week 1 intro to ems

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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY

WEEK 1

INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

SYSTEMS

Last Updated:April 13, 2023 © LMS SEGi education group 2

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

List of general terms used in management system.

Describe the roles of organization, non-governmental

organization and society.

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LEARNING OUTCOMES

Student is able to understand the general terms used in

management system.

Student is able to describe the roles play by

organization, non-governmental organization and

society.



INTRODUCTION

General terms

BS – British Standard

ISO – International Organization for Standardization

EMS – Environmental Management System

EMAS – Eco-Management and Audit Scheme

TQM – Total Quality Management



INTRODUCTION (CONT’)

Standards

Is an agreed, repeatable way of doing something

designed for voluntary use and do not impose any

regulations

is a collective work




ISO

Derived from the Greek isos, meaning “equal”

is the world’s largest and publisher of International

Standards

ISO standards are developed by technical committees

(suncommittes or project committees) comprising experts from

the industrial, technical and business sectors.




International Standards are developed by ISO technical committees

(TC) and subcommittees (SC) by a six-step process

Stage 1: Proposal Stage

Stage 2: Preparatory Stage

Stage 3: Committee Stage

Stage 4: Enquiry Stage

Stage 5: Approval Stage

Stage 6: Publication Stage




EMS

World’s first environmental management systems standard- BS

7750

Today, BS 7750 has been withdrawn and replaced by

international standard ISO 14001

Tools and techniques to improve an organization’s

environmental performance through root cause analysis and the

development of practical, manageable solutions




EMS (Cont’)

Benefits

saving organization money – reducing waste, better contrl

and less risk

improving the environment – reducing emissions, waste

and materials




EMAS

Developed by The European Commission (EC)

As a tool to evaluate and drive improvement of industry’s

environmental performance

EC introduce it as a regulation but participation in the scheme is

voluntary

The scheme does not provide standards of environmental

performance




Management system

Quality management system (QMS)

concept of conforming to specified requirements

Related to policies, practices and procedures that are used

to direct an organization’s activities towards

ISO 9000 offers a model for quality systems that is often

used between the purchaser and supplier.




Management system (cont’)

Total Quality Management (TQM)

Further enhancement of the QMS

Concentrates on analyzing and refining every internal

process and practice to become focused on customer

oriented measurements

Key features are continual analysis, measurement and

improvement through the quality loop




Management system (cont’)

The continual improvement loop


Think

Measure

Plan

Do


ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (EMS)

Some of the organizations established and promoted

guidelines and principles for good environmental

management, for example:

ICC – International Chamber of Commerce

BCSD – Business Council for Sustainable Development

CBI – Confederation of British Industry

CERES – Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies

CIA – Chemical Industry Association



ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (EMS) – CONT’

All these organizations have typical system approach to

environmental management such as

Policy Statement

Plans and Programmes

Integration of environmental plans into daily operations

Performance Measurements

Information Sharing



ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (EMS) – CONT’

Non-governmental organization

MNS – Malaysian Nature Society

MENGO – Malaysian Environmental Non-

Governmental Organization

NCWO – National Council of Woman Organization

Tzu-Chi

WWF – World Wildlife Fund



ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM STANDARDS

Based on these concepts

Everything we do in business has some impact on

the environment

Management systems control everything we do in

business

Standards can be set for environmental management

systems



ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM STANDARDS – CONT’

EMS must be

Fully integrated into overall management process

Contributing to improving overall company performance

Recognized as appropriate by those who are interested in your

environmental performance

Responding to the issue of “thinking globally, act locally”




Trade barrier

Any regulations or policy that restricts international trade

For example poaching, illegal logging, etc

Cultural component

native community

usage of natural resources, i.e. bamboo, herbs, etc




Environmental degradation and poverty

Air Quality

Water Quality

Living Quality

Others




Societal transformations



REFERENCES

Sheldon, C. ed. (2007). ISO14001 and Beyond:

Environmental Management Systems in the Real World.

London, Greenleaf Pub.

Gilbert, M. and Gould, R. (1998). Achieving

Environmental Standards, 2nd ed. Pitman Pub.


week 1 intro to ems

Documents

good environmental management

introduction cont standards

introduction cont iso

introduction cont emas

introduction cont ems

overall management process

preparatory stage stage

approval stage stage