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(ISO14001)
Steps to implement:
Training -> Awareness -> Conceptual -> Environmental Policy -> Environmental
planning -> Implementation of EMS plans -> EMS Audits -> Management Reviews
-> Improvements
ANIL KUMAR
(Mechanical Engineer)
Associated with A.B. Associates,
Ambala city
Email: kutkut02@yahoo.co.in
This article covers several concerns that need to be addressed when making
this decision. These include the following: What does 14000 require?
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The trend has been established. Think about your company's goals and
marketplace, and make a business decision now.
Next planning begins, and the first step is critical - identification of significant
environmental impacts from the organization's activities, products, or
services. Companies are using a variety of methods, from brainstorming to
risk-ranking schemes, to prioritize these environmental impacts and plan
budgets and schedules to address the most significant. Legal and other
requirements with which the company complies are also identified during
planning. Objectives and targets are developed for the significant impacts,
and an action plan for accomplishing them is required.
Implementation puts the plan in action through alignment of resources and
development of documentation to minimize environmental impacts.
Checking, corrective action, and management review further reinforce the
Deming model of Plan-Do-Check-Act upon which 14000 is based to ensure
continual improvement.
The major driver behind the environmental management system trend is the
marketplace. In a 1995 survey of 99 U.S. businesses considering 14001
implementation, 50 percent reported customer demand or a competitive
advantage as the reason for certification. Companies with a high percentage
of sales in European or Asian markets should investigate what their
customers expect - for example, China, the home of 20 percent of the
world's population, recently adopted ISO 14000 as state policy. Xerox
Corporation states customer demand drove its decision to seek registration.
On the U.S. front, the "Big Three" auto manufacturers are expecting their
Tier 1 suppliers to have environmental management systems. Other global
companies are making similar demands on suppliers, including leaders in
the pulp and paper industry. According to one corporate manager of
environmental affairs, the supplier who inappropriately manages its
environmental aspects or ignores opportunities for pollution prevention may
pass significant environmental liability and a negative image on to its
customer.
Finally, internal efficiencies and waste reduction are driving the trend.
Product lost to the environment equates to dollars down the drain or up in
smoke. Unnecessary waste of natural resources is a major business
concern of progressive companies. For example, Southwire Company
annually reports significant cost savings from the pollution prevention
programs essential to implementing its environmental policy. Most often the
best ideas come from within, which also results in enhanced employee
satisfaction. Team-based management studies have shown that having input
to and ownership of company goals enhances employee job satisfaction and
decreases the likelihood of employee turnover.
What will an environmental management system cost?
Figure 1
Environmental Management System Model (ISO 14000)
* Environmental Policy
* Planning
* Implementation
* Management Review
Hemenway, C.G., ed., ISO 14000 Questions and Answers, 3rd ed., CEEM
Information Services, 1997.