lesson 03 - environmental policy

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ISO 14001 4.2ISO 14001 4.2

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICENVIRONMENTAL POLICY



ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems 2

Lesson LearningGoals

At the end of this lesson you should be able to:

Dene ‘Environmental Policy’

Name the !" #$%%# core re&uirements foran environmental 'olicy

!tate at least three characteristics of agood environmental 'olicy

Evaluate sam'le environmental 'olicies foracce'tability under !" #$%%#




(hat isan Environmental Policy)

A statement of intentions and 'rinci'lesto guide environmental 'erformance

A frame*or+ for action, gives the overall

direction for activities in the organi-ation .otivator for im'lementing and

maintaining the environmentalmanagement system

All subse&uent actions are /udgedagainst intentions stated in the 'olicy




!" #$%%# 0e&uirements forEnvironmental Policy

1he environmental 'olicy must be:

Dened by to' management

A''ro'riate to the nature2 scale2 andenvironmental im'acts of the activities2'roducts2 or services of the organi-ation

Documented2 im'lemented2 maintained

3ommunicated to em'loyees Available to the 'ublic




0e&uirements forEnvironmental Policy 43ont’d5

1he environmental 'olicy must includecommitments to:6 3ontinual im'rovement

6 Prevention of 'ollution6 3om'ly *ith relevant environmental

legislation and regulations and otherre&uirements to *hich the

organi-ation subscribes




0e&uirements for

Environmental Policy 43ont’d5

1he environmental 'olicy must:

'rovide the frame*or+ for setting and

revie*ing environmental ob/ectivesand targets

be communicated2 familiarised2 andsocialised throughout the organi-ation




!" #$%%# EnvironmentalPolicy

"ther Possible 3onsiderations:

!ustainable develo'ment 'rinci'les

7se of 8est Economically Achievable 1echnology to reduce 'ollution

7se of environmental 'erformanceevaluation

Life cycle thin+ing

Product and 'rocess design to minimi-eenvironmental im'acts




1ranslations of !" !'ea+ 3ontinual im'rovement does not mean

continuous im'rovement 9"ther re&uirements to *hich the organi-ation

subscribes include industry codes of 'ractice2industry association 'olicies and missionstatements2 com'any 'olicies2 agreements

.aintain means +ee' u';to;date and relevant Documented means in *riting 3ommunicated im'lies a*areness and

understanding




3ontinual versus 3ontinuous

!" #$%%# is based on the 'rinci'le of‘continual’ im'rovement achievedthrough an ongoing 'rocess ofim'lementation2 o'eration2 chec+inge<ectiveness and correcting deciencies

1he intent is not to try to achieve‘continuous’ im'rovement as there is aneed to 'ause and revie* thee<ectiveness of ste's ta+en to date

before determining ho* best to 'roceedin correcting identied deciencies




3oncluding 1houghts

m'ortant 'oints to remember are: .uch thought and vision must go into the

develo'ment of an environmental 'olicy

1o' 4i=e=2 senior2 e>ecutive5 managementneeds to rmly endorse the 'olicy2 and

'referably be fully involved in its develo'ment Everyone in the organi-ation must be familiar

*ith the core statements in the 'olicy2 andthe *hole of its intent




3oncluding 1houghts 43ont’d5

1he 'olicy should be: 3lear2 concise2 motivating2 authentic2

re?ecting the organi-ation’s guiding'rinci'les2 beliefs2 ethics and values

3onsistent *ith other organi-ational'olicies2 mission or vision statements

0elevant to all areas of the

o'eration2 from ra* material su''liesto nished 'roduct or service





1he 'olicy should be: @e't u';to;date 4though not changed

too often5

(idely distributed *ithin theorgani-ation 4e=g=2 notice boards2oBces2 rece'tion areas2 'ersonal'oc+et cards2 manufacturing areas2training 'rograms5





1he 'olicy should be: .ade available to the 'ublic 4e=g=2

ne*sletter2 *ebsite2 advertisements2announcements5

Ensure res'onsibility2 authority2 andaccountability have been assigned forim'lementing2 maintaining2 andcommunicating the environmental

'olicy

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