ISO 14001 EMS

Mohtashim Zaman
QMR
Quality and Enviornmental
Management Representative

What is ISO 14000?

ISO
The word ISO Stands for
International Organization for
Standardization

ISO 14000 is a series

of standards describing
the requirements for
establishing
and
maintaining an EMS in
an organization

14000
The series allocated for
Environmental
Management Systems

What is ISO?

International Organization for Standardization

Develop standards not certify companies
Around 148 countries members
Headquarter in Geneva, Switzerland
Around 18000 standards produced
Technical Committees are formed to produce standards
TC 207 for ISO 14000
International Organization for Standardization
Email: central@iso.ch
Web: http://www.iso.ch
http://www.iso.org

More than 220 Certification (Auditing) Agencies throughout

the world of which around 15 have offices in Pakistan
Established in 23 February 1947

ISO Standards

ISO

STANDARDS

are
documented
agreements containing technical specifications
or criteria to be used consistently as rules,
guidelines or definition of characteristics to
ensure that materials, products, processes and
services are fit for their purposes.

Say what you will do Do what you said Recognize any differences in what you planned
and what you did Act on those differences Ensure action was effective Prove it with documentation.

ISO 14001 versus ISO 9001

40 to 50%
ISO 14001

ISO 9001

Environmental Policy

Quality Policy

Training/Awareness

Training

Document Control

Document/Data Control

Monitoring/Measuring

Inspection/Test/Control

Nonconformance

Control of Nonconforming Product

Records
EMS Audit

Control of Quality Records

Internal Quality Audit

Management Review

Management Review

Most successful standards

The ISO 9001 and ISO 14000 families are
among ISO's most widely known and
successful standards ever.
ISO 9001 has become an international
reference for quality requirements.
ISO 14000 looks set to achieve at least as
much, if not more, in helping organizations to
meet their environmental challenges.

Environment

Surrounding in which an
Organization operates,including
air,water,land ,natural
resources,human,and their
interrelation

Treat the Earth well. It was

not given to you by your
parents. It was lent to You by
your children

Kenyan
Proverb

Environmental Management System

(EMS)

The ISO 14001 EMS is defined as:

"that part of the overall management system that

includes organizational structure, planning activities,

responsibilities, practices, procedures, processes, and
resources for developing, implementing, achieving,
reviewing and maintaining the environmental policy"
(ISO 14001: 1996).
The current version (2004) is the second version
which updates and replaces the 1996 version.

What ISO 14001 is Not

Is

not a product standard

Does not establish values for
pollutants/performance levels
Does not establish test methods

What ISO 14001 is Not

Does

not require to establish a final

performance goal.
Does not require to reach zero
emission
Does not require you to disclose
audit results

What ISO 14001 is

Is a frame work for managing significant

environmental aspects you can control
Is for use by any company, any size, any
where in the world.
Is a voluntary consensus, private sector
standard.
Represent a shift to pro active thinking

ISO 14001 Standard

4.1 is the General Requirement shall

establish, document, implement, maintain
and continually improve an EMS
Followed by 17 clauses that contain
requirements that must be established,
implemented and maintained

EMS Model
Start

4.6-Management
Review

4.5-Checking /
Corrective Action

4.2-Environmental
Policy

Continual
Improvement!

Monitoring & Measurement-4.5.1

Evaluation of Compliance 4.5.2
Nonconformance & Corrective & Preventive
Action-4.5.3
Records-4.5.4
EMS Audits-4.5.5

4.4-Implementation
Structure & Responsibility-4.4.1
Training, Awareness, Competence4.4.2
Communication-4.4.3
Documentation 4.4.4
.Control of Documents 4.4.5
Operational Control-4.4.6
Emergency Preparedness /
Response-4.4.7

4.3-Planning
Environmental Aspects-4.3.1
Legal & Other Requirements-4.3.2
Objectives & Targets-4.3.3

4.1 General requirements

Environmental Policy
Identification of the environmental Aspects
Identification of the legal and requirements
Identification of priorities and set appropriate
environmental objectives & targets
Establish a structure and a programmed for
implementation
Facilitate the different processes to ensure that
policy is complied and EMS remains appropriate
Be capable of adapting to changing circumstances

Environmental Policy
2
PC

EP=
Prevent Pollution,
Environmental
= Comply with Laws, and
Policy
Continually Improve

Environmental Policy
Respect for the Environment
Reduce energy use
Eliminate wastes and emissions
Survey our processes
Plan for the future
Evaluate options
Comply with all laws and regulations
Train our employee and community

4.2 Environmental Policy

Provides the framework for setting and

reviewing environmental objectives and
targets
Is documented, implemented and
maintained and communicated to all
employees
Is available to the public

4.3 Planning
4.3.1 Environmental Aspects

The organization shall establish and maintain (a)

procedure (s) to identify the environmental
aspects of its activities, products or services that
it can control and over which it can be
expected to have an influence, in order to
determine those which have or can have
significant impacts on the environment.
The organization should also consider normal
abnormal and emergency conditions .

Environment
surroundings
in
which
an
organization
operates, including
air, water, land,
natural resources,
flora,
fauna,
humans, and their
interrelation

Environmental Concerns
Ozone Depletion

Global Warming
Air
emissions

Raw Materials
Energy &
Natural Resources

ORGANIZATION

Solid
waste

Noise
Odor

Effect
on flora
& fauna

Liquid
emissions

Accidental
Releases

Effect
on
humans

Environmental Aspects
Emissions to atmosphere
Raw
Materials
& energy

site
activities

Product use
and
disposal

Waste disposal
Landfill
Incineration

Spillage contaminating the land

Discharges to water or sewers

Input-Out put Model

INPUT

PROCESS

OUTPUT

LOSSES
Regulations

Waste
Energy
Air Emissions
Water Effluents

Environmental Aspects

Environmental Aspects

Environmental Aspects

Environmental Aspects
Element of an organization's activities
or products or services that can interact
with the environment
Transportation

Generation

Raw Material
Acquisition

Disposal

Use

Examples of Aspects

Inputs

Raw Materials
Chemicals
Packing material

Outputs

Resource use
energy
water

Wastewater
Flue Gases
Solid waste
Hazardous waste
Noise
Vehicle Exhaust

Example of an Office
ISO 14000
Undersea Warfare Center Division

Environmental Management System

I work in an Office,
How does this apply to me?
Electricity,
Paper,
Light, Heating,
Cooling

Requests

Reports
Office Work

Toner
Cartridges

Waste Paper,
Solid Waste

Environmental impacts
Any change to the
environment, whether
adverse or beneficial,
wholly
or
partially
resulting
from
an
organization's
environmental aspects

Examples of Impacts

General

Water

depletion of natural
resources
destruction of habitats
pH
oxygen level
toxicity

Air

Air Toxicity
Smog
Global Warming
Ozone Depletion

4.3.1 Environmental Aspects

The organization shall

ensure that the aspects
related to the
significant impacts are
considered in setting its
environmental
objectives.
The organization shall
keep this information
up-to-date.

Filters of Significance
NO

YES

International Issues
Local Issues / interested parties
NO

YES

Legal and other requirements

YES
YES

NO

Lack of knowledge
NO

Severity of Impact

Non-significant aspects

YES

Significant Aspects

START

Areas to be considered

Design and development

Manufacturing processes
Packaging and Transportation
Environmental performances and practices of
contractors and suppliers
Waste management
Extraction and distribution of raw materials and
natural resources
Distribution , use and end-of-life of products

Situations to Consider
Planned
Past
Emergency
Abnormal
Normal

A Simple Risk Assessment

R = (P) x (S)

R = Environmental risk
P= Probability of occurrence
S = Severity of effect (consequence)

Risk Assessment Matrix

Severity

High

Probability

Low

Low consequence

Very Severe

10

12

15

12

16

20

10

15

20

25

4.3.2 Legal and other requirements

The organization shall establish

and maintain a procedure to
identify and have access to
legal and other
requirements to which the
organization subscribes, that
are applicable to the
environmental aspects of its
activities, products and services.

Legal Requirements

National or international legal

requirements
State/provincial/departmental legal
requirements
Local Governmental legal requirements

Other Requirements

Agreements with public authorities

Agreements with customers
Voluntary principles or codes of practice
Requirements of trade associations
Agreements with community groups or
non- governmental organizations
Corporate/ company requirements.

Legal & Other Requirements

4.3.2 Legal & other requirements

Waste Disposal

Water Pollution Control Ordinance

Sewage Services Ordinance
Air Pollution Control Ordinance
Ozone Layer Protection Ordinance
Road Traffic Ordinance
Waste Disposal Ordinance

Noise Control

Noise Control Ordinance

Dangerous
Goods
Radioactive
Materials
Public Health &
Munical Service

Dangerous Goods Ordinance

Water Pollution
Control
Air Pollution
Control

Radiation Ordinance
Public Health & Municipal Service
Ordinance

4.3.3 Setting Objectives and

Targets

Organization sets its own objectives and targets

Environmental objectives are typically set...

in areas identified as having potentially

significant impact on the environment.
initially for the areas presenting the greatest
risk and liability to the environment and the
organization.
including direct/indirect aspects,
abnormal/normal operation etc.

4. Implementation and Operation

4.4.1 Structure and Responsibility

Management shall provide resources essential

to the implementation and control of the
environmental management system.
Resources include human resources and
specialized skills, technology and
financial resources.

Roles, responsibility and authorities shall be

defined, documented and communicated in
order to facilitate effective environmental
management.

Structure and Responsibility

(Contd.)

The organizations top management shall

appoint (a) specific management
representative who, irrespective of other
responsibilities, shall have defined roles,
responsibilities and authority for

a) ensuring that environmental management

system requirements are established, implemented
and maintained in accordance with this
International Standard;

b) reporting on the performance of the environmental

management system to top management for review
and as a basis for improvement of the environmental
management system.

4.4.2 Training, Awareness and

Competence

The organization shall identify training needs.

It shall require that all personnel whose work
may create a significant impact upon the
environment, have received appropriate
training.

4.4.2 Training, Awareness and

Competence Contd.

4.4.3 Communication
Internal communication
Should ensure that environmental
requirements, actions and results are
effectively disseminated throughout the
organization
External Communication
Receiving, documenting and responding
to the relevant communication from external
parties

4.4.4/4.4.5 Environmental Management

System Documentation and Control

Maintain information in paper or electronic form

to describe the core elements of management
system & also to provide direction to related
documentation.
The standard requires you to establish and
maintain procedures for controlling all
necessary documents.

4.4.6 Operational Control

The organization must identify its key

operations and activities through analysis of
its significant environmental aspects,
policy, objectives and targets, and then plan
& manage these activities to ensure that they
are performed within specified or controlled
conditions through.

Establishing and maintaining procedures to cover

situations where the absence of such procedures
could lead to deviations from the environmental policy
and the objectives and targets.

Contd..

Stipulating operating criteria in the

procedures. This includes establishing and
maintaining procedures related to the
identifiable significant environmental
aspects of goods and services used by the
organization and communicating relevant
procedures and requirements to suppliers
and contractors.

Operational Control - 5 Elements

Whatever the process, there are only
Equipment
Personnel
5 elements to be controlled
Identified
Identified
Competent
Trained
Correct Attributes
Available

PROCESS

Correct Type
Capability
Condition
Available
Calibrated

Materials

Information

Identified
Correct Type
Correct Condition
Available

Identified
Adequate Content
Correct Edition
Correct Condition
Communicated
Available

Ambient Conditions (Environment)

4.4.7 Emergency Preparedness and

Response

The organization shall establish and maintain procedures to

identify potential for and respond to accidents and
emergency situations and to prevent and mitigate the
environmental impacts that may be associated with them.
The organization shall review and revise, where necessary,
its emergency preparedness and response
procedures, in particular, after the occurrence of accidents
or emergency situations.

4.5 Checking / Corrective Action

4.5.1 Monitoring and Measurement
Requires procedure (s) that include (s) the
documenting of information required to
monitor performance, applicable
operational controls and conformity with
objectives and targets.

4.5.3 Nonconformance
and Corrective and Preventive Action

Procedures for identifying responsibility and

authority for

Handling and investigation of non conformance

Taking action to mitigate impacts caused

Initiating and completing corrective and preventive action

4.5.4 Records

Procedure for identification,maintenance and

disposal of records
Training, internal audit and management
review activities are specifically included

Records

Records kept must demonstrate conformance to the

requirements of the standard
Environmental records may include:

information on relevant environmental legislation or other

requirements
complaint records
training records
process and product information
inspection, maintenance and calibration records
pertinent contractor and supplier information
incident reports
information on emergency preparedness and response
information on significant environmental aspects
audit results
management reviews

4.5.5 Environmental Management

System Audit
An organization has to establish and maintain program and
procedures for periodic EMS audits. Their purpose is to:
determine whether or not the Environmental
Management System conforms to planned
arrangements for environmental management.
Determine if the organization has done a proper job
in implementing and maintaining the EMS
Provide information on the results of audits to
management.

4.6 Management Review

Management shall review the EMS to ensure its;

Continuing Suitability
Adequacy and Effectiveness
Review shall be documented
Based on EMS audit results, changing circumstances
and commitment to continual improvement
Management review shall address;
possible need for changes to policy, objectives and
other elements of EMS