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© Groundwork Cheshire

EMS AddingValue7th July 2010

Environmental Management Systems (EMS) -

Adding Value

Karen Szmidt

Resource Efficiency Specialist

Groundwork Cheshire



Agenda

1. Who are Groundwork?2. What is an Environmental Management

System (EMS)?3. Typical Activities of Environmental

Management4. Three Standards for EMS 5. Why implement an EMS?6. Features of a Successful EMS7. Benefits of implementing an EMS8. Added Value at assisted companies9. How can Groundwork help?



Groundwork

1. Who are Groundwork?



Groundwork

• First Trust created in St Helens in 1981

• Federation of 42 local Trusts

• Groundwork works with partners, communities and businesses to:

• improve the quality of the local environment,

• the lives of local people and,

• the profitability of local businesses.



Groundwork

Our six project areas are:–

Business

Employment

Land

YouthCommunity

Education



Groundwork

Groundwork & Business

• Consultancy Projects• Environmental Management System ISO 14001 & BS 8555• H&S Management• Training

• Resource Efficiency and Corporate Responsibility Programme

• Carbon Foot printing



What is an EMS?

2. What is an Environmental Management System (EMS)?



What is an EMS?

Environmental Management System

– Working Environmental Policy– Sets out objectives and targets to

continually improve environmental performance

– Like a Quality or H&S management system– Provides:

• Structure for managing your• Control company’s• Consistency environmental

performance



What is an EMS?

Continual ImprovementContinual Improvement

Environmental Policy

Management Review

Act

Planning:• environmental aspects• legal requirements• other requirements• objectives & targets• environmental management programme

Plan

DoImplementation & Operations:• structure & responsibility• training, awareness & competence• communication• EMS documentation• document control• operational control• emergency procedures

Monitoring & Corrective Action:• monitoring & measurement• non-conformance, corrective & preventative action• records• EMS audit

Check



3. Typical Activities of Environmental Management



Typical Activities of Environmental Management

• Pollution Prevention and Risk Management

• Waste Control & Minimisation

• Reducing Resource Consumption

• Client and Supplier Collaboration

• Maintaining Legal Records

• Auditing

• Training & Awareness Raising

• Monitoring & Measurement

• Communications



4. Three Standards of EMS:

• ISO 14001: 2004 – International Standard for EMS implementation

• BS 8555 – Phased approach to ISO 14001 and EMAS

• EMAS (Eco-Management and Audit Scheme) – European Standard for EMS implementation

– Requires achievement of ISO 14001 and Environmental Public Statement

– Requires the production of an annual environmental statement, providing details on progress towards environmental objectives and targets



5. Why Implement an EMS?

There are a number of Environmental Issues and Drivers affecting

organisations



Why Implement an EMS?

Global Environmental Issues:• Climate Change• Ozone Depletion• Water Pollution• Global Dimming• Light Pollution• Deforestation• Desertification

Sources:1 Emanuel, K. 2005. Increasing destructiveness of tropical cyclones over the past 30 years.

Nature 436: 686-688 2 World Health Organisation3 World Health Organisation4 Krabill, W., E. Hanna, P. Huybrechts, W. Abdalati, J. Cappelen, B. Csatho, E. Frefick, S.

Manizade, C. Martin, J, Sonntag, R. Swift, R. Thomas and J. Yungel. 2004. Greenland Ice

Sheet: Increased coastal thinning. Geophysical Research Letters 31




Local Environmental Issues:• Water Pollution

– Can be point of source discharge such as sewage and contaminated surface water or spillage into water course / groundwater

• Air Pollution– Carbon Monoxide, Nitrogen Dioxide and Sulphur Oxides– Reductions in Air Pollution are driven by Environmental

Regulation, fuel taxes, technology/innovations, stakeholder pressures and Environmental Management

• Land Pollution– The degradation of the Earth’s land surface– Acid rain, fertiliser application, illegal dumping, spillage and

leakage




Drivers for EMS Implementation• Legislation

– EU Directives and Regulations, UK Regulations

• Financial– Energy Efficiency– Waste Minimisation– Process Optimisation– Market Differentiation/open new markets

• Reducing the risk of fines and other costs– Clean up costs– Taxes and levies

• Stakeholders and customers



Features of Successful EMS

6. Features of Successful EMS• Commitment • Good understanding of the issues• Involvement• Training and awareness raising• Strong Communications• Focus on performance improvement• Integrates with existing management systems• Good planning - flexible• Monitored and maintained• Practical for all levels of the organisation



Benefits of implementing an EMS

7. Benefits of implementing an EMS• Increase revenues through reduced costs

• Consolidate market position

• Raise barriers for competitors

• Open new markets

• Foster better relationships

• Better control of environmental liabilities

• Reduce liabilities passed through to customers

• Reduced regulatory burden

• Environment considered in strategy

• Business excellence – increase investment appeal



Added Value at Assisted Companies

8. Added Value at Assisted Companies

– £869,000 – new contracts

– £130,000 – safeguarded sales

– 20 - jobs safeguarded



9. How can Groundwork help?

• EMS Implementation Training – BS 8555 (Approved Training Course through IEMA)

• Environmental Awareness Training for staff – More likely to take on board what you are aiming to achieve e.g.

objectives and targets etc

• Environmental Auditor Training– Get other staff involved with the system so you don’t have to do

everything yourself

• Gap Analysis – Pre audit before you get an external party in (BS 8555 and ISO

14001)

• Environmental Legislation Compliance Checks– Audit Environmental Legislation Register to ensure that

everything is in place that should be– Identify if there are any gaps in terms of missing legislation



Contact Details:

Karen Szmidt

Resource Efficiency Specialist

Groundwork Cheshire

Tel: 01606 723175

Email: [email protected]

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