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ISO 14001 & BS 8555 STEMS Environmental Management

PROVE YOUR ENVIRONMENTALLEADERSHIP


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What is ISO 14001?

An Environmental Management System (EMS) is a framework that allows

your organization to consistently control its significant impacts on the

environment, reduce the risk of potentially costly pollution incidents,

ensure compliance with environmental legislation and continually

improve your business operations.

ISO 14001 is an internationally accepted standard that defines the

requirements for establishing, implementing and operating an

Environmental Management System.

The standard recognizes that you may be concerned about both your

own profitability and managing environmental impacts. ISO 14001

integrates these two motives and provides a refreshingly workable

methodology to achieve an effective Environmental Management System.

It's not just a 'paper' standard it demands the commitment of your

whole organization. If the environment benefits and your profits are

enhanced, stakeholders see rewards.

Contents

WHAT IS ISO 14001? 2

WHY IMPLEMENT ISO 14001? 3

ISO 14001 MODEL 3

POLICY AND PLANNING 4

IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION 5

MANAGEMENT REVIEW 5

THE FEATURES AND BENEFITS OF ISO 14001? 5

WHAT IS BS 8555 STEMS? 6

BS 8555 STEMS: 6

Phase 1 Commitment and establishing the baseline

Phase 2 Identifying and ensuring compliance with legal and

other requirementsPhase 3 Developing objectives, targets and programmes

Phase 4 Implementation and Operation

Phase 5 Checking, audit and review

Phase 6 Option 2 Preparation and verification against the

EMAS regulations

WHAT ARE THE FEATURES & BENEFITS? 9

HOW BSI CAN HELP 10

REGISTRATION 10

ISO 14001

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Why implement ISO 14001?

An Environmental Management System (EMS) assists organizations in

identifying the environmental interests of its stakeholders such as

customers, shareholders, employees, local residents, regulators, local

authority etc.

ISO 14001 provides an organization with a structured approach to

planning, implementing and managing an EMS.

Operating an effective EMS can:

Provide cost savings through the reduction of waste and moreefficient use of natural resources (electricity, water, gas and fuels).

Tighten production processes, yielding better efficiency and reduction

in the risk of incidents.

Improve internal communications and morale - often leading to sound

environmental solutions suggested by staff, who are the ultimate

owners of the business processes.

Ensure that the organization is better placed to avoid future fines and

penalties from not meeting environmental legislation.

Reduce insurance costs through demonstrating better risk

management.

Lead to a better public perception of the organization and the

potential to gain a competitive advantage, leading to improved

sales opportunities.

Lead to better community awareness of the impact of your activities

on local residents (noise, smell, dust, vibration, etc.).

CURRENT

SITUATION

CONTINUAL

IMPROVEMENT

MANAGEMENT

REVIEW

CHECKING AND

CORRECTIVE ACTION

ENVIRONMENTAL

POLICY

PLANNING

IMPLEMENTATION

& OPERATION

ISO 14001 MODEL

ISO 14001 Model

Before you can implement an EMS, you must understand what you

currently know about your environmental impacts and performance.

First look at your current activities, products, services and processes and

their impact on the environment. This will provide a baseline from which

progress can be measured.

The type of questions you might want to ask are:

What are our waste streams?

What regulations and legal requirements do we have to meet?

How much energy do we use?

What environmental consideration is given to the design of our

products/services and the purchasing of raw materials?

What do our neighbours think of us?

New to ISO 14001?Book now on an ISO 14001introductory course atwww.bsi-training.com

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Policy and Planning

ISO 14001 requires you to produce a policy statement that

communicates your environmental values to stakeholders. It is your

contract with the environment.

You must deliver an environmental performance that is consistent

with this statement.

Environmental Risk Assessment

An initial review will enable you to identify how you currently interact with

the environment. You should then conduct an Environmental RiskAssessment to determine which are your significant issues.

Operational Control

From the Environmental Risk Assessment you will have identified the

significant impacts that need to be monitored and managed.

These could include:

Waste streams

Air emissions

Use of energy

Discharge to water systems Storage of chemicals

Objectives, Targets and Management Programmes

Your environmental policy has committed you to improve on your

environmental performance. You will need to set specific, measurable

and timely objectives and targets. These targets and objectives should

be based on the significant issues identified in the Environmental Risk

Assessment. For example:

To reduce energy consumption per unit of production by 10% in the

next 12 months.

To reduce the number of skips sent to landfill by 25% in the next

18 months.

The objectives are achieved through the implementation of Management

Programmes. Management Programmes are plans that define what will

be done, who will do what and by when.

Your environmental policy hascommitted you to improve on yourenvironmental performance.

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Implementation and Operation

To implement and operate an effective EMS, you will need to:

Define the roles, responsibilities and authorities of staff with regard to

the environment, including the appointment of a management

representative to act as a project manager.

Describe how the management system is structured (commonly

achieved through the publication of an environmental manual) and

develop the necessary environmental procedures.

Establish, maintain and test a process for dealing with emergencysituations and accidents.

Also, ensure that:

Appropriate training is provided and people with key roles

are competent.

There is effective internal and external communication.

Environmental management system documentation is controlled so

that current versions are in use and obsolete documents are removed.

The issues, detailed in Operational Control, are being properly

managed, including the development of appropriate procedures

and the maintenance of records.

Checking and Corrective Action

You will need a process for monitoring and measuring your EMS.

This process will give you the confidence that you are in control of your

significant environmental impacts and provide a mechanism to determine

your progress towards achieving the environmental objectives.

Procedures are required for the handling and investigation of problems

in order to eliminate the actual or potential cause.

Environmental audits and records are required to give you confidence

that the EMS is working effectively and that you are in control.

You are in control of yoursignificant environmental impacts.

Management Review

Top management will need to meet periodically to ensure that the EMS is

still effective. This will include a review of your environmental policy and

performance against the environmental objectives. Consideration will

need to be given to changes to the policy and future environmental

objectives, in light of audit results.

The features and benefits of ISO 14001

Certification to ISO 14001 provides confidence for your stakeholders.

It proves your EMS meets a recognized standard shown to deliver

environmental improvement consistent with your environmental policy.

Other benefits include:

The use of a recognized certification mark.

Potential differentiation in the marketplace.

Expanding opportunities when organizations require their

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Phase 1 Commitment and

establishing the baseline.

Phase 2 Identifying and ensuring

compliance with legal and other

requirements.

Phase 3 Developing objectives,

targets and programmes.

Phase 4 Implementation and

operation of the EMS.

Phase 5 Checking, auditing

and review.

Phase 6 EMS acknowledgement:

Option 1 ISO 14001 certification

Option 2 EMAS verification

The 6 phases of BS 8555STEMS are:

Customer satisfactiongoes beyond delivery.

What is BS 8555 STEMS?

BS 8555:2003 Guidance to the phased implementation of an

environmental management system including the use of environmentalperformance indicators is a guidance document and as such certification

cannot be issued against it.

BS 8555 STEMS (Steps to Environmental Management Systems) is the BSI

scheme which implements the guidance of this British Standard.

The scheme involves the assessment and recognition (by a Certificate

of Achievement) of each phase of implementation of an environmental

management system as laid down in BS 8555.

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Phase 1 is broken down into 7 stages concerned with the instigation

and planning of the environmental management system

implementation project.

The requirements of the stages are as follows:

Stage 1 Gaining and maintaining top management commitment to

and commencement of the implementation project.

Stage 2 Conducting a baseline assessment by the organization to

establish the current situation concerning the environmental impacts of

the organizations activities.

Stage 3 The development of a draft environmental policy appropriate

to the nature and scale of the organization and the environmental impacts

of its activities, products and services.

Stage 4 Developing environmental indicators to be used to measure,

analyse, assess and review data relating to environmental performance.

Stage 5 Developing an initial EMS implementation plan detailing the

timescales and responsibilities for the achievement of the implementation

goals.

Stage 6 Training, awareness and the initiation of culture change within

the organization and those working for or on behalf of the organization.

Stage 7 Initiation of action plans for continual improvement of

environmental performance.

BS 8555 STEMS Phase 1 Commitment and establishing the baseline

Phase 2 is broken down into 5 stages concerned with identifying the

relevant legislation and other requirements that may affect the

organization. It is important to be aware of the environmental legislative

requirements affecting the organization in order to ensure compliance

and prevent prosecution, fines, and any potential bad publicity.


Stage 1 Identifying relevant legal requirements and defining aprocedure for identifying, having access to and updating those

requirements.

Stage 2 Identifying other requirements and defining a procedure for

identifying, having access to and updating those other requirements to

which the organization subscribes.

Stage 3 Checking compliance against the requirements identified in

stages 1 and 2.

Stage 4 Ongoing compliance including operational controls, emergency

preparedness and response procedures to support compliance.

Stage 5 Developing compliance indicators as a means to measure

compliance on a continual basis.

BS 8555 STEMS Phase 2 Identifying and ensuring compliance with

legal and other requirements

Phase 3 is broken down into 7 stages concerned with defining an

environmental policy and determining where you want to get to in terms

of environmental performance.


Stage 1 Identification of environmental aspects and impacts and

determination of their significance.

Stage 2 Finalizing the environmental policy as a short public declaration

of the organizations intentions and commitment to improving its


Stage 3 Developing objectives and targets which support the broad

aims in the environmental policy and relate to the organizations most

significant aspects and associated impacts.

Stage 4 Establishing indicators as a means to measure and track


Stage 5 Developing the environmental management programme which

defines the responsibilities, means and timescales by which objectives and

targets can be achieved.

Stage 6 Developing practical operational control procedures.

Stage 7 Communicating the environmental policy, objectives, targets

and indicators to those working for and on behalf of the organization.

BS 8555 STEMS Phase 3 Developing objectives, targets and programmes

mark of achievement

BS 8555:STEMS phase one

mark of achievement

BS 8555:STEMS phase two

mark of achievement

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BS 8555 STEMS Phase 4 Implementation and Operation

Phase 4 is broken down into 6 stages concerned with the implementation

and operation of the environmental management system.


Stage 1 Finalizing and documenting management structure,

responsibilities and authorities.

Stage 2 Defining procedures for training, raising awareness and

competence, plans and maintaining records.

Stage 3 Establishing and maintaining formal communication

mechanisms and procedures.

Stage 4 Documentation and record keeping.

Stage 5 Reviewing and testing emergency preparedness and response

to potential accidents and emergency situations.

Stage 6 Developing indicators for the environmental management

system to help assess the effectiveness of key features of the system.

BS 8555 STEMS Phase 5 Checking, audit and review

Phase 5 is broken down into 5 stages concerned with checking the

effectiveness of the environmental management system in meeting the

set objectives.


Stage 1 Establishing audit programmes to determine whether the EMS

conforms to procedures and practices laid down and the requirements of

ISO 14001 and EMAS.

Stage 2 Correcting non-conformances and taking preventative action

a fundamental element of a successful system and at the heart of

continual improvement.

Stage 3 Management reviews which provide the top management with

a structured opportunity for reviewing the performance of the EMS and

its continuing suitability, adequacy and effectiveness.

Stage 4 Improving environmental performance as evidenced through

improving actions being in place with responsibilities and timescales

allocated.

Stage 5 Improving the environmental management system as

evidenced through improving actions being agreed with responsibilities

and timescales agreed.

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mark of achievement

BS 8555:STEMS phase four

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BS 8555 STEMS Phase 6 Option 2 Preparation and verification against the EMAS regulations

The Community Eco-management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) is a

management tool for companies and other organizations to evaluate,

report and improve their environmental performance. It goes a step

further than ISO 14001:2004 by requiring the organization to complete

an environmental review and publish a statement of its environmental

performance.

Phase 6, option 2 is broken down into 6 stages concerned with preparing

for and having the EMS assessed against the requirements of the EMASregulations in order to obtain a verification statement to EMAS.


Stage 1 Reviewing the baseline which considers the requirements

of EMAS to ensure the EMS meets the requirements of the

EMAS Regulations.

Stage 2 Reviewing the implementation and planning stages to ensure

that the additional EMAS requirements have been addressed.

Stage 3 Developing a robust data collection, transfer, handling, storage

and communication process to ensure that data is comparable over time.

Stage 4 Reviewing the audit process to ensure that all the requirements

of EMAS have been met.

Stage 5 Developing the Environmental Statement ready for validation

against the requirements of EMAS.

Stage 6 Assessing the Environmental Statement

against the requirements of EMAS.

What are the features & benefits?

The BS 8555 STEMS scheme includes the requirement for a company

to complete the implementation process by progressing to a full

environmental management system in the form of either ISO 14001:2004

certification or an EMAS verification for which the appropriate certificate

of certification or verification statement is issued.

Clear framework and step by step approach to developing and

implementing a full EMS useful for companies without specialist

resources.

Performance based approach to management of environmental issues

with clear signposts as to what decisions are expected/criteria are to

be achieved.

Flexibility on how you progress to a full EMS. An organization can be

assessed against a phase at a time or a group of phases in one go,

though they must be completed in sequence.

Flexibility on how quickly to progress through the phases with a

maximum period of two years between each phase assessment.

A re-assessment will be performed after 12 months to ensure thecurrent phase requirements continue to be met.

Recognition and independent verification of progress and achievements

relating to environmental management system implementation and


Ability to spread the costs.

Features & Benefits of BS 8555 STEMS include:

Provides confidence foryour Stakeholders.

BS 8555 STEMS Phase 6 Option 1 Preparation and assessment of the EMS to ISO 14001:2004

Phase 6, Option 1 is broken down into 2 stages concerned with

preparing for and having the EMS assessed against the requirements

of ISO 14001:2004 in order to obtain a Certificate of Certification to

ISO 14001:2004.


Stage 1 Evidence that the EMS is ready for an external assessment

against the requirements of the Standard.

Stage 2 Assessment for compliance against the requirementsof ISO 14001:2004.

Benefits of ISO 14001

It is only at the completion of the implementation of a full

environmental management system that an organization can realise

all the benefits which include:

An internationally recognized system to help you manage, monitor

and continually improve your environmental risks and impacts.

Improved overall performance and efficiency which may lead to

greater profits.

Reduced risk of incidents that result in liability.

Improved compliance with legal obligations which may lead to alighter regulatory touch from the Environment Agency.

Lower insurance costs as risks and liabilities are reduced.

Improved access to capital from satisfying investor criteria.

Greater access to new markets through competitive advantage/

market differentiation.

Provides confidence to and enhances relationships with your

customers, trade partners, stakeholders, regulators, local

authority and environmental groups through demonstrating

transparency, accountability and commitment to the environment

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How BSI can help

Integration with other Management Systems

Standards are becoming increasingly compatible and the latest

management philosophy is to integrate all of the applicable standards into

a single management system. An integrated management system can be

audited and assessed through BSI's Integrated Assessment Service (IAS).

BSI Training offers a complete range of training courses for EMS and

related areas, including introduction, understanding, implementating and

auditor courses.

Distance Learning programmes are also available for BS 8555 STEMS.

They are aimed at helping organizations to understand the requirements

of BS 8555 STEMS and tools to implement them.

For more information on BSI Training courses and to purchase standards

please visit: www.bsi-training.com

Certification

For further information on ISO 14001:2004 certification and how we can

guide you through the process, see our website for a variety of brochures

and useful guidance documents available to download:

www.bsi-uk.com/environment

Alternatively you can contact us on +44 (0)845 080 9000 and we will be

happy to help you with your ISO 14001 enquiry.

For further information on certification to BS 8555 STEMS and how

we can guide you through the process please contact us on

+44 (0)845 080 9000 and we will be happy to help you with your enquiry.

Because our commitment to youdoesnt stop with a certificate.

BSI Management Systems can

integrate ISO 14001 assessment

visits with:

ISO 9001:2000

Quality Management

OHSAS 18001:1999

Occupational Health and Safety

Management

ISO/IEC 27001:2005

Information Security Management

ISO/TS 16949:2002

Automotive Quality Management

ISO 10002:2004

Complaints Management

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