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Quality management input comprises the
standard requirements from ISO 9001:2015
which are strategically deployed by our
organization to achieve customer satisfaction
through process control.
Environmental input comprises the standard
requirements from ISO 14001:2015 which
provides our organization with a framework to
help protect the environment and respond to
changing environmental conditions in balance
with socio-economic needs.
The health and safety management input meets
the requirements of OHSAS 18001:2007 to
enhance opportunities, control occupational
hazards and manage all aspects of health and
safety.
EHQMS
Manual &
Policy
Document ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 &
OHSAS 18001:2007
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Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................... 5
2 REFERENCES & DEFINITIONS ......................................................................................................................... 6
3 COMMON REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................................................................ 7
4 ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION ......................................................................................................................10
4.1 ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT ...................................................................................................................................................... 10
4.2 RELEVANT INTERESTED PARTIES ................................................................................................................................................. 11
4.3 INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM........................................................................................................................................ 11
4.3.1 EHQMS Scope ................................................................................................................................................................ 11
4.3.2 EHQMS Processes......................................................................................................................................................... 12
4.3.3 Outsourced Processes ................................................................................................................................................ 12
4.3.4 Documented Information .......................................................................................................................................... 12
5 LEADERSHIP & GOVERNANCE .....................................................................................................................14
5.1 LEADERSHIP & COMMITMENT ................................................................................................................................................... 14
5.1.1 EHQMS Management ................................................................................................................................................. 14
5.1.2 Customer Focus ............................................................................................................................................................. 15
5.2 CORPORATE POLICIES ................................................................................................................................................................. 15
5.2.1 Establishing & Communicating .............................................................................................................................. 15
5.2.2 Policy Statement ........................................................................................................................................................... 16
5.3 ROLE, RESPONSIBILITIES & AUTHORITIES ................................................................................................................................. 17
5.3.1 Top Management ......................................................................................................................................................... 17
5.3.2 IMS Manager .................................................................................................................................................................. 17
5.3.3 Department Managers ............................................................................................................................................... 18
5.3.4 Employees ....................................................................................................................................................................... 18
5.4 COMMUNICATION ....................................................................................................................................................................... 18
5.4.1 Internal Communication ............................................................................................................................................ 18
5.4.2 External Communication ........................................................................................................................................... 19
6 EHQMS PLANNING ........................................................................................................................................20
6.1 GENERAL....................................................................................................................................................................................... 20
6.1.1 Risks & Opportunities ................................................................................................................................................. 20
6.1.2 Environmental Impacts ............................................................................................................................................... 21
6.1.3 Occupational Hazards ................................................................................................................................................. 22
6.1.4 Compliance Obligations ............................................................................................................................................ 23
6.2 EHQMS OBJECTIVES .................................................................................................................................................................. 24
6.2.1 Objectives ........................................................................................................................................................................ 24
6.2.2 Objectives & Planning to Achieve Them ............................................................................................................. 25
6.3 PLANNING FOR CHANGE ............................................................................................................................................................ 26
7 SUPPORT .........................................................................................................................................................28 Sample
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7.1 RESOURCES .................................................................................................................................................................................. 28
7.1.1 General .............................................................................................................................................................................. 28
7.1.2 People & Training ........................................................................................................................................................ 28
7.1.3 Infrastructure & Natural Resources ....................................................................................................................... 29
7.1.4 Operational Environment .......................................................................................................................................... 31
7.1.5 Monitoring & Measurement Tools ........................................................................................................................ 31
7.1.6 Organizational Knowledge ....................................................................................................................................... 31
8 PRODUCT & SERVICE DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................................................33
8.1 OPERATIONAL PLANNING & CONTROL.................................................................................................................................... 33
8.1.1 Environmental Management ................................................................................................................................... 33
8.1.2 Quality Management .................................................................................................................................................. 33
8.1.3 Health & Safety Management ................................................................................................................................. 34
8.2 DETERMINING REQUIREMENTS FOR PRODUCTS ...................................................................................................................... 34
8.2.1 Customer Communication ........................................................................................................................................ 34
8.2.2 Determining Requirements ...................................................................................................................................... 35
8.2.3 Reviewing Requirements ........................................................................................................................................... 35
8.2.4 Changes in Requirements ......................................................................................................................................... 35
8.3 DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT .......................................................................................................................................................... 36
8.3.1 General .............................................................................................................................................................................. 36
8.3.2 Planning............................................................................................................................................................................ 36
8.3.3 Inputs ................................................................................................................................................................................. 37
8.3.4 Controls ............................................................................................................................................................................ 37
8.3.5 Outputs ............................................................................................................................................................................. 38
8.3.6 Changes ............................................................................................................................................................................ 38
8.4 CONTROL OF SUPPLIERS & EXTERNAL PROCESSES ................................................................................................................. 38
8.4.1 General .............................................................................................................................................................................. 38
8.4.2 Purchasing Controls .................................................................................................................................................... 39
8.4.3 Purchasing Information .............................................................................................................................................. 39
8.5 PRODUCTION & SERVICE PROVISION ....................................................................................................................................... 40
8.5.1 Control of Production & Service Provision ........................................................................................................ 40
8.5.2 Identification & Traceability ..................................................................................................................................... 40
8.5.3 3rd
Party Property .......................................................................................................................................................... 41
8.5.4 Preservation .................................................................................................................................................................... 41
8.5.5 Post-delivery Activities ............................................................................................................................................... 42
8.5.6 Control of Changes ...................................................................................................................................................... 42
8.6 RELEASE OF PRODUCTS & SERVICES ......................................................................................................................................... 42
8.7 CONTROL OF NON-CONFORMING OUTPUTS .......................................................................................................................... 43
8.8 ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCY SITUATIONS ............................................................................................................................ 43
8.9 ACCIDENT & INCIDENT INVESTIGATION ................................................................................................................................... 44
9 PERFORMANCE EVALUATION .....................................................................................................................45
9.1 MONITORING, MEASUREMENT, ANALYSIS & EVALUATION ................................................................................................... 45 Sam
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9.1.1 General .............................................................................................................................................................................. 45
9.1.2 Customer Satisfaction ................................................................................................................................................. 45
9.1.3 Analysis & Evaluation .................................................................................................................................................. 46
9.1.4 Evaluation of Compliance.......................................................................................................................................... 46
9.2 INTERNAL AUDIT .......................................................................................................................................................................... 47
9.3 MANAGEMENT REVIEW .............................................................................................................................................................. 48
9.3.1 General .............................................................................................................................................................................. 48
9.3.2 Inputs ................................................................................................................................................................................. 48
9.3.3 Outputs ............................................................................................................................................................................. 49
10 IMPROVEMENT ..........................................................................................................................................50
10.1 GENERAL....................................................................................................................................................................................... 50
10.2 NON-CONFORMITY & CORRECTIVE ACTION ........................................................................................................................... 50
10.3 IMPROVEMENT ............................................................................................................................................................................. 51
APPENDICES ...........................................................................................................................................................52
A.1 SEQUENCE & INTERACTION OF EHQMS PROCESSES ............................................................................................................ 52
A.2 ORGANIZATION CHART .............................................................................................................................................................. 53
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3 Common Requirements Your organization’s integrated management system (EHQMS) shares common requirements that are
stipulated by ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015. Within this framework, the requirements for OHSAS
18001:2007 are also detailed. The table shown below cross refers these common requirements to the section
headings found in this document:
Environmental, Health & Safety and Quality Management System ISO/OHSAS Standard Clause Ref.
Section No. EHQMS Manual Heading BS EN ISO
9001:2015
BS EN ISO
14001:2015
OHSAS
18001:2007
4.0 About our Organization 4.0 4.0 4.0
4.1 Organizational Context 4.1 4.1 4.1
4.2 Relevant Interested Parties 4.2 4.2 4.3.2
4.3.1 EHQMS Scope 4.3 4.3 4.1
4.3.2 EHQMS Processes 4.4 4.4 4.1
4.3.4 Documented Information 7.5 7.5 4.4.4
4.3.4.1 Management System Documents 7.5.1 7.5.1 4.4.4
4.3.4.2 Creating and Updating 7.5.2 7.5.2 4.4.4
4.3.4.3 Controlling Documented Information 7.5.3 7.5.3 4.4.5 & 4.5.4
5.0 Leadership & Governance 5.0 5.0 4.4.1
5.1 Leadership and Commitment 5.1 5.1 4.4.1
5.1.1 EHQMS Management 5.1.1 5.1 4.4.1
5.1.2 Customer Focus 5.1.2 N/a N/a
5.2 Corporate Policies 5.2 5.2 4.2
5.2.1 Establishing & Communicating 5.2.1 5.2 4.2
5.2.2 Policy Statement 5.2.2 5.2 4.2
5.3 Roles, Responsibilities and Authorities 5.3 5.3 4.4.1
5.4 Communication 7.4 7.4.1 4.4.3
5.4.1 Internal Communication 7.4 7.4.2 4.4.3.2
5.4.2 External Communication 7.4 7.4.3 4.4.3.1
6.0 EHQMS Planning 6.0 6.0 4.3
6.1 General 6.1 6.1 4.3.1
6.1.1 Risk & Opportunities 6.1.1 6.1.1 4.3.1
6.1.2 Environmental Aspects 6.1.2 6.1.2 N/a
6.1.3 Occupational Hazards N/a N/a 4.3.1
6.1.4 Compliance Obligations 6.1.3 6.1.3 4.3.2
6.2 EHQMS Objectives 6.2 6.2.1 4.3.3
6.2.1 Objectives 6.2 6.2.1 4.3.3
6.2.2 Objectives & Planning to Achieve Them 6.2 6.1.4 & 6.2.2 4.3.3
6.3 Planning for Change 6.3 N/a N/a
7 Support 7.0 7.0 4.4
7.1 Resources 7.1 7.1 4.4.1
7.1.1 General 7.1.1 7.1 4.4.1
7.1.2 People 7.1.2 7.1 4.4.2
7.1.2.1 Competence 7.2 7.2 4.4.2
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4 About Our Organization 4.1 Organizational Context
Your organization is committed to determining our position in the marketplace and understanding how
relevant factors arising from legal, political, economic, social and technological issues influence our strategic
direction and which define our organizational context.
Your organization identifies, analyzes, monitors and
reviews factors that may affect our ability to satisfy
our customers and stakeholders, as well as; factors
that may adversely affect the stability and integrity
of our processes and our management system.
To ensure that our organizational context is aligned
with our strategy, whilst taking account of relevant,
influential, internal and external factors; your
organization collates and analyzes information
pertinent to those influential factors to identify
issues that have the potential to be affected by our
activities, products and services. Similarly, we
identify internal and external issues that could be
capable of affecting our organization’s ability to
deliver products, services or activities.
Your organization collates, assesses and reviews
information about these relevant influential factors
to ensure that a continual understanding of each factor and its affects is derived and maintained in order to
develop our contextual intelligence. To facilitate the understanding of our context, Top management
regularly consider these issues using SWOT and PESTLE analysis to determine and plan for issues that may
influence our business. These are reviewed during management review meetings, the results of which are
recorded and conveyed via meeting minutes, revised objectives, corporate policies, and business planning
documents where appropriate.
The output from this activity is evident as an input to the consideration of risks and opportunities, and the
actions that we take to address them. For more information about our risk and opportunity management
framework, refer to Section 6.1. Although we acknowledge that ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and OHSAS
18001:2007 do not require our organizational context to be maintained as documented information, we
maintain and retain; in addition to this document, the following documented information that also describes
our organizational context:
1. Analysis of business plans, strategies, and statutory and regulatory commitments;
2. Analysis of technology and competitors;
3. Technical reports from experts and consultants;
4. SWOT Analysis Templates for internal issues;
5. PESTLE Analysis Templates for external issues;
6. Minutes of meetings (management and design review minutes), process maps and reports, etc.
External
Influences
External
Influences
Consumers Consumers
Regulators Regulators
Legislators Legislators
Media Media
Shareholders Shareholders
Community Community
Figure 1 External Interested Parties
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SWOT analysis provides our organization with a framework for reviewing and evaluating our strategies, and
the position and direction of our organization, business propositions and other ideas. Similarly, PESTLE
analysis provides our organization with framework for measuring our market and growth potential according
to external political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental factors.
4.2 Relevant Interested Parties
Your organization recognizes that we have a unique set of interested parties whose needs and expectations
change and develop over time, and furthermore; that only a limited set of their respective needs and
expectations are applicable to our operations or to our EHQMS. Such needs and expectations broadly include
those shown in the table below.
To ensure that our products and processes continue
to meet all relevant requirements, we identify and
assess the potential impact of any relevant needs and
expectations that may be elicited from interested
parties.
Where appropriate, to ensure that our processes are
aligned to deliver the requirements of our interested
parties; we convert their relevant needs and
expectations into requirements which become inputs
to our EHQMS, and our product and service designs.
4.3 Integrated Management System
4.3.1 EHQMS Scope
Based on the analysis of the issues and requirements identified in Sections 4.1 and 4.2, your organization has
established the scope of our EHQMS in order to document our corporate policies and objectives relevant to
our context, compliance obligations, the life cycle of our products and activities, our authority and ability to
exercise control and influence over external impacts. This document describes the scope of our integrated
environmental, health and safety, and quality management system (EHQMS) and delineates authorities, inter-
relationships and responsibilities of process owners and personnel that operate within the management
system.
Although we recognize that neither ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 nor OHSAS 18001:2007 require a
management system manual, we have decided to retain or update our EHQMS manual to these requirements
as our employees; customers, suppliers and other stakeholders perceive it to add value to our operations.
The scope statement, contained within this manual is available to interested parties via our website.
Interested Parties Needs & Expectations
Customers Price, reliability & value
Distributors & retailers Quality, price & logistics
Owners/shareholders Profitability & growth
Employees Shared values & security
Suppliers Beneficial relationships
Regulatory & statutory Compliance & reporting
Internal
Influences
Internal
Influences
Employees Employees
Unions Unions
Shareholders Shareholders
Board of
Directors
Board of
Directors
Contractors
& Suppliers
Contractors
& Suppliers
Management
Teams
Management
Teams
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5 Leadership & Governance 5.1 Leadership & Commitment
5.1.1 EHQMS Management
Top management provides positive leadership for implementing and maintaining our EHQMS, including the
development and deployment of our business strategies, our corporate policies; objectives, targets, and
product or project-specific plans. Top management provides accountability and governance to all activities
related to the lifecycle of our processes and products. This includes defining the appropriate responsibilities,
authorities, and methods of communication to ensure the safe and effective performance.
Top management ensures that all necessary
resources, responsibilities and accountabilities are
allocated for the continual improvement of the
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Organization Chart.
Top management have appointed the IMS Manager
to ensure that the necessary financial, technological
and organizational resources, including the services
of specialists and competent HSE advisors, are
available to implement monitor and maintain the
EHQMS.
Cross-functional committees that comprise various
organizational levels, functions and work areas are
established to support the management of the
EHQMS. The Cross-functional committees oversee
the implementation of improvement plans. The
Cross-functional committees report to the IMS
Manager.
Your organization’s governance structure provides
necessary support for creating and establishing
processes that are important for achieving our
EHQMS objectives, targets and policies by using the
PDCA approach shown in Figure 3 opposite.
Governance activities include the systematic
verification of EHQMS effectiveness by undertaking internal audits and analyzing performance data,
reviewing trends and KPIs. Regular reviews and data reporting ensure that our EHQMS is effective and has
the ability to react to emerging issues. Top management is committed to implementing and developing the
EHQMS and this commitment is defined by our corporate policies and objectives.
Top management ensures that our corporate policies are understood, implemented and maintained
throughout at all levels of the organization through printed distribution of policy statements and through
periodic management reviews of the policy statements, functional objectives, and corporate level
•Plan
Establish your
context and
strategies. Determine
regluatory and
statutory
commitments.
•Do
Develop policies and
objectives. Provide
resources, assign
process owners.
Focus on
improvement.
Address risks,
opportunities and
significant impacts.
•Check
Review system and
process performance
data, ensure
alignment is
maintained between
context and strategy.
Review policy and
objectives.
•Act
Agree changes and
implement activties
to improve the
EHQMS and its
processes.
Leadership
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improvement objectives. Your organization communicates our mission, vision, strategy, policies and
processes to all employees in order to:
1. Create and sustain shared values of fairness and ethical behavior;
2. Establish a culture of trust and integrity;
3. Encourage commitment to quality;
4. Provide people with the required resources, training and authority to act with accountability;
5. Inspire, encourage and recognize people’s contribution.
In addition, our corporate policies, objectives and targets are communicated and deployed throughout the
business via individual, team and department performance objectives which are established and discussed
during employee performance reviews.
5.1.2 Customer Focus
Your organization strives to identify current and future customer needs, to meet their requirements and to
exceed their expectations. Top management ensures that the focus on improving customer satisfaction is
maintained by setting objectives related to levels of customer satisfaction at management review meetings.
Top management also ensures that customer requirements are understood and met. Customer requirements
are understood, converted into internal requirements, and communicated to appropriate personnel within
the organization, refer to Section 8.2.2. Customer complaints and other forms of customer feedback are
continually monitored and measured to identify opportunities for improvement. We continually look for ways
to interact directly with our customers to ensure that we focus on their unique needs and expectations.
5.2 Corporate Policies
5.2.1 Establishing & Communicating
Your organization’s corporate policies act as a compass by providing the direction and framework for
establishing key business performance measures, as well as related objectives and targets. Top management
ensures that our corporate policies are established and documented, and that the policies are available to all
interested parties via our website.
Top management has overall responsibility for defining, documenting, implementing and reviewing our
policies in consultation with our management teams and other personnel, or their representatives. The
policies are reviewed at least annually, as part of the formal management review programme or at a
frequency determined by:
1. The changing needs and expectations of relevant interested parties, Section 4.2;
2. The risks and opportunities that are presented through the risk management process, Section 6.1.1;
3. The impacts which are presented through the environmental aspect process, Section 6.1.2;
4. Occupational hazards identified in Section 6.1.3;
5. Any mandatory and voluntary compliance obligations identified in Section 6.1.4.
Our corporate policies are communicated to all employees at all levels throughout our organization via
training, regular internal communications and reinforcement during annual employee performance reviews.
Employee understanding of our policies and objectives is determined during internal audits and other
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6 EHQMS Planning 6.1 General
In order for our organization to have a successful EHQMS, we consider and manage the risks and
opportunities relating to our stakeholders, and our external and internal context. This process uses the
information collected during context and strategy evaluations (SWOT & PESTLE), stakeholder and interested
party analysis, and from the evaluation of any hazards and impacts. Top management considers the risks and
opportunities and takes action to ensure that our EHQMS meets its intended outcomes, manages external
environmental conditions and achieves continual improvement.
Once the significant or material risks and opportunities are identified; from the activities and outputs
undertaken in Sections 6.1.1 to 6.1.4, our organization plans actions to avoid or mitigate perceived risks, or to
take advantage of opportunities. Action is taken in a variety of ways using our EHQMS system processes via
management reviews, setting objectives, targets and policies, operational control or emergency preparedness
planning, supplier evaluation, and other appropriate processes.
6.1.1 Risks & Opportunities
The aim of risk and opportunity management within your organization is to ensure that organizational
capabilities and resources are employed in an efficient and effective manner to take advantage of
opportunities and to mitigate risk to our strategic direction and business planning (4.1), our management
system and its processes (4.3), our products (8.1) and our suppliers (8.4). Top management are responsible
for incorporating risk based thinking in to our organization's culture. This includes the establishment of risk
management procedures and processes to ensure the effective risk and opportunity management principles
are undertaken throughout the lifecycle of our EHQMS, our products, services, and activities by:
1. Providing sufficient resources to carry out risk and opportunity management activities;
2. Assigning responsibilities and authorities for risk and opportunity management activities;
3. Reviewing information and results from audits and risk and opportunity management activities.
The scope of your organization’s risk and opportunity management process is communicated by the Control
of Risks & Opportunities Procedure which includes a methodology for the assessment of the internal and
external issues identified in Section 4.1, and the assessment of the needs and the expectations of any
interested parties identified in Section 4.2. Risk and opportunity management is undertaken as part of your
organization’s day-to-day operations and is captured in the hierarchy shown in Figure 5.
Establishing such a hierarchy that captures and reacts to perceived risk and opportunity, ensures that each
issue is managed at the most appropriate level within our organization. Typically, the following categories
Quality issues, environmental
aspects and H&S hazards
Compliance obligations
Organizational context and
interested parties expectations
Risks and
opportunities to
be addressed
Mitigation
Actions
Intended outcomes
Prevent undesired effects
Promote opportunities
Continual improvement
Figure 4 Sources of Risk & Opportunity
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10 Improvement 10.1 General
The IMS Manager uses a range of the performance evaluation tools highlighted in Section 9 to make
recommendations for improvement and to achieve the intended outcomes of our EHQMS. For example,
recommendations may emerge from the review groups and from findings raised in internal audits.
In order to determine and select opportunities for improvement or to implement any necessary actions to
meet the requirements of customers and relevant interested parties, or to enhance customer satisfaction,
your organization drives improvement via the analysis of relevant data. The data inputs for the improvement
process include:
1. Risk and opportunity evaluations;
2. Assessment of the changing needs and expectations of interested parties;
3. The conformity of existing products and services;
4. The effectiveness of our EHQMS;
5. Supplier performance;
6. Environmental performance;
7. Reducing adverse environmental impacts;
8. Increasing beneficial impacts and opportunities;
9. Levels of customer satisfaction, including complaints and feedback;
10. Internal and external audit results;
11. Corrective action and non-conformance rates;
12. Data from process and product characteristics and their trends.
Your organization also ensures that opportunities for improvement from daily feedback on operational
performance are evaluated by the IMS Manager as appropriate. Changes are typically implemented through
the corrective action system. Opportunities for improvement from analysis of longer-term data and trends
are evaluated and implemented through the management review process and are prioritized with respect to
their relevance for achieving our quality and environmental objectives.
The overall effectiveness of continual improvement program (including corrective actions taken as well as the
overall progress towards achieving corporate level improvement objectives) is assessed through our
management review process.
10.2 Non-conformity & Corrective Action
All non-conformities are reported to the IMS Manager in order that an investigation can be initiated using
the Control of Non-conformity & Corrective Action Procedure. The appropriate manager documents the non-
conformity using the Non-conformance Report and together with process owners, they consider the root-
cause of the non-conformity.
Where necessary, other competent parties are consulted to identify the root cause and plan appropriate
action. The IMS Manager records the non-conformance together with any agreed corrective action within the
EHQMS Action Tracker. The results of the corrective action are recorded within the Corrective Action Report. Sample
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Appendices A.1 Sequence & Interaction of EHQMS Processes
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