Environmental Policy

Environmental Policy - Develop a statement of your organization's commitment to the environment. Use this policy as a framework for planning and action.

Planning

Environmental Aspects - Identify environmental attributes of your products, activities and services. Determine those that could have significant impacts on the environment.

Legal and Other Requirements - Identify and ensure access to relevant laws and regulations, as well as other requirements to which your organization adheres.

Objectives and Targets - Establish environmental goals for your organization, in line with your policy, environmental impacts, the views of interested parties and other factors.

Environmental Management Program - Plan actions necessary to achieve your objectives and targets.

Implementation and Operation

Structure and Responsibility - Establish roles and responsibilities for environmental management and provide appropriate resources.

Training, Awareness and Competence - Ensure that your employees are trained and capable of carrying out their environmental responsibilities.

Communication - Establish processes for internal and external communications on environmental management issues.

EMS Documentation - Maintain information on your EMS and related documents.

Document Control - Ensure effective management of procedures and other system documents.

Operational Control - Identify, plan and manage your operations and activities in line with your policy, objectives and targets.

Emergency Preparedness and Response - Identify potential emergencies and develop procedures for preventing and responding to them.

Checking and Corrective Action

Monitoring and Measurement - Monitor key activities and track performance. Conduct periodic assessments of compliance with legal requirements.

Nonconformance and Corrective and Preventive Action - Identify and correct problems and prevent their recurrence.

Records - Maintain and manage records of EMS performance.

EMS Audit - Periodically verify that your EMS is operating as intended.

Management Review

Management Review - Periodically review your EMS with an eye to continual improvement.