Environmental
Management
System
Prepared by: Mr. Paul Y. Gacias
WHAT IS AN
EMS?
An Environmental
Management System (EMS)
An Environmental Management System (EMS) is a formal
system which enables organisations to control and
improve their environmental performance and ensure we
comply with environmental legislation. Environmental
Management Systems are based on the Deming Cycle of
Continual Improvement and are similar to systems used
for health, safety and quality management.
POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF EMS
Improve environmental performance
Enhanced compliance
Pollution prevention
Resource conservation
Employee awareness of
environmental issues and new policies
Environmental Managers
The Environnmental Managers are responsible for
overseeing the environmental performance of private
and public sector organisations and for developing,
implementing and monitoring environmental strategies
that promote sustainable development.
Five Steps in Environmental Management
Step 1: Step 4:
ENVIRONMENTAL CHECKING
POLICY AND
CORRECTION
Step 2:
PLANNING Step 5:
MANAGEMENT REVIEW
Step 3:
IMPLEMENTATION
Types of Environmental
Management System
Eco-
ISO 14001 management ISO 14005
and Audit
Scheme
EMS under ISO 14001
Evolutionary Model of the Environmental System
Management
What are the 6
core elements
of an EMS
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ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
It includes principles on environmental
sustainability as well as performance
indicators relating to the EMS.
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PLANNING
Make complete thorough plans for
implementing EMS. The process of
planning is for identifying compliance
requirements.
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IMPLEMENTATION
This step involves execution of those
plans. This step will help incorporate
adjustments and building new processes
to adapt changing requirements.
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STUDY AND CORRECT
This step involves the management of
new existing procedure. Organizations
will benefit from establishing a system
for documentation.
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MANAGEMENT REVIEW
It is important to have a distinguished
review of the EMS conducted by
Management to make sure that
everything is functioning within the
scope of successful performance,
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CONTINOUS IMPROVEMENT
Through establishments of targets and
objectives in the context of wider
environmental goals organizations can
achieve continous process
improvement.
An EMS is geared to help organisations identify,
manage, monitor, and control their environmental
performance in a holistic manner. For instance, risk
assessments will be undertaken to help identify
the context of your environmental impact.
Controls will then be put in place to help manage
these risks, and strategies designed to reduce
them.
By implementing an EMS, an organisation will
consider all environmental issues that are relevant
to its operations. This includes but is not limited
to, resource use, energy and water consumption,
waste generation, carbon emissions, and effective
local biodiversity.
