1. The document provides an overview of environmental management systems and ISO 14001. It discusses the history of ISO and the development of the ISO 14001 standard.
2. ISO 14001 provides a framework for organizations to manage their environmental responsibilities through establishing an environmental management system. The key elements of an EMS as defined by ISO 14001 include policy, planning, implementation and operation, checking, and management review.
3. ISO revised the ISO 14001 standard in 2015, with changes including greater emphasis on leadership and strategic planning, lifecycle thinking, risk management, and stakeholder communication. The new standard structure has 10 sections that define requirements for an organization to meet.
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Content
• History
• ISO 14001
• Management
• Elements
• Systemic requirements
• Policy requirements
• Planning requirements
• Operational requirements
• Checking requirements
• Review requirements
• ISO 14001:2015
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Environmental Management System – History
1946 Delegates (65) from 25 countries – Future of International Standards
1947 Officially comes into existence
1949 Offices in Geneva
1950 5 members of staff
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Environmental Management System – History
1951 ISO first standard
1947 35 members and 68 standards
1960 ISO 31 SI unit – meter for distance, second for time
1961 DEVCO a committee for developing country matters
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Environmental Management System – History
1968 ISO freight containers
1971 Environmental Technical committees – Air and Water
1975 Becomes a truly International Organisation. Included Australia, Japan and
China
1987 The ISO 9000 family was born
1995 ISO goes digital
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Environmental Management System – History
1996 ISO 14001
The standard provides tools for companies and organizations to help them
identify and control their environmental impact.
2003 Include nanotechnology and biofuels
2010 ISO 26000 Social Responsibility
2012 163 members 19 000 standards
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Environmental Management System – ISO 14001
ISO FDIS 14001 2015 is the "Final Draft" of the new environmental standard.
However, in spite of what it's called, the FDIS version is not actually the final
official standard. Minor clerical changes are still permitted and certainly will
be made. However, no further technical changes will be allowed. Once these
minor changes are made, the final official standard will be published
(sometime before the end of 2015).
…to "promote a harmonious and balanced development of economic activities,
sustainable and non-inflationary growth respecting the environment… the raising
of standards of living and quality of life" (EMAS).
…to support environmental protection and prevention of pollution in balance
with socio-economic needs (ISO 14001)
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Environmental Management System – ISO 14001
An environmental management system (EMS) is one part of a larger
management system and is a set of interrelated or interacting elements that
organizations use to:
• implement their environmental policy,
• achieve their environmental objectives,
• meet their environmental compliance obligations,
• manage their environmental aspects, and
• address their environmental risks and opportunities.
These elements include structures, programs, procedures, processes,
practices, plans, rules, roles, regulations, responsibilities, relationships,
contracts, agreements, documents, records, methods, tools, techniques,
technologies, and resources.
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Environmental Management System –
Management
GHG emissions
Carbon footprint
Water footprint
Waste footprint
Closure and Rehabilitation
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Environmental Management System – Elements
Elements include
• Systemic requirements
• Policy requirements
• Planning requirements
• Operational requirements
• Checking requirements
• Review requirements
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Environmental Management System – Systemic
EMS must include all operations/services that will be part of the system
• Infrastructure – Offices, plants, smelters, pipeline, overhead lines, roads
etc.
• Water – Dams, ponds, drains, rivers, aquifers etc.
• Ecology – Fauna, flora, aquatic etc.
• Waste – General, hazardous, dumps, tailings, spills etc.
• Air – COX, SOX, NOX, VOC,
• Social – Authorities, Employees, communities, visitors etc.
Define and document your scope!
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Environmental Management System – Elements
Elements include
• Systemic requirements
• Policy requirements
• Planning requirements
• Operational requirements
• Checking requirements
• Review requirements
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Environmental Management System – Policy
Key elements of a policy
• The scope of environmental aspects must be clearly defined
• A commitment to the legal requirement of the scope of work
• Framework for setting and reviewing objectives and targets
• Documented, implemented and maintained
• Communicated to persons working for or on behalf of organization
• Commitment to continual improvement and prevention of pollution
• Must be public knowledge
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Environmental Management System – Policy
Key elements of a policy
• The scope of environmental aspects must be clearly defined
• A commitment to the legal requirement of the scope of work
• Framework for setting and reviewing objectives and targets
• Documented, implemented and maintained
• Communicated to persons working for or on behalf of organization
• Commitment to continual improvement and prevention of pollution
• Must be public knowledge
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The Acts that were implemented to safeguard the environment:
• Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002 (Act No. 28 of 2002) (MPRDA);
• National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998) (NEMA);
• Mine Health and Safety Act, 1996 (Act No. 29 of 1996);
• National Environmental Management, Waste Act, 1998 (Act No. 59 of 2008) (NEMWA);
• National Water Act (NWA) (Act No 36 of 1998);
• National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act, 2004 (Act No. 39 of 2004) (NEMAQA);
• National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004);
• National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Amendment Act, 2004
• Nuclear Energy Act, 1999 (NEA).
Environmental Management System – Policy
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Environmental Management System – Policy
Key elements of a policy
• The scope of environmental aspects must be clearly defined
• A commitment to the legal requirement of the scope of work
• Framework for setting and reviewing objectives and targets
• Documented, implemented and maintained
• Communicated to persons working for or on behalf of organization
• Commitment to continual improvement and prevention of pollution
• Must be public knowledge
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Environmental Management System – Policy
Key elements of a policy
• The scope of environmental aspects must be clearly defined
• A commitment to the legal requirement of the scope of work
• Framework for setting and reviewing objectives and targets
• Documented, implemented and maintained
• Communicated to persons working for or on behalf of organization
• Commitment to continual improvement and prevention of pollution
• Must be public knowledge
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Environmental Management System – Policy
Key elements of a policy
• The scope of environmental aspects must be clearly defined
• A commitment to the legal requirement of the scope of work
• Framework for setting and reviewing objectives and targets
• Documented, implemented and maintained
• Communicated to persons working for or on behalf of organization
• Commitment to continual improvement and prevention of pollution
• Must be public knowledge
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Environmental Management System – Policy
Key elements of a policy
• The scope of environmental aspects must be clearly defined
• A commitment to the legal requirement of the scope of work
• Framework for setting and reviewing objectives and targets
• Documented, implemented and maintained
• Communicated to persons working for or on behalf of organization
• Commitment to continual improvement and prevention of pollution
• Must be public knowledge
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Environmental Management System – Policy
Key elements of a policy
• The scope of environmental aspects must be clearly defined
• A commitment to the legal requirement of the scope of work
• Framework for setting and reviewing objectives and targets
• Documented, implemented and maintained
• Communicated to persons working for or on behalf of organization
• Commitment to continual improvement and prevention of pollution
• Must be public knowledge
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Environmental Management System – Policy
Key elements of a policy
• The scope of environmental aspects must be clearly defined
• A commitment to the legal requirement of the scope of work
• Framework for setting and reviewing objectives and targets
• Documented, implemented and maintained
• Communicated to persons working for or on behalf of organization
• Commitment to continual improvement and prevention of pollution
• Must be public knowledge
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Environmental Management System – Planning
Elements include
• Environmental aspects
• Legal and other requirements
• Objectives, targets and program(s)
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Environmental Management System – Planning
Elements include
• Identify the environmental aspects of activities, products and services
• Include planned or new developments, new or modified activities, product
and services
• Aspects that can have significant impacts
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Environmental Management System – Planning
Elements include
• Environmental aspects
• Legal and other requirements
• Objectives, targets and program(s)
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Environmental Management System – Planning
Elements include
• Identify
• Access to legal requirements
• Other requirements
• How does it apply to environmental aspects
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The Acts that were implemented to safeguard the environment:
• Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002 (Act No. 28 of 2002) (MPRDA);
• National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998) (NEMA);
• Mine Health and Safety Act, 1996 (Act No. 29 of 1996);
• National Environmental Management, Waste Act, 1998 (Act No. 59 of 2008) (NEMWA);
• National Water Act (NWA) (Act No 36 of 1998);
• National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act, 2004 (Act No. 39 of 2004) (NEMAQA);
• National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004);
• National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Amendment Act, 2004
• Nuclear Energy Act, 1999 (NEA).
• Many more………….
Environmental Management System – Planning
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Environmental Management System – Planning
Elements include
• Environmental aspects
• Legal and other requirements
• Objectives, targets and program(s)
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Environmental Management System – Planning
Elements include
• Consider “legal and other requirements”
• Consider significant aspects
• Reflect corporate policies
• Reflect financial and technical limitations
• Reflect “interested parties”
• Reflect policy commitment and commitment to pollution prevention
• Consider how you will measure progress
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Environmental Management System – Elements
Elements include
• Systemic requirements
• Policy requirements
• Planning requirements
• Operational requirements
• Checking requirements
• Review requirements
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Environmental Management System –
Operational
Elements include
• Resources, roles, responsibilities and authority
• Competence, training and awareness
• Communication
• Documentation
• Control of documents
• Operational control
• Emergency preparedness and response
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Environmental Management System –
Operational
Elements include
• Resources, roles, responsibilities and authority
• Competence, training and awareness
• Communication
• Documentation
• Control of documents
• Operational control
• Emergency preparedness and response
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Environmental Management System –
Operational
Elements include
• Resources, roles, responsibilities and authority
• Competence, training and awareness
• Communication
• Documentation
• Control of documents
• Operational control
• Emergency preparedness and response
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Environmental Management System –
Operational
Elements include
• Resources, roles, responsibilities and authority
• Competence, training and awareness
• Communication
• Documentation
• Control of documents
• Operational control
• Emergency preparedness and response
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Environmental Management System –
Operational
Elements include
• Resources, roles, responsibilities and authority
• Competence, training and awareness
• Communication
• Documentation
• Control of documents
• Operational control
• Emergency preparedness and response
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Environmental Management System –
Operational
Elements include
• Resources, roles, responsibilities and authority
• Competence, training and awareness
• Communication
• Documentation
• Control of documents
• Operational control
• Emergency preparedness and response
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Environmental Management Program
Environmental Management Program
• The organization shall establish and maintain programs for achieving its
objectives and targets, including:
a) designation of responsibility for achieving objectives and targets at each level and function
of the organization
b) the means and time-frame by which they are to be achieved
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Environmental Management Program
Environmental Management Program
• How objectives and targets will be accomplished
• Who is responsible for achieving them
• Who will manage and supervise the activities
• Who will carry out the work
• What they will do
• What resources are needed (e.g., people, skills, equipment, time, money)
• When the tasks will be completed (i.e., a schedule)
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Environmental Management System –
Operational
Elements include
• Resources, roles, responsibilities and authority
• Competence, training and awareness
• Communication
• Documentation
• Control of documents
• Operational control
• Emergency preparedness and response
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Environmental Management System – Checking
Elements include
• Monitoring and measurement
• Evaluation and compliance
• Non-conformity, corrective action and preventative action
• Control of records
• Internal audit
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Environmental Management System – Checking
Elements include
• Monitoring and measurement
• Evaluation and compliance
• Non-conformity, corrective action and preventative action
• Control of records
• Internal audit
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Environmental Management System – Checking
Elements include
• Monitoring and measurement
• Evaluation and compliance
• Non-conformity, corrective action and preventative action
• Control of records
• Internal audit
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Environmental Management System – Checking
Elements include
• Monitoring and measurement
• Evaluation and compliance
• Non-conformity, corrective action and preventative action
• Control of records
• Internal audit
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Environmental Management System – Checking
Elements include
• Monitoring and measurement
• Evaluation and compliance
• Non-conformity, corrective action and preventative action
• Control of records
• Internal audit
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Environmental Management System – ISO 2015
The key changes relate to:
• Increased prominence of environmental management within the organization's strategic
planning processes
• Greater focus on leadership
• Addition of proactive initiatives to protect the environment from harm and degradation, such
as sustainable resource use and climate change mitigation
• Improving environmental performance added
• Lifecycle thinking when considering environmental aspects
• Addition of a communications strategy
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Environmental Management System – 2015
The new ten sections:
• Scope
• Normative references
• Terms and definitions
• Context of the organization
• Leadership
• Planning
• Support
• Operation
• Performance Evaluation
• Improvement
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Environmental Management System – 2015
Setting the boundaries in Chapter 4
• You need to consider your external issues more carefully.
• Your stakeholder engagement must consider the expectations of your interested parties
• Your risks must be evaluated in terms of these expectations and must be mitigated
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Environmental Management System – 2015
Lead by example in Chapter 5
• Environmental Policy must go beyond the corporate boundaries
• Top management must be ultimately responsible for the environment and integrate it into all
their business processes
• Do not need a Management Representative
• Top Management must ensure responsibilities and authorities throughout the organisation
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Plan Environment in Chapter 6
• All environmental impacts, negative or positive, must be more comprehensive in terms of a
life cycle perspective
• You do not need a life cycle assessment
• You do need to identify possible aspects, with possible hazards and opportunities, in the
future development of the activity, product or service
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Environmental Management System – 2015
Communication tools in Chapter 7
• From now on the term “documentation information” will be used
• This takes recording media into account
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Environmental Management System – 2015
Operations in Chapter 8
• Need to consider all upstream, downstream and outsourced processes into account
• Need to schedule and control them better
• Includes products and services up to the end of their use
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Environmental Management System – 2015
Evaluate your performance in Chapter 9
• Environmental Performance Standards are raised
• ISO 14031 “Environmental Management – Environmental Performance Evaluation” will be
used to determine key indicators for performance
• Measurement and monitoring will no be part of the overall corporate commitments in
relation to environmental performance
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Environmental Management System – 2015
Evaluate your performance in Chapter 9
• Non-conformances, corrective actions, preventative actions and continual improvement will
be based on the organisation’s boundaries
• The focus on improving the environmental performance