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Environmental Management Systems in the Public Sector Paul White Phil Morton White Young Green Environmental. November 2007. Outline. EMS in the Government estate EMS in local authorities Workshop exercise – Environmental aspects in a local authority Government-funded EMS support packages. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Environmental Management Systems in the Public Sector
Paul White
Phil Morton
White Young Green Environmental
November 2007
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Outline
EMS in the Government estate
EMS in local authorities
Workshop exercise – Environmental aspects in a local authority
Government-funded EMS support packages
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EMS in the Government Estate
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Some WYG Public Sector Projects
Border & Immigration Agency, SOGE reporting and EMS implementation
Defence Estates
Sustainability appraisals
Funded EMS projects
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Government Sustainable Operations Targets
PRIORITY AREA TARGETS
CLIMATECHANGE &ENERGY
CARBON EMISSIONS FROM OFFICES
Reverse the current upward trend in carbon emissions by April 2007.
Reduce carbon emissions by 12.5% by 2010/11, relative to 1999/2000 levels.
Reduce carbon emissions by 30% by 2020, relative to 1999/2000 levels.
CARBON EMISSIONS FROM ROAD VEHICLES
Reduce carbon emissions from road vehicles used for Government administrative operations by 15% by 2010/11, relative to 2005/2006 levels.
CARBON NEUTRAL
Central Government’s office estate to be carbon neutral by 2012.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Departments to increase their energy efficiency per m2 by 15% by 2010, relative to 1999/2000 levels.
Departments to increase their energy efficiency per m2 by 30% by 2020, relative to 1999/2000 levels.
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Government Sustainable Operations Targets
PRIORITY AREA TARGETS
SUSTAINABLECONSUMPTION& PRODUCTION
WASTE ARISINGS
Departments to reduce their waste arisings by 5% by 2010, relative to 2004/05 levels.
Departments to reduce their waste arisings by 25% by 2020, relative to 2004/05 levels.
RECYCLING
Departments to increase their recycling figures to 40% of their waste arisings by 2010.
Departments to increase their recycling figures to 75% of their waste arisings by 2020.
NATURALRESOURCEPROTECTION
BIODIVERSITY
Departments to meet or exceed the aim of having 95% of SSSIs in sole ownership or control in target condition by 2010.
WATER CONSUMPTION
Reduce water consumption by 25% on the office and non-office estate by 2020, relative to 2004/05 levels.
Reduce water consumption to an average of 3m3 per person/year for all new office builds or major office refurbishments.
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Government Sustainable Operations Targets
‘Government to mandate’ targets:
“Departments to work towards an accredited certified environmental management system (EMS) i.e. ISO 14001 or EMAS”
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Government EMS Performance 2006
DepartmentTotal no. of
offices/sitesNo. of offices/sites
with EMS
% EMS coverage achieved by site/offices
Reported % of total staff covered
by EMSA3 target met?
CO 16 10 62.5% 75 N
DCLG 20 19 95.0% 84 N
DfES 5 0 0.0% 0 N
DFID 2 2 100.0% 100 Y
DfT 1082 26 2.4% 76 N
DH 30 7 23.3% 70 N
DTI 21 17 81.0% 83 N
DWP 1473 1473 100.0% 100 Y
ECGD 2 1 50.0% NK N
FSA 7 2 28.6% 100 N
HMRC 678 1 0.1% 17 N
HMT 1 1 100.0% 100 Y
LOD 96 2 2.1% 2 N
ONS 6 6 100.0% 100 Y
Total offices 3439 1567 45.6% 4/14
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Government EMS Performance 2006
DepartmentTotal no. of
offices/sitesNo. of offices/sites
with EMS
% EMS coverage achieved by site/offices
Reported % of total staff covered
by EMSA3 target met?
DCA 866 5 0.6% 4 N
DCMS 15 13 86.7% 100 Y
Defra 82 36 43.9% 82 N
FC 53 0 0.0% 0 N
FCO 6 3 50.0% 91 N
HO 1509 36 2.4% 14 N
MOD 4000 163 4.1% 80 N
Total offices 3439 1567 45.6% 4/14
Data source: Sustainable Development in Government, Annual Report 2006 (SDC, February 2007)
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Government EMS Performance 2006
Why is performance low?
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EMS in Local Authorities
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Source: EMAS.org.uk
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Workshop Exercise
Evaluating Environmental Aspects for Significance in a Local Authority
Using the case study Local Authority:
1. How will you identify your aspects and impacts?
2. Critique the methods provided – Criteria, Qualitative and Quantitative based approaches for this application
3. Try to come up with your own approach considering the unique challenges to a Local Authority – e.g. stakeholders, strategy, the sheer number of activities and services, etc.
4. Write up on the flip chart paper provided and prepare to feed back to the group
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Public-Funded EMS Projects
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Public-funded EMS projects
GreenLINCS www.greenlincs.co.uk
BREW EMS project
Using EMS as a tool for supply chain management
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The BS 8555/Acorn Phased Approach
Phase 1: Securing commitment & establishing
the baseline
Phase 5: Checking, audit & review
Phase 6: EMS acknowledgement
Phase 2: Compliance with legal
& other requirements
Phase 4: Implementation & operation
Phase 3: Developing objectives, targets &
programmes
Environmental Management in
Bite Sized Chunks
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Possible solutions…
Pilot a BS 8555 EMS, in a manageable area of your operations, incorporating the SOGE targets if a Government agency, or targets relevant to your local authority
Public or privately funded projects to increase EMS take-up in the supply chain
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Open discussion…
What can be done to increase take-up of EMS in public sector?
What methodology best suits the public sector?
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Thanks for listening
Any questions?
Paul White Phil Morton
07795 426816 07920 756628
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