29 September 2004

Klaas-Jan Kramer/Carmen Balaban

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

A solution for compliance assurance

URS Corporation

26,000 Employees in more than 35 Countries

1,300 Employees in Europe

A Network of Offices in Key Cities Around the World

Environmental and health and safety services worldwide

One of the World’s Leading Engineering and Construction Services Firms

Largest Engineering Services Firm in U.S.

IRECE – Romanian Institute for European Quality and Education

• Support for Romanian industry in order to implement the requirements of the European legislation

• Personnel certification

• Environmental protection: ISO 14001, EMAS, Eco-labelling

• Projects and programmes

• Centre for excellence and TQM

• Training courses

ISO 14001

• Voluntary system

• Applicable for all types and sizes of organisations in diverse geographical, cultural and social conditions

• only requirements that may be objectively audited

• no absolute performance/product requirements

• compatible with ISO 9001 and OHSAS 18001

EMAS beyond ISO 14001

• demonstrate legal compliance;

• commit to continual improvement of their environmental performance;

• demonstrate an open dialogue with all stakeholders;

• extend employee involvement to the process of continually improving the organization's environmental performance;

• Environmental Declaration (periodic report).

EMAS

ISO 14001

THE DEMING CYCLE

ActAct DoDo

PlanPlan

CheckCheck

ISO 14001 Requirements

Environmental Policy

• Legal & other requirements

Planning • EMS aspects/risks

• Objectives & targets • Env management programme

Implementation & Operations

• Structure & responsibility • Training, awareness & competence • Communication • EMS Documentation • Document control • Operational control • Emergency preparedness and response

Monitoring & Corrective Action • Monitoring & measurement • Non-conformance, corrective &

preventative action • Records • EMS audit

Management Review

Continual Improvement

Environmental Management – Valuable instrument improving the companies’ performance and competitiveness on the European Market

• Sustainable development, social responsibility and improved performance;

• Assuring legislative compliance and reduce risks and liabilities;

• Image and permit application process;• Meeting supply chain requirements;• Increased market opportunities and

competitiveness.

Driving forces

The (potential) advantages of EMS

• Cost reduction and optimization;

• efficiency and productivity;

• Research and development;

• Customer satisfaction;

• Organization;

• Manpower/Intellectual capital.

Business critical success factors

• Profit and turnover;

• efficiency and productivity;

• Research and development;

• Supply chain management;

• Customer satisfaction;

• Organization;

• Manpower and competence;

• Competition;

• Image;

• risks and liabilities.

Key words

• Practical

• Pragmatic

• Systematic

• Consistent

• Traceable

• Visible

IPPC Directive

• Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) is a major development in the way industrial sites are to be regulated across Europe.

• It is a European Directive (96/61/EC) which is to be implemented in all EU Member States

• Directive 2003/35/EC providing for public participation and amending with regard to public participation and access to justice

• It regulates all polluting features of the site

• Relation to most of the other environmental Directives

Time frame

Relations between EMS and IPPC:

• Goals & targets;

• Information (data management) and communication;

• Reduction of emissions, waste, raw materials & energy;

• Training & competence;

• Control;

• Monitoring, checking, inspecting;

• Control of emergency situations;

• React to abnormal operation or non-compliance.

Compliance assurance via EMS

Info

EMAS: http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/emas/index_en.htm

ISO14001: www.iso.org

MoWEP Romania: http://www.mappm.ro/

IPPC: http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/ippc/index.htm

BREF Documents: http://eippcb.jrc.es/

EU Law: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/

Funding: http://www.calitate.com/listnews.php?ndx=17

IRECE

Carmen Balaban

+41 (0) 21 315 76 56

www.irece.calitate.com

URS Corporation

Klaas-Jan Kramer

+41 (0) 21 312 1347 / +31 (0) 20 319 2112

www.ursnetherlands.nl / www.urscorp.com

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