Environmental Management

Iresha Gurusinghe
National Cleaner Production Centre
 Why Environmental
Management is needed??
 Environmental Management
An Environmental Management System (EMS)
enables a firm to manage its environmental
affaires in a planned and systematic way
Environmental Management

Global Level
Regional Level
National Level
Industry Level
Individual Level
Forms of Behavior
Voluntary Regulatory
ISO 14001:2015

 ISO 14001:2015 sets out the criteria for an environmental

management system and can be certified to.
 It maps out a framework that a company or organization can
follow to set up an effective environmental management
system.
 It can be used by any organization regardless of its activity or
sector.
ISO 14001 Environmental Management System
Key Concept of ISO 14001

“Say what you do and do

what you say!”
Environment Management System

Refers to the management of an organisation's

environmental programs in a comprehensive,
systematic, planned and documented manner.

It includes the organisational structure, planning

and resources for developing, implementing and
maintaining policy for environmental protection
EMS

 Systematic way of managing an organization’s environmental

affairs
 Follows PDCA cycle
 Focused on Continual Improvement of system

Organizations using ISO 14001 have found success across a range of

areas, including reduced energy and water consumption, a more
systematic approach to legal compliance and an improved overall
environmental performance.
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Standard Title / Description

Guide to Environmental Management Principles,

14000
Systems and Supporting Techniques

Environmental Management Systems - Specification

14001
with Guidance for Use

Guidelines for Environmental Auditing - General

14010
Principles of Environmental Auditing

Guidelines for Environmental Auditing - Audit

14011 Procedures-Part 1: Auditing of Environmental
Management Systems

Guidelines for Environmental Auditing - Qualification

14012
Criteria for Environmental Auditors

Guidelines for Environmental Auditing - Audit

14013/15
Programmes, Reviews & Assessments

14020/23 Environmental Labeling

Environmental Labeling - Practitioner Programs -

14024 Guiding Principles, Practices and Certification
Procedures of Multiple Criteria Programs

Guidelines on Environmental Performance

14031/32
Evaluation

Life Cycle Assessment General Principles and

14040/43
Practices

14050 Glossary
13
Guide for the Inclusion of Environmental Aspects in
14060
Product Standards
Plan Do Check Act Cycle

 “Plan” what you will Do

 “Do” according to your Plan
 “Check” to see if you did what you
planned
 “Act”, change or improve the part of
your Plan or Do that did not give you
the results you intended
Key clauses of ISO 14001:2015

0. Introduction
1. Scope
2. Normative references PLAN
3. Terms and definitions
4. Context of the organization
5. Leadership
6. Planning
7. Support DO
8. Operation
9. Performance evaluation CHECK
10. Improvement ACT
4. Context of the organization
4.1 Understanding the organization and your context
4.2 Understanding the needs and expectations of
interested parties
Ex: Soy Manufacturing company
Soy flour Suppliers, Customers, Retailers, Wholesalers,
Employees, trade unions
4.3 Determining the scope of the environmental management
system
5. Leadership

5.1 Leadership and commitment

5.2 Environmental policy
5.3 Organizational roles, responsibilities and authorities
5.2 Environmental policy
 Management’s declaration of commitment to the environment

 Appropriate to the organization

 Commitment to Continual improvement

 Prevention of pollution

 Comply with compliance obligations

 Framework for setting and reviewing objectives and targets

 Documented, implemented, maintained and communicated to all

employees

 It must be available to the public

Some requirements about the policy

Communicated within
the organization
Documented, implemented and
maintained

Available to
interested parties
 6 Planning
6.1 Actions to address risk associated with threats and
opportunities
6.1.1 General
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Environmental Aspects Definitions

 Environmental Aspect - element of an

organization’s activities or products or
services that can interact with the
environment

 Environmental Impact - any change to the

environment, whether adverse or beneficial,
wholly or partially resulting from an
organization’s environmental aspects
6.1.2 Significant environmental aspects
6.1.3 Compliance obligations

Setting legal framework for the EMS

Industry-specific requirements
Other voluntary requirements

6.1.4 Risk associated with threats and opportunities

6.1.5 Planning to take action
6.2 Environmental objectives and planning to achieve them
6.2.1 Environmental objectives
Organization sets objectives and targets to fulfill the commitments established in the
Env policy and to achieve the organizational goals
Objectives, Targets and Programs
Definitions
 Environmental Objective – overall
environmental goal, consistent with the
environmental policy, that an organization
sets itself to achieve
 Environmental Target - detailed performance
requirement, applicable to the organization
or parts thereof, that arises from the
environmental objectives and that needs to
be set and met in order to achieve those
objectives
Examples of Targets

 Objective 1

 Minimise energy consumption

 Target 1

 To reduce the electricity consumption (per

unit of product output) by 10% from the
consumption level of December 2016, by
end of December 2017
Examples of Targets
 Objective 1
 Promote environmental awareness among employees and the community

 Target 1
 Complete 2 environmental awareness training programme by end 2017

 Target 2
 Communicate “Enviro Briefings” 5 times externally by end of 2017
6.2.2 Planning actions to achieve environmental objectives
Objective and Target:
To reduce the electricity consumption (per unit of product output) by 10%
from the consumption level of December 2016, by end of December 2017
Activity Time target Responsibility
Introduce daylight usage with changing the 31.03.2017 Maintenance Engineer
roof and walls
Replace all bulbs with CFL 30.04.2017 Electrical Engineer
Awareness programmes on reducing 30.06.2017 HR manager
electricity usage for employees (6 batches)

Changing motors to energy efficient motors 31.8.2017 Electrical Engineer

Changing Air conditioners to energy 31.10.2017 Maintenance Engineer

efficient types

Planting trees and grass in the ground 30.06.2017 HR manager

around the building
7. Support

7.1 Resources
7.2 Competence
7.3 Awareness
7.4 Communication
7.4.1 General
7.4.2 Internal communication
7.4.3 External communication
7.5 Documented information
7.5.1 General
7.5.2 Creating and updating
4.4.4 Documentation

 EMS documentation must include:

 Environmental policy, objectives and targets
 Description of EMS scope
 Description of main elements of EMS, their interaction and reference
to related documents
 Documents and records required by ISO 14001
 Documents and records necessary to ensure effective planning,
operation and control of processes related to significant impacts
8. Operation

8.1 Organizational planning and control

8.2 Emergency preparedness and response

9. Performance evaluation

9.1 Monitoring, measurement, analysis and evaluation

9.2 Internal Audit

9.3 Management review

 4.6 Management Review

 Top Management shall review your EMS

 Purpose of meetings is to ensure the continuing
suitability, adequacy and effectiveness of EMS
 Need to assess opportunities for improvement and
need for changes to EMS, environmental policy and
objectives and targets
 Review must be documented and records retained
 ISO 14001 outlines requirements for inputs and
outputs to management review
10. Improvement

10.1 Nonconformity and corrective action

10.2 Continual Improvement

Nonconformity, Corrective Action and
Preventive Action
 Systematic approach to identifying problems and fixing them in a manner so
they will not occur again
Benefits of ISO 14001:2015

 Bringing Environmental Management

into the heart of the business
• Environmental management will be integrated and aligned with the business strategies
improving sustainability, saving money and preserving the world’s natural resources.

 ImprovedLifetime Environmental
Performance
• This holistic approach will identify further opportunities for improved environmental
performance saving resources and costs
An Integrated Approach
• It will be easier to implement more than one management system
providing a more holistic view leading to cost savings

Leadership
• Greater involvement by our leadership team will ensure that we’ll
all be motivated towards the organizations goals and objectives
• Develop corporate image
• It will be easier to compete in the market by winning the
trust from the customers.
• Ensure legislative awareness and
compliance
• Greater involvement by our leadership team will ensure that
we’ll all be motivated towards the organizations goals and
objectives
Practical challenges of
implementing standard

 Top Management Commitment/ Time

 Heavy workload for the responsible person

 Unable to comply with some legal requirements/ incur extra cost

 Difficulties to maintain the system- responsibility change, turnover

 Difficulties in allocating resources to achieve environmental objectives

Other certifications/guidelines
 Buildings
 Leader in Energy and Environmental Development (LEED)
 GREENSL® Rating System

 Plantation
 Rain Forest Alliance

 Carbon Neutral Certification

Other certifications/guidelines

 Resource Efficiency
 Cleaner Production

 Hotels
 Green Globe certification

 Eco Labels- Energy, Organic

Thank you!