Environmental Management Systems in the
Public Sector
Paul White
Phil Morton
White Young Green Environmental
November 2007
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Outline
 EMS in the Government estate
 EMS in local authorities
 Workshop exercise – Environmental aspects in a local
authority
 Government-funded EMS support packages
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EMS in the Government Estate
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Some WYG Public Sector Projects
 Border & Immigration Agency, SOGE reporting and EMS
implementation
 Defence Estates
 Sustainability appraisals
 Funded EMS projects
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Government Sustainable Operations Targets
PRIORITY AREA
TARGETS
CARBON EMISSIONS FROM OFFICES
 Reverse the current upward trend in carbon emissions by April 2007.
 Reduce carbon emissions by 12.5% by 2010/11, relative to 1999/2000 levels.
 Reduce carbon emissions by 30% by 2020, relative to 1999/2000 levels.
CARBON EMISSIONS FROM ROAD VEHICLES
CLIMATE
CHANGE &
ENERGY
 Reduce carbon emissions from road vehicles used for Government administrative
operations by 15% by 2010/11, relative to 2005/2006 levels.
CARBON NEUTRAL
 Central Government’s office estate to be carbon neutral by 2012.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
 Departments to increase their energy efficiency per m2 by 15% by 2010, relative to
1999/2000 levels.
 Departments to increase their energy efficiency per m2 by 30% by 2020, relative to
1999/2000 levels.
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Government Sustainable Operations Targets
PRIORITY AREA
TARGETS
WASTE ARISINGS
 Departments to reduce their waste arisings by 5% by 2010, relative to 2004/05 levels.
SUSTAINABLE
CONSUMPTION
& PRODUCTION
 Departments to reduce their waste arisings by 25% by 2020, relative to 2004/05
levels.
RECYCLING
 Departments to increase their recycling figures to 40% of their waste arisings by
2010.
 Departments to increase their recycling figures to 75% of their waste arisings by
2020.
BIODIVERSITY
NATURAL
RESOURCE
PROTECTION
 Departments to meet or exceed the aim of having 95% of SSSIs in sole ownership
or control in target condition by 2010.
WATER CONSUMPTION
 Reduce water consumption by 25% on the office and non-office estate by 2020,
relative to 2004/05 levels.
 Reduce water consumption to an average of 3m3 per person/year for all new office
builds or major office refurbishments.
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Government Sustainable Operations Targets
 ‘Government to mandate’ targets:
 “Departments to work towards an accredited certified
environmental management system (EMS) i.e. ISO 14001
or EMAS”
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Government EMS Performance 2006
Department
Total no. of
offices/sites
No. of offices/sites
with EMS
% EMS coverage
achieved by
site/offices
Reported % of total
staff covered
by EMS
A3 target met?
CO
16
10
62.5%
75
N
DCLG
20
19
95.0%
84
N
DfES
5
0
0.0%
0
N
DFID
2
2
100.0%
100
Y
DfT
1082
26
2.4%
76
N
DH
30
7
23.3%
70
N
DTI
21
17
81.0%
83
N
DWP
1473
1473
100.0%
100
Y
ECGD
2
1
50.0%
NK
N
FSA
7
2
28.6%
100
N
678
1
0.1%
17
N
HMT
1
1
100.0%
100
Y
LOD
96
2
2.1%
2
N
ONS
6
6
100.0%
100
Y
3439
1567
45.6%
HMRC
Total offices
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Government EMS Performance 2006
Department
Total no. of
offices/sites
No. of offices/sites
with EMS
% EMS coverage
achieved by
site/offices
Reported % of total
staff covered
by EMS
A3 target met?
DCA
866
5
0.6%
4
N
DCMS
15
13
86.7%
100
Y
Defra
82
36
43.9%
82
N
FC
53
0
0.0%
0
N
FCO
6
3
50.0%
91
N
HO
1509
36
2.4%
14
N
MOD
4000
163
4.1%
80
N
Total offices
3439
1567
45.6%
Data source: Sustainable Development in Government, Annual Report 2006 (SDC, February 2007)
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Government EMS Performance 2006
 Why is performance low?
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EMS in Local Authorities
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Source: EMAS.org.uk
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0
1
United Kingdom
7
Sweden
30
Spain
Slovenia
Slovak Republic
Portugal
Poland
Norway
Netherlands
Malta
Luxembourg
Lithuania
10
Latvia
60
Italy
Ireland
2
Hungary
2
Greece
80
Germany
France
Finland
Estonia
9 10
Denmark
Czech Republic
10
Cyprus
20
Belgium
Austria
EMAS Public Authorities by Country 22/10/07
100
90
75
70
59
50
40
27
18
7
Workshop Exercise
Evaluating Environmental Aspects for Significance in a Local Authority
Using the case study Local Authority:
1. How will you identify your aspects and impacts?
2. Critique the methods provided – Criteria, Qualitative and
Quantitative based approaches for this application
3. Try to come up with your own approach considering the unique
challenges to a Local Authority – e.g. stakeholders, strategy, the
sheer number of activities and services, etc.
4. Write up on the flip chart paper provided and prepare to feed back to
the group
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Public-Funded EMS Projects
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Public-funded EMS projects
 GreenLINCS
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 BREW EMS project
 Using EMS as a tool for supply chain management
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The BS 8555/Acorn Phased Approach
Phase 6: EMS acknowledgement
Environmental
Management in
Bite Sized Chunks
Phase 5: Checking, audit &
review
Phase 4: Implementation &
operation
Phase 3: Developing
objectives, targets &
programmes
Phase 2: Compliance with
legal
& other requirements
Phase 1: Securing
commitment & establishing the
baseline
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Possible solutions…
 Pilot a BS 8555 EMS, in a manageable area of your
operations, incorporating the SOGE targets if a
Government agency, or targets relevant to your local
authority
 Public or privately funded projects to increase EMS
take-up in the supply chain
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Open discussion…
 What can be done to increase take-up of EMS in public
sector?
 What methodology best suits the public sector?
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Thanks for listening
Any questions?
Paul White
Phil Morton
07795 426816
07920 756628
paul.white@wyg.com
phil.morton@wyg.com
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