INTRODUCTION

ISO 14001 EMS

Engr.Javed Ahmed
BSc (Engg.) Chemical
Engineering
M.S Total Quality Managemnet
Email: engrjaved@gmail.com

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.

Its Really Very

Simple!

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.

Development Stages of
TS
Proposal stage

Preparatory stage

Committee stage

Inquiry stage

Approval stage

Issuance

Most successful
standards
The ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 families are
among ISO's most widely known and
successful standards ever.
ISO 9000 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

What is an EMS
An Environmental Management System is that
facet of an organizations overall management
structure that addresses the immediate and long
term impact of your companys product,
services, and processes on the environment .

Environmental Management
System (EMS)

the part of the overall management

system that includes organizational
structure, planning activities,
responsibilities, practice, processes
and resources for developing,
implementing, achieving, and
maintaining the environmental policy

3.5, ISO 14001:1996

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 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

EMS Model
Start

4.6-Management
Review

4.2Environmental
Policy

Continual
Improvement!

4.5-Checking /
Corrective Action
Monitoring & Measurement-4.5.1

4.3-Planning
Environmental Aspects-4.3.1
Legal & Other Requirements-4.3.2

Nonconformance & Corrective & Preventive

Action-4.5.2

Objectives & Targets-4.3.3

Records-4.5.3

Environmental Management Program-4.3.4

EMS Audits-4.5.4
4.4-Implementation
Structure & Responsibility-4.4.1
Training, Awareness, Competence4.4.2
Communication-4.4.3
Documentation 4.4.4
Operational Control-4.4.6
Emergency Preparedness /

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 programme for
implementation
Facilitate the different processes to ensure that
policy is complied and EMS remains appropriate
Be capable of adapting to changing circumstances

4.2 Environmental Policy

Top management shall define the

organizations environmental policy and
ensure that it:

Is appropriate to the nature, scale and

environmental impacts of its activities, products
or services

Includes a commitment to continual

improvement and prevention of pollution

Includes a commitment to comply with

relevant environmental legislation and
regulations, and with other requirements to
which the organization subscribes

Environmental Policy (Konica

Manufacturing USA, Inc.)
As a responsible corporate and community
citizen, KMU is committed to the protection of
our environment through pollution prevention
and the minimization of negative environmental
impacts. KMUs policy is to comply with all
Environmental Laws and Regulations which
relate to any aspect of the production, storage,
and shipment of photographic raw materials and
finished product at the manufacturing facility
and its off-site warehouse. In the absence of
specific legal requirements, the company
protects the environment by employing the most
effective pollution prevention technologies and
procedures which can be economically applied.

Environmental Policy

At TG , in the execution of our business

operations we ensure Health and Safety of
our Employees Contractual Labor and
General Public. We are also committed to
protect our Natural Environment from
pollution by complying with the
requirements of National Environmental
Legislation and International Standards.
We pledge to strive hard to conserve and
improve the eco system by preserving and
disseminating flora and fauna.

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

Elements
Elementsof
ofenvironment
environment

Air
Air
Water
Water
Land
Land
Natural resources
Natural resources
Flora
Flora
Fauna
Fauna
Humans
Humans

Environmental Concerns
Ozone
Depletion

Global Warming
Air
emissions

Raw Materials
Energy &
Natural
Resources

ORGANIZATION

Solid
waste

Noise
Odor

Liquid
emissions

Accidental
Releases

Effect
on
flora &
fauna

Effect
on
human
s

Environmental Aspects
Emissions to atmosphere
Raw
Materials
& energy

site
activities

Waste disposal

Spillage contaminating the land

Product use
and
disposal

Landfill
Incineration

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

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

NO

YES

Lack of knowledge
NO

Severity of Impact

Non-significant aspects

YES

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

H ig h

Low
P ro b a b ility

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.

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.

4.3.4 Environmental
Management Program(s)

The organization shall establish and

maintain (a) program(s) for
achieving its objectives and targets.
It shall include:

a) designation of responsibility for

achieving objectives and targets at each
relevant function and level of the
organization;

b) the means and time-frame by which they

ISO 14001 Revision

Several new & amended definitions

New (some from ISO 9000:2000):

Auditor
Corrective Action
Document
Internal Audit
Nonconformity
Preventive Action
Procedure
Record

ISO 14001 Revision

Amended definitions
Continual Improvement
EMS
Environmental Objective & Environmental
Target
Environmental Performance
Environmental Policy
Prevention of Pollution

ISO 14001 Revision

4.1 General Requirements

Requirement to establish, document,

implement, maintain & continually improve
the EMS
Requirement to define and document the
scope of the EMS

Note the guidance in EA/7-02 regarding scope

definition and what can & cant be ring-fenced

ISO 14001 Revision

4.2 Environmental Policy

All activities, products & services (within scope
and policy)
Policy commitment to comply with applicable
legal requirements..which relate to its
environmental aspects rather than relevant
environmental legislation..
Policy must be communicated to all persons
working for or on behalf of the organisation ,
rather than just employees
Policy must be consistent with the scope of the
EMS

ISO 14001 Revision

4.3.1 Environmental Aspects

Procedure must consider activities, products &

services
Must take account of environmental aspects it
can control and be expected to influence
Must take account of the environmental
aspects of planned and new developments
Information resulting from the implementation
of this procedure, including the identification
of environmental aspects and determination
of significance, must be documented

ISO 14001 Revision

4.3.2 Legal and other requirements

Must have a procedure to:

Identify & access applicable legal requirements
determine how applicable legal requirements
apply to its environmental aspects

4.3.3 Objectives, targets and programmes

Objectives and targets must be measurable

where practicable & consistent with policy
commitments

ISO 14001 Revision

4.4.1 Resources, Roles, Responsibility & Authority

Increased emphasis on ensuring the availability of

resources

4.4.2 Competence, Training & Awareness

Greater emphasis on competence

Organisations need to ensure the competence of people
working for or on their behalf, and maintain competency
records
Includes contractors, sub-contractors, temporary staff,
remote workers etc.

4. Implementation and
Operation
4.4.1 Structure and
Management
shall provide resources
Responsibility

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(s) 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;

Contd..

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.
It shall establish and maintain
procedures to make its employees
or members at each relevant
function and level aware of...

4.4.2 Training, Awareness and

Competence ()Contd.

Importance of conformance with E.P

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 so that;

They can be located.

The organization reviews them whenever necessary,
revises and ensures that authorized Personnel
approve their adequacy.

Contd..

Obsolete documents are promptly removed

from all points of issue and points of use, or
otherwise treated in a way which prevents
accidental use.
Any obsolete documents are suitably marked.
Any documentation should be legible, dated
and readily identifiable.
The organization must create procedures and
assign responsibilities for the creation and
modification of the various types of
document.

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.
The organization shall also periodically test
such procedures where practicable.

4.5 Checking and Corrective

action
4.5.1 Monitoring and
Documented procedure for recording
Measurement
of information to track

Performance

Relevant operational controls

Conformance to objectives and targets

Equipment calibrated and calibration

records maintained

Documented procedure for periodically

evaluating compliance with relevant
environmental legislation and

4.5.2 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

Corrective or Preventive action taken

should be appropriate to the
magnitude of problem.

4.5.3 Records

Procedure for identification,maintenance and

disposal of records

Training, internal audit and management review

activities are specifically included

Others realistically required to demonstrate

conformance

Records of significant environmental aspects

identified

Records of monitoring and measurement

demonstrating legal/regulatory compliance
demonstrating improvement being achieved

Records of communication to/from interested

4.5.4 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.
The organizations audit program and its schedule has to
be based on the environmental importance of the
activity concerned and the results of previous audits.

4.6 Management Review

The organizations top management shall, at

intervals that it determines review the
Environmental Management System to ensure its
continuity suitability, adequacy and
effectiveness. The management review process
shall ensure that necessary information is
collected to allow management to carry out the
evaluation. This review shall be documented.
The management review shall address the
possible need for changes to policy, objectives
and other elements of the Environmental
Management System audit results, changing
circumstances and the commitment to continual