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Issues of environmental management

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  • global problems

- local problems

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Global problems

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  • Climate change
  • Ozone depletion
  • Loss of biodiversity
  • Water pollution
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Local problems

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  • Acid rain
  • Deforestation
  • Eutrophication
  • Accidents
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Drivers to Environmental Management

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  • Environmental Pull
  • Environmental Push
  • Market forces
  • Internal business factors
  • Combination (e.g. procurement, eco-
    efficiency)
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Environmental Pull

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  • Consumer demands

- Expected development of markets

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Environmental Push

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  • Future legislation
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Market forces

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  • Demand and supply

- responsibility in a certain industry as a code of conduct

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Internal business factors

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  • including efficiency, cost reduction, innovation (e.g. DfE, LCA, Green
    Building Design)
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The Reaction in Economy

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  • Sustainability mindset has led to an explosion of approaches, concepts and tools
  • Academics, consultants, NGO’s, industrial researchers: all groups working on solutions
  • Result is a proliferation of tools with some overlap
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Environmental Management - Definition

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  • creative and systematic pursuit of practical results in environmental area, (including result of more knowledge), by identifying and using available human and knowledge resources in a concerted and reinforcing way
  • those aspects of the overall management function of an organization (including planning) that develop, achieve, implement and maintain its environmental policy and
    objectives.
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Positions or tools not widely applied yet

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  • industrial ecology
  • environmental supply chain managment
  • integrated product policy
  • eco-efficiency analysis
  • life cycle management
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Positions and tools will understood and applied

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  • pollution prevention
  • environmental management systems
  • reporting
  • environmental impact assessment
  • ris assessment
  • green procurement
  • eco-labeling
  • life cycle assessment
  • eco-degisn
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Positions and tools with alternative views on responsibility

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  • product stewardship

- extended producer responsibility

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Environmental Management Approaches

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  • Organizational/Management
  • Product Design & Development
  • Suppliers/Purchasing
  • Marketing & Communication
  • Procution & Distribution
  • Facilities Management / Project Development
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Organizational/Management

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  • Environmental Management Systems
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Corporate Environmental Reporting
  • Life- Cycle Management
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Suppliers/Purchasing

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  • Environmental Supply Chain Management

- Green Procurement

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Product Design & Development

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  • Design for Environment
  • Eco-Efficiency Analysis
  • Life-Cycle Assessment
  • Environmental Risk Assessment
  • Integrated Product Policy (IPP)
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Marketing & Communication

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  • cooperate evironmental reporting
  • eco-labeling
  • stakeholder engagement
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Production & Distribution

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  • eco efficiency analysis
  • industrial ecology
  • pollution prevention
  • life-cycle costing
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Facilities Management / Project Development

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  • green building design
  • environmental impact assessment
  • environmental management systems
  • stakeholder engagement
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Adoption of tools being driven by…

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  • Market factors (e.g. EMS in automotive, labelling)
  • Stakeholder expectations (e.g. reporting, stakeholder engagement)
  • Regulatory influences (e.g. pollution prevention, ERA, EIA)
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What influences the use of tools

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  • Tool box varies for different parts of value chain.
  • Culture, drivers, strategy, awareness all factors in adoption and
    depth of integration in organizations
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Value judgements of tools

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Many tools have inherent value judgments and users need to be aware of this (e.g. eco-labels can reflect values of those who develop the selection criteria)

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Environmental Management - Effects on business

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  • Innovation – the application of a number of tools (DfE, LCA, Eco-efficiency Analysis) fosters development
  • Improved stakeholder relations through better communication around environmental issues, performance, practices, etc.
  • Strengthened brand image and reputation as seen by regulators, the public, peers, employees and other stakeholders who recognize the value of the company’s environmental efforts
  • In many cases there is a clear and measurable reduction in operating costs
  • Many companies attribute increased sales to the use of these concepts and tools

• Indirect savings are realized through the avoidance of environmental
risk

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Eco-management tool box

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  • Environmental Management System (EMS)
  • Life-Cycle Management (LCM)
  • Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA)
  • Design for Environment (DfE)
  • Environmental labelling
  • Cleaner production/pollution prevention
  • Environmental supply chain management
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EMS - What is it?

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It is the tool used by an organization to manage the:

  • Organization Structure
  • Planning Activities
  • Responsibilities
  • Practices, Procedures, Processes
  • Resources

for developing, maintaining, reviewing, etc.environmental issues. Continual improvement

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EMS Basis & Components

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  • Policy
  • Planning
  • Implementation
  • Quality assurance/control
  • Management review
  • Stakeholder involvement
  • Community Environmental
  • Activity
  • (Required for ISO 14001)
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The Continuous Cycle

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Plan, Do, Check, Act - review for continuous improvement

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Keys to Success

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  • Top management commitment and support is critical.
  • Recognize that the management system is dynamic and should be seamlessly incorporated into everyday operations.
  • The management system should be robust enough to address the values of the
    company yet flexible enough to accommodate change rapidly and efficiently.
  • Look beyond the initial effort to define and deploy the management system.
  • As you initiate the process, keep it simple.
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Designing, Developing and

Implementing an EMS

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  1. Policy (Formal statement of values and commitments)
  2. Planning
  3. Implementation and Operation
  4. Monitoring, Checking and Corrective Action
  5. Management Review
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The EMS Cycle

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  • Environmental policy
  • planning
  • implementation
  • checkig/corrective actions
  • management review
  • continuous improvement
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Step 1 - Establishing a policy statement

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A policy statement will outline the strategic values that are most important to the company and provide the foundation upon which you build your management system.

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Step 2 - Planning

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Planning is critical and should be as holistic as practical.
1.Identify the elements of the organization’s
– Which can the organization control and/or influence?
– Which are the most important to control?

  1. Establish a process to identify legal and other requirements, and to maintain compliance.
  2. Set goals to help you achieve and continue to improve upon your management system.
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Step 3 - Implementing and operating

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Identify the requirements necessary to execute against your policy and
plans:
- Defined roles and responsibilities

  • Identify proper skills, education and/or experience necessary for persons executing the requirements of the management system
  • Process to communicate relevant information about the management system and performance to employees and other interested parties
  • Document and control the core elements of the management system that are essential to maintain operational control
  • Plan for emergency situations
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Step 4 - Checking

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Establish a process to monitor performance, legal compliance and the
execution of management system requirements.

  • The self-assessments and/or internal audits should closely examine whether:
  • Employees are aware of the policy statement and understand how what they
    do in their job might impact it
  • Goals and targets are established and on track
  • The company is in compliance with legal and other requirements
  • Procedures, processes and related documents exist where necessary for the
    management system to be maintained in a sustainable manner
  • Identify records that must be maintained to demonstrate legal compliance and operational control
  • Audit results will provide a good sense of the status of the management system and should be periodically reviewed with top management
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Step 5 - Reviewing

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Periodic review with top management. Some elements of this review should include:

  • Status of goals and targets
  • Status of compliance with legal and other applicable requirements
  • Identification of any changes to business operations
  • Discussion regarding opportunities for improvement
  • Any resulting action that management identifies as a need for changes to the management system, goals, other opportunities for improvement or is there a need to change the policy statement?
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Continual Improvement – Goal Setting

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Establishing goals and program management:

  • Identify the goal and respective target
  • Define the means – how you will accomplish this goal
  • Provide a time frame – by when
  • Designate the person responsible to execute or oversee execution
  • Periodically check progress

The goals can be performance based or system based

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Goal Setting Examples - Energy Conservation

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  • Identifying energy intensive operations, equipment, buildings
  • Energy conservation measures
  • Investment opportunities to improve efficiency
  • Accurate accounting
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Goal Setting Examples - Waste Management

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  • Waste inventory - hazardous and nonhazardous waste generated
  • Product or facility operation
  • Recycling programs or source reduction plan
  • Accurate accounting and reporting
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Benefits of EMS

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  • Formal Management System is System Dependent, Not People Dependent
  • Promotes and Reinforces a Consistent Approach to the Execution of the Organization’s Operations
  • Drives Sustained Performance
  • Fosters Awareness and Responsibility Throughout the Organization
  • Formal System Drives Common Solutions and Efficiency
  • Enhances Employee Mobility Within the Organization
  • Positions the Organization to Respond to Inquiries from Customers, Stakeholders and Other Interested Parties
  • Marketplace Leverage
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Key elements - EMS

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  • purpose
  • commitment
  • capability
  • learning

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