Environmental Management
Systems (EMS) Adding Value
Karen Szmidt
Resource Efficiency Specialist
Groundwork Cheshire
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Agenda
1. Who are Groundwork?
2. What is an Environmental Management
System (EMS)?
3. Typical Activities of Environmental
Management
4. Three Standards for EMS
5. Why implement an EMS?
6. Features of a Successful EMS
7. Benefits of implementing an EMS
8. Added Value at assisted companies
9. How can Groundwork help?
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Groundwork
1. Who are Groundwork?
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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.
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Groundwork
Our six project areas are:
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Employment
Business
Land
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Youth
Community
Education
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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
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What is an EMS?
2. What is an Environmental
Management System
(EMS)?
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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
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What is an EMS?
Continual Improvement
Environmental Policy
Act
Management Review
Do
Check
Monitoring & Corrective Action:
• monitoring & measurement
• non-conformance, corrective &
preventative action
• records
• EMS audit
Plan
Planning:
• environmental aspects
• legal requirements
• other requirements
• objectives & targets
• environmental management
EMS
programme
Implementation & Operations:
• structure & responsibility
• training, awareness & competence
• communication
• EMS documentation
• document control
• operational control
• emergency procedures
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3. Typical Activities of
Environmental Management
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Typical Activities of Environmental
Management
• Pollution Prevention and Risk Management
• Waste Control & Minimisation
• Reducing Resource Consumption
• Client and Supplier Collaboration
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• Maintaining Legal Records
• Auditing
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• Training & Awareness Raising
• Monitoring & Measurement
• Communications
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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
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5. Why Implement an EMS?
There are a number of Environmental
Issues and Drivers affecting
organisations
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Why Implement an EMS?
Global Environmental Issues:
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Climate Change
Ozone Depletion
Water Pollution
Global Dimming
Light Pollution
Deforestation
Desertification
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Sources:
1 Emanuel, K. 2005. Increasing destructiveness of tropical cyclones over
the past 30 years.
Nature 436: 686-688
2 World Health Organisation
3 World Health Organisation
4 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
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Why Implement an EMS?
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
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Why Implement an EMS?
Drivers for EMS Implementation
• Legislation
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EU Directives and Regulations, UK Regulations
• Financial
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Energy Efficiency
Waste Minimisation
Process Optimisation
Market Differentiation/open new markets
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• Reducing the risk of fines and other costs
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Clean up costs
Taxes and levies
• Stakeholders and customers
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Features of Successful EMS
6. Features of Successful EMS
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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
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Benefits of implementing an EMS
7. Benefits of implementing an EMS
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Increase revenues through reduced costs
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Consolidate market position
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Raise barriers for competitors
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Open new markets
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Foster better relationships
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Better control of environmental liabilities
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Reduce liabilities passed through to customers
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Reduced regulatory burden
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Environment considered in strategy
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Business excellence – increase investment appeal
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Added Value at Assisted
Companies
8. Added Value at Assisted
Companies
– £869,000 – new contracts
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– £130,000 – safeguarded sales
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– 20 - jobs safeguarded
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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
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• 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
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Contact Details:
Karen Szmidt
Resource Efficiency Specialist
Groundwork Cheshire
Tel: 01606 723175
Email: karen.szmidt@groundwork.org.uk
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