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Environmental Management System Standards

Environmental Management System Standards. ISO 14001:2004. ISO 14001:2004. Update to recent revisions and changes, interpretations, and implementation guidance in EMS standard ISO 14001:2004. HISTORY OF ISO. 1994. 1987. 1996. ISO. THE FUTURE. 2000. 2004.

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Environmental Management System Standards

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  1. Environmental Management System Standards ISO 14001:2004

  2. ISO 14001:2004 • Update to recent revisions and changes, interpretations, and implementation guidance in EMS standard ISO 14001:2004

  3. HISTORY OF ISO 1994 1987 1996 ISO THE FUTURE 2000 2004

  4. Changes to ISO 14001:1996 in 2004 • 1st the revised standard places greater emphasis on the linkage among system elements (i.e., an organization’s environmental aspects and its legal and other requirements) and the relationship between legal and other requirements and other system elements.

  5. Changes to ISO 14001:1996 in 2004 • 2nd ly- the changes imply a greater need to look beyond your own company in sections 4.2, Environmental Policy; 4.3.1, Environmental Aspects; and 4.4.4, Competence, Training and Awareness

  6. Changes to ISO 14001:1996 in 2004 • 4.1 General Requirements … an organization must “define and document the scope” of its Environmental Management System (EMS). • All activities, products and services within the scope must be addressed in the EMS

  7. Changes to ISO 14001:1996 in 2004 • 4.2 Environmental Policy …the policy must be communicated to “those working for or on behalf of the organization.” • Annex A notes that the policy should be communicated to contractors working at an organization’s facility.

  8. Changes to ISO 14001:1996 in 2004, 4.2 • Those working for or on behalf might include contractors working at other sites, full-time and temporary employees, key suppliers, and other business partners. • An organization must demonstrate what efforts it has made to communicate its policy in a proactive manner.

  9. Changes to ISO 14001:1996 in 2004 • 4.3.1 Environmental Aspects …an organization must take into account “planned or new developments, or new or modified activities, products and services.” • Organizations are also required to document this information and keep it up to date.

  10. Changes to ISO 14001:1996 in 2004, 4.3.1 • An organization must ensure that significant environmental aspects are taken into account in “establishing, implementing and maintaining the EMS” rather than just in setting objectives. …take into account “planned or new developments” in the identification of environmental aspects.

  11. Changes to ISO 14001:1996 in 2004, 4.3.1 • An organization may wish to integrate a periodic review of environmental aspects with its management review process, where planned or new developments are considered. • An organization will need to demonstrate that it has considered key system linkages…how its significant environmental aspects are reflected through the system (e.g., training, operational controls, monitoring and measurement, etc.)

  12. Changes to ISO 14001:1996 in 2004 • 4.3.2, Legal and Other Environmental Requirements …an organization must “determine how” legal and other requirements apply to its environmental aspects (not just the significant environmental aspects) • also, an organization shall ensure that applicable legal and other requirements are “taken into account” in establishing, implementing and maintaining an EMS.

  13. CHANGES TO 14001(ESU Vol.9 No. 11 Nov/Dec 2004) • A change in the language to the section, Legal and Other Requirements. Experts Maintain that the new language could be construed by some registrars as requiring companies to evaluate the relationship of each environmental aspect to each applicable legal requirement.

  14. Changes to ISO 14001:1996 in 2004 • Lastly, 4.3.3, Objectives, Targets and Programs • In establishing and reviewing objectives and targets, an organization must now “take into account” its legal and other environmental requirements and significant environmental aspects, but • “consider” its technological options, financial and business requirements, as well as the views of interested parties. [In 1996, “must consider” terminology used for all Objectives, Targets, and Program(s]

  15. CHANGES TO 14001(ESU Vol.9 No. 11 Nov/Dec 2004) • The last regularly scheduled meeting of the TAG TC 207 was in April 2005 in California. • Two types of changes in ISO 14001 will be needed: • Instances of new text with no actual change in requirement • New requirements

  16. CHANGES TO 14001(ESU Vol.9 No. 11 Nov/Dec 2004) • Has achieved “visibly” greater compatibility with ISO 9001. • Users can expect to see a number of new definitions that are very similar to those developed around the quality requirements.

  17. CHANGES TO 14001(ESU Vol.9 No. 11 Nov/Dec 2004) • The new text in the section of Management Review closely corresponds to ISO 9001 requirements. • The next revision is expected about 2012

  18. First Audits to ISO 14001:2004 • “Many of the requirements under the 14001 standard are already being met under quality management system”, said Bob Addlesberg, director of quality, security and environmental health and safety for Gemplus of Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania.

  19. First Audits to ISO 14001:2004 • Lexmark International, Inc. of Lexington, Kentucky underwent an integrated audit not only to 14001 but also to OHSAS 18001 on occupational health and safety which resulted in a more efficient process for assuring compliance with local, state, and federal regulations by setting up a database to look at compliance-related issues to meet the Legal and Other Requirements section revisions in 14001.

  20. First Audits to ISO 14001:2004 • Mike Caruso, global engineer registration services with UL said that one of the biggest changes involving the new standard for companies is making sure that they have a documented system in place for managing relevant environmental aspects that they can be expected to control.

  21. Trends for the future, ESU December 2004/January 2005 A. Synchronized Standards ISO 9001:2000 ISO 14001:2004 ISO 9001:2008 ISO 9001 2012 ISO 14001 ISO XXXX Note: the only differences in the alignment will be in the technical or scientific disciplines of quality and environmental

  22. Trends for the future, ESU December 2004/January 2005 B. Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) of 2002 in U.S. • ISO 14001/ISO 9001 systems help internal financial auditors (IFAs) in: • Supporting financial operations and controls • Training the IFAs to use quality tools • Supporting the risk management process • Supporting the auditing process • Developing business process measures

  23. Trends for the future, ESU December 2004/January 2005 C. International Environmental Law Committee Newsletter Avoiding liability from Security Mandates and Regulators with Integrated Management Systems (IELCN), Michael Penders • Corporations and facilities involved in international trade of goods that may pose harm to human health or the environment if not managed in a safe and secure manner from the full range of generation, transport, use at a facility, and environmentally sound recycling or disposal of hazardous waste are affected.

  24. Trends for the future, ESU December 2004/January 2005 2. International standards fail to address these risks in a comprehensive or integrated manner. 3. They could not provide managers or counsel with a means to prioritize relative risks in a meaningful way for business continuity, or provide a basis for the “Strategic Sustainability” of the business itself.

  25. Trends for the future, ESU December 2004/January 2005 4. What the standards fail to address in a serious way are risks from deliberate acts or attacks from within or outside the facility. 5. Moreover, the proliferation of security mandates and new regulations since September 11, 2001 establish the basis for liability should a compliance problem or other event occur while these standards or requirements have not been met.

  26. Trends for the future, ESU December 2004/January 2005 6. The Good News is that all of these considerations are driving a more integrated approach to environmental and security assessment that is in turn moving the paradigm of management systems towards a more comprehensive risk management regime.

  27. Trends for the future, ESU December 2004/January 2005 7. Some critical infrastructure facilities have conducted vulnerability assessments with audits of environmental, health, safety, information and security systems. 8. And such facilities have used those findings as the basis for adopting a Security Management System (SMS) approach.

  28. Trends for the future, ESU December 2004/January 2005 9. This process was initiated by the US/Israel Science and Technology foundation (www.usistf.org) which has now initiated a series of pilot projects to assess this draft international standard for Security Management Systems (SMS).

  29. Trends for the future, ESU December 2004/January 2005 10. Finally, in this way, a security management system that demonstrates performance with respect to safety, security and regulatory compliance represents a risk management tool for international recognition for trade, as well as financial and insurance consideration.

  30. And In Conclusion The February/March Environmental Systems Update has reported that the transition to ISO 14001:2004 from the 1996 version has created new requirements with benefits in: • Nonconformity, corrective and preventive actions that require a root-cause analysis as a process step to resolve non-conformances • Organizations that now have new management review environmental performance reporting requirements, and • Better • Control over change • Performance monitoring • Problem Solving • Partner Selection • Fulfillment of public expectations, and • Environmental performance

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