Download - Environmental Management Systems (EMS)
Think management system• Personnel Management System
• Financial Management System
• Risk Management System
• Environmental Management System
Performance based management system to:
• Increase environmental performance on daily business activities
• Reduce environmental costs by identifying risks and implementing best practices
• Greater efficiency and control over the organization’s environmental performance
Success requires:
• Top-down commitment on a regular basis
• Employee buy-in thru use of cross functional teams
• Auditing program reviewed by senior management
Compliance with relevant laws and regulations
Prevention of pollution
Continual improvement
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ENV.POLICY
Reviewing the organizational environmental goals
Analyzing your environmental impacts and legal requirements
Setting environmental objectives and targets to reduce environmental impacts and comply with legal requirements
Establishing programs to meet these objectives and targets
Monitor and measure progress in achieving the objectives
Ensure employees’ environmental awareness and competence
Review progress of the EMS through auditing and implement improvements
Continual improvementact
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Cost savings Avoid future legal liabilities Reduce insurance
premiums Improved bond
ratings
Savings: $116,533• Bus idling monitoring campaign
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Boston, MA
Annual Savings: $814,000• Operating procedures, reduced bus idling
time, print shop issues
Utah Transit Authority
Annual Savings: $2,162,000• Reduced equipment idling time, reclaimed
water, water meter charge savings
City of San Diego
Benefits
Conserved 134 million gallons of water during 2005 by fixing water leaks
Saved approximately $655,000 in water costs at NJ Marine Terminals.
Executed contracts that will achieve the largest air quality improvement in the country
• Reduced NOx emissions resulting from these programs could exceed 400 tons per year
Benefits
Port Authority of PORTLAND
Quick pay reduced idling by 79% - an estimated 2.26 tons/yr CO
3% of PDX and 5% of Marine electric power from wind-generated sources
Water project provided 360,160 gallons of water savings per year
Savings: $42,000• Reduced tipping fees and recycling rebates • 3,100 tons recycled (50% of solid waste) in one
year, including 260 tons of cardboard
Orange County Convention Center
Savings: $300,000• Operational savings, $66,000 of energy
conservation
Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon
EMS helps avoid future liability EMS promotes better working
relationships with regulators Ensures organizations a better
understanding of their legal requirements Provides a consistent method for finding the
root causes of non-compliance
EMSs help reduce environmental and workplace safety & security risks
EMS approach has created verifiable, credible environmental results that have led to better overall organizational environmental performance
An EMS has the potential to significantly influence financial institutions as they assess risk
#1 Top Management Commitment, Visibility and Involvement
An EMS cannot succeed without the full support and backing of senior management
Commitment can be difficult to obtain where there is lack of understanding of the standard and the benefits
#2 Strong Implementation Team Essential for development and implementation
of the EMS policy and procedures Needed to assemble the various working teams Should have specialized training and knowledge Responsibilities and authorities of this team
need to be defined and supported by management
#3 An Informed and Involved Workforce
Successful implementation of an EMS requires the input and action of employee teams across the organization
Training on EMS should begin immediately upon the decision to implement