Do not overlap
• Relevance
• Measurement of objectives
• The target audience
• The number of indicators
Selection criteria
• Accuracy
• Sensitivity
• Data quality :
• Spatial and temporal coverage,
• The possibility of automatic data collection

EXAMPLES OF INDICATORS FOR EPE

Management performance indicators (MPI)
• the number of objectives and targets achieved

• number of initiatives implemented for the pollution prevention
• the number of management levels with specific environmental responsibilities
• number of employees participating in environmental programs
• number of environmental improvement suggestions from employees the degree of compliance with the
regulations time required to reply or correct environmental incidents
• the number and frequency of specific activities (e.g., audits)
• number of exercises for undertaken emergencies
• costs (operational and capital) that are associated with the environmental aspects of the product or process
• reinvestment of one income part for environmental improvement projects
• number of press reports on the Organization’s environmental performance

Operation performance indicators (OPI)

• the quantity of materials used per unit of product
• the quantity of processed materials, recycled or reused
• quantity of packaging materials reused or discharged per unit of product
• the amount of energy used per year or per unit of product
• quantity of hazardous materials used by contracted service providers
• number of products that can be reused or recycled
• number of low-risk level products marketed
• the amount of cleaning agent used per square metre
• the quantity of fuel consumed
• quantity of waste per year or per unit of product
• quantity of hazardous waste, recyclable or reusable products per year
• the quantity of specific emissions per year
• the specific amount of material discharged per year
• amount of material deposited on the land of the unit product
• measured noise in a specific location

Environmental condition indicators (ECI)

• the concentration of a particular pollutant in the air
• the temperature of the environment in areas located at a distance specified by the Organization
• the average noise levels measured in the perimeter of the Organization
• the concentration of a particular pollutant in the waste water, groundwater or surface
• the concentration of dissolved oxygen in the receiver
• the specific pollutant concentration in the surface soil horizons in certain areas near the usefulness of the
Organization
• the concentration of select nutrients in the soils adjacent of the organization utility
• restoration of land in a given area
• the area of land devoted to agriculture, tourism or floodable from a specific area
• extent of surface soil erosion in a specific area
• life expectancy for certain populations
• the incidence of specific diseases, mainly among sensitive populations of epidemiological studies carried out in local
or regional area
• population growth rate in local or regional area
• the levels of lead in blood for the people of the local area

SELECTING INDICATORS FOR EPE DERIVED FROM A COMMON DATA SET

(STAKEHOLDERS)
An organization that treated waste water discharged into a lake can choose the following indicators for EPE:
the total quantity of the specific contaminant discharged per year
(possible target groups: local community)
the contaminant concentration in the wastewater
(possible target groups: legislative and regulatory authorities)
the amount of contaminant discharged per product manufactured
(possible target groups: management and consumers)
changing the quantity of contaminant discharged per year depending on the investment in clean
technologies or modernization process
(possible target groups: management and investors).

EXAMPLES ILLUSTRATING AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE IDENTIFIED WITH THE

RELATED INDICATORS CHOSEN FOR EPE
An organization that provides services, located in an area where air quality is unsatisfactory , uses air quality
information to choose appropriate indicators for EPE, as the objective of reducing emissions from motor vehicles.
MPI
-amounts spent on promoting public transport use
-the number of training hours for employees to use public transport
-the effectiveness of efforts to reduce fuel consumption, improve
vehicle maintenance and fuel efficiency and use of alternative fuels.
OPI
-The reduction of motor vehicle emissions due to the use of alternative fuels
-The total amount of fuel consumed
-The frequency of the maintenance operations for vehicles
-The number of vehicles equipped with environmental control technologies.
ECI
- the concentrations of air pollutants associated with motor vehicle emissions

ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING
Organizations (productive or providing services) are known to the public
information relating to emissions, activities and performances in the environmental
protection and ensure sustainable development.
Advantages:
• Improve company image
• Efficient Management
• Facilitates dialogue with suppliers and customers
• Facilitates the relationships with civil society (feedback)
• Discover the "hot spots" and development opportunities
• Management and marketing tool

THE CONTENT OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT
• Profile of business and organizational scheme;

• Environmental policy that the company applies;
• Environmental management system;
• Compliance with the legislation in force;
• Emissions;
• Efficiency of resource use;
• Environmental impacts of products;
• Costs for treatment / purification of emissions, and
• Relations with the competent authorities.

REFERENCE DOCUMENTS
• ISO 14031:2001  General Guides for reporting environmental performances

• EMAS  Environmental annual statement
• Global Reporting Initiative
• Recommendations, supplements on industries, recommendations on
sustainability issues, technical protocols
• Indicators of the Lowell Center Scheme for Sustainable Production.
• In Romania: Order 175 of 13/04/2005 / Ministry of Economy and Commerce on the
procedure of data reporting on the work of environmental protection by the
operators with industrial activity

TYPES OF REPORTS
• Mandatory reports
TRI – Toxic Release Inventory in USA
PRTR – Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers in European countries.
These records include lists of pollutants and hazardous substances classified by the
impact they have on the environment and human health. Any company that produces
substances in these records is required to publish their emissions and the manner in
which they carry out their management
• Voluntary reports - example: annual environmental statements which provide under
EMAS - Eco-Management and Audit Scheme, GRI reports (Global Reporting Initiative)

ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING
ORGANIZATION GRI
IPPC
Voluntary
Mandatory
reports
reports
PRTR ISO 14063
Permits Authorities,NGOs,consumers,local comunity

ISO 14001
students, other institutions
EMAS
Aarhus Convention

REPORTING EVOLUTION_INTERNATIONAL
2004-
Annual report
2002- (SD sau CSR)
Sustainability report
2001
1999-
Environmental and social report
1998
Social report
1995-
1994 Environmental report

Environmental report
1992-
Financial annual report

ECONOMIC-SOCIETY REPORTING
”Lets
cooperate”
”Of course”
”Yes, if
we must” ”Lets
Cooperate
”Trust us” ”Show us”
 Engaging
Stakeholders!
”Tell us”
Answers
”We do” imposed
Legislation
Trends in Romania Trends in Europe

GRI reporting– Global Reporting Initiative- common coherent scheme of voluntary

reporting of performances / economic impacts, social and environmental impacts of
companies (context DD).
An environmental report under GRI must contain informations about:

• Vision and strategy - a description of organization's strategy on sustainable
development, including a statement of top management;
• Organization Profile - a summary of the organization specific , of activities
• Governance structure and management systems
• GRI Content Index - a table that identifies the place where are located the essential
information (economic, social, environmental) in the report content
• Sustainability Performance indicators include the classical indicators of
sustainability

GRI INDICATORS

GRI DATABASE
1222 organizations in 38 areas of activity from 53 countries (Europe) published such reports in 2016
Field of activity No Field of Activity No

Agriculture 10 Forest and Paper Poducts 17
Automotive Mining
24 24
BMW, Continental, Fiat, Volvo Hellas Gold, Petra Diamonds, Anglo American
Aviation Tourism
25 27
Airbus, Finnair, Iberia Kuoni, NH Hoteles
Chemicals Waste Management
33 24
BASF SE, Brenntag AG, HEXPOL Ecodom, SUEZ Netherlands
Commercial services Metals Products
38 32
Accenture Spain, LaVola, Sodexo etc. ArcelorMittal Ukraine, METALLOINVEST, Elval
Construction Mat.
Computers
4 Geberit, HeidelbergCement, Lafarge, Italcementi 25
Atos, Logitech
Group
Energy Universities
91 7
BP, Gazprom, Repsol, VERBUND Ghent University, Università degli Studi di Torino

Order of 175/2005 refers to the preparation of periodic reports on the work of environmental protection,
the data collected aiming to:
• Mining and quarrying of energy products
• Mining non-energy products
• The textile industry and textile products
• Manufacture of wood and wood products
• Manufacture of pulp, paper and paper products
• Manufacture of Coke, of the products obtained by refining oil and nuclear fuels
• Manufacture of chemicals, chemical products and artificial synthetic fibers and yarns
• Manufacture of rubber and plastics products
• Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products
• Metallurgy and metal products
• Industry machinery and equipment
• Electrical and optical equipment industry
• Means of transport industry
• Other industrial activities
• Electricity, gas and water

The stage of obtaining environmental approvals

Objectives - total, of which:
No. Not the procedure for

Environmental authorization hold In the course Observations
crt obtaining the
of obtaining
Authorization No/shelf environmental
(stage)
authorization
Special issues reported on the environmental protection

Special issues reported
Observations
No. crt. Accidental
Cause Way of solving (fines)
pollutions
Expenditure for environmental protection
Expenditure for environmental protection

No. crt Observations
Planned Accomplished

Action programs, measures to prevent and / or limit the environmental impact
Action programs
No crt. Observations
Planned Accomplish stage
Level of compliance with environmental protection legislation
Level of compliance
Observations
No. crt. Exceedings of the limits Way of solving
(fines)
permitted by the regulations in Cause
force
Waste management situation
General quantity - total, of which :
No. Recovery Disposal

Waste type Observations
crt.
(code of GD
856/2002) Co-
Recycling Incineration Storage
incineration

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Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Protection

”Integrated Environmental Management”

First Name and Family Name: Carmen Teodosiu

C Carmen Teodosiu_tuiasi www.study.tuiasi.ro www.learning.tuiasi.ro

Course 11 : ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCES AND REPORTING

C Carmen Teodosiu_tuiasi www.study.tuiasi.ro www.learning.tuiasi.ro

ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCES AND THEIR ASSESSMENT _ ISO 14031

• Environmental performance - the organization’s management results regarding the

C Carmen Teodosiu_tuiasi www.study.tuiasi.ro www.learning.tuiasi.ro

EVALUATION PROCESS STAGES OF ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE

INDICATORS IN ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION (EPE)

Environmental performance indicators (EPI)

Environmental condition indicators(ECI) - provide information about the condition of the

C Carmen Teodosiu_tuiasi www.study.tuiasi.ro www.learning.tuiasi.ro

• Environmental performance evaluation

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DESIGN AND SELECTION CRITERIA

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EXAMPLES OF INDICATORS FOR EPE

• the number of objectives and targets achieved

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Operation performance indicators (OPI)

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Environmental condition indicators (ECI)

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SELECTING INDICATORS FOR EPE DERIVED FROM A COMMON DATA SET

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EXAMPLES ILLUSTRATING AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE IDENTIFIED WITH THE

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THE CONTENT OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT

• Profile of business and organizational scheme;

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• ISO 14031:2001  General Guides for reporting environmental performances

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Permits Authorities,NGOs,consumers,local comunity

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1994 Environmental report

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GRI reporting– Global Reporting Initiative- common coherent scheme of voluntary

An environmental report under GRI must contain informations about:

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Field of activity No Field of Activity No

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The stage of obtaining environmental approvals

No. Not the procedure for

Special issues reported on the environmental protection

Expenditure for environmental protection

Expenditure for environmental protection

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Action programs, measures to prevent and / or limit the environmental impact

Level of compliance with environmental protection legislation

General quantity - total, of which :

No. Recovery Disposal

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