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How to Get Started on EMS Implementation |
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Don’t go hacking through the jungle, |
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follow the Yellow Brick Road |
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See Guides – Online Resources |
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IEMS |
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Implementation Guide for Small and Medium-Sized
Businesses |
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Environmental Aspects Identification –
activities list (fishbone diagram) – Suzanne Sessoms, August 28 |
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Gap analysis (initial environmental review) See GEMI handout – John Burke |
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Aspect/impact identification spreadsheets |
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Ranking procedures |
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SOP’s |
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Existing process flow diagrams |
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Existing data already collected on-site: |
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Process rates or yields |
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utility bills |
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purchasing invoices |
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Set a time line for your EMS development process
at the beginning |
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Even if deadlines aren’t met, it will allow your
facility to track progress |
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Time lines can always be amended later |
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Drawing the Fenceline |
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What part of the facility will be included? |
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The EMS Team |
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Who should be included? |
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Buy-In |
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Lack of supervisor support or worker cooperation
spells doom |
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Decision Time |
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Lack of a lead person to end discussions and
make decisions after an appropriate amount time |
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Foster enthusiasm in the EMS Team and “sell” the
EMS facility-wide |
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Make sure that management continues to support
the EMS throughout the process |
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Make sure that information about the EMS is
getting distributed to ALL employees |
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Make sure everyone understands WHY your facility
is doing an EMS |
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Emphasize benefits to ALL employees |
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Financial |
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Improved efficiency |
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Environmental/Increased compliance |
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Liability |
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Public image |
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“Feel Good” benefits |
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Section 4.2 Environmental Policy |
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Top management shall define the organization’s
environmental policy and ensure that it |
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a) is appropriate to the nature, scale, and
environmental impacts of its activities, products or services |
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b) includes a commitment to continual
improvement and prevention of pollution |
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c) includes a commitment to comply with relevant
environmental legislation and regulations, and with other requirements to
which the organization subscribes; |
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d) provides the framework for setting and
reviewing environmental objectives and targets; |
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e) is documented, implemented and maintained and
communicated to all employees; |
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f) is available to the public |
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Management’s declaration of commitment to the
environment. |
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Serves as the foundation for your EMS |
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Big 3 commitments: |
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Continual improvement |
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Prevention of pollution |
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Compliance with relevant laws and regulations |
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Broader definition of pollution prevention |
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Available to the public |
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The Cutler-Hammer Asheville Plant, a
manufacturer of electrical distribution equipment, is committed to prevent
pollution and to the continual improvement of its Environmental Management
System. We commit to comply with
all relevant Federal, State, and Local environmental laws and regulations
and to follow corporate environmental guidelines as they apply to our
business. We further commit to use
energy efficiently and to reduce, reuse or recycle materials in an effort
to conserve natural resources. We
will continually strive to be a good corporate neighbor, to be involved in
community activities that positively impact the environment and to use
environmentally friendly products in the design and manufacture of our
product. |
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Commits us to: |
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Compliance |
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Continual Improvement |
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Consistency with BMW AG requirements |
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Pollution Prevention |
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IBM has a single corporate-wide environmental
policy, which |
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Commits IBM to Environmental Affairs Leadership |
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Contains 11 elements addressing a wide array of
environmental concerns for IBM's business activities, products and services |
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Commits to striving for continual improvement of
the EMS and performance |
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Requires every employee and every contactor on
IBM premises to follow it |
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Provides Framework for Setting Targets and
Objectives |
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Commitment to: |
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Continual Improvement PC2 |
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Prevention of Pollution |
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Comply with Environmental Laws |
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Government Examples - Handouts |
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Create your EMS Team |
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Initial EMS training for Team members |
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What, Why, How, Online resources |
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Initial EMS Team meeting |
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Management support; Why are we doing this? |
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Plan/timeline – consider road maps and tools |
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Roles and responsibilities |
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Resources |
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Draw your fenceline |
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Draft environmental policy statement |
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Conduct initial environmental review |
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. . . your BACKPACK! |
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Be enthusiastic |
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Attend all courses |
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Complete homework and bring to course |
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Keep in touch with your coach |
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Persevere |
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Ask for help |
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Be Creative |
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Keep developing your EMS between course meetings
and after the course ends |
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. . . Ask for help! |
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On-line Resources |
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Your Coach – ask them to help you! |
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DPPEA Staff |
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DPPEA’s free EMS training |
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DPPEA’s free, non-regulatory waste assessments |
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Notes