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Aspects & Impacts – ISO 14001:2015

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Aspects & Impacts – ISO 14001:2015
What is an Environmental Aspect?
“element of an organization’s activities, products or services that interacts or
can interact with the environment”.

Explanation:
Activity- Any process or sub process involving resources (human,
machinery, material, power, etc)

Interaction with Environment:


•air emissions
•effluent discharges
•waste arisings
•land contamination
•use of resources (eg, water, fuel and natural resources and materials).

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Aspects & Impacts – ISO 14001:2015
What is an Environmental Impact?
Change to the environment, whether adverse or beneficial, wholly or partially
resulting from an organisation’s environmental aspects.

Explanation:
• Resources utilisation (including use of raw materials, energy, etc);
• Waste management;
• Air emissions;
• Water pollution;
• Noise and vibration nuisance;
• Land contamination;
• Indirect impacts caused by Elins’s suppliers or contractors or customers; and
• Others : Flora and Fauna, Visual impact; Community impact, Transportation
impact, Nuisance, Site Security, etc.

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Aspects & Impacts – ISO 14001:2015
Aspect & Impact Example 1
• Activity- Change of Oil

• Aspect

1. Spill
2. Use of Oil
3. Recycling of oil
4. Air Emissions

• Impact
1. Soil Contamination
2. Consumption of Resources
3. Degrade water quality
4. Degrade air quality

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Aspects & Impacts – ISO 14001:2015
Aspect & Impact Example 2
• Activity- Welding

• Aspect
1. Use of Power
2. Use of electrode
3. Use of inert gas
4. Generation of fumes
5. Rejection
• Impact
1. Depletion of natural resource-
Power, electrode, inert gas,
rejection
2. Degrade air quality- chemical
fumes

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Aspects & Impacts – ISO 14001:2015
Aspect & Impact Further Examples

ASPECT IMPACT
• Vehicles emit exhaust • Sulfur oxides released
• Water leaks • Water resource depleted
• Stormwater contaminated
• Fueling spills occur • Chemical may be spilled
• Containers not closed
• Noise from engine runup • Hearing, sleep impaired
• Lights, computers left on at • Increased CO2, coal-fired power plant
night emissions
• Bicycles don’t emit exhaust • Air pollution reduced

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Determination of Aspects & Impacts

• Identify activities in each functional area – current &


planned
• Identify how each of these activity specifically interact
with environment
• Document the resulting change to the environment

NOTE: Each Activity may have multiple Aspects &


Impacts

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Significant Impacts

Factors for determination of Significant Impacts

• Legal requirement
• Environmental Consequence
• Use of materials
• Customer feed back
• Frequency

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It’s beyond “just a grey enclosure”
Aspects & Impacts – ISO 14001:2015

elins SWITCH BOARDS PVT. LTD; BANGALORE


It’s beyond “just a grey enclosure”

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