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Introduction
Environmental Management SystemDefinitions
What Is an Environmental Management System (EMS)?
• EMS is the combination of people, laws, legislations, policies, procedures, reviews, and plans to help address environmental issues.
• EMS is that part of an overall management system which includes: – Organizational structure and responsibilities, – Policies and legislations– practices,– Procedures,– Resources, – Planning activities, – Awareness
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Purpose of EMS
EMS brings together people, laws, policies, plans, review mechanisms, and procedures in order to improve and protect the environment
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Benefits of an EMS
• Helps maintain compliance• Integrate environmental programs• Reduce environmental impacts
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The EMS Plan, Do, Check, Act Cycle
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Checking/Corrective Actions
• Measurement and Monitoring• EMS Nonconformance and
Corrective Actions• Records
• EMS Audits
Continuous Improvement
Implementation
• Roles and Responsibilities• Training and Communication
• EMS Document Control• Emergency Preparedness
and Response
Planning
• Environmental Aspects• Compliance
• Objectives and Targets• Environmental Mgmt.
Programs
Environmental Legal and Institutional
FrameworkManagement
Review
Environmental Legal and Institutional Framework
• Legal Aspects• Laws• Bylaws • Policies
• Institutional Aspects • Institutional Structure • Responsibilities • Institutional Interface
Types of law• The Constitution• Specialized Laws
– Principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.
• Bylaws– The rules and regulations enacted by an association
to provide a framework for its operation and management.
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The law making process
– Drafting the law from the relevant ministry• e.g. Ministry of Environment, Water Authority
– First reading at the legislative council• Introducing a bill
– Second reading (general debate)– Committee Stage (detailed discussions)– Report Stage (Report of committee, amendment)– Third reading (vote on amendments)– Legislative council approval – Presidential Decree
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The objectives of the Environmental law
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1. Protection of the environment against all forms and types of pollution;
2. Protection of Public health and welfare;3. Insertion of the bases of environmental protection in social
and economic development plans; and encouragement of sustainable development of vital resources in a manner that preserves the rights of future generations;
4. Protection of bio-diversity and environmentally sensitive areas, as well as improvement of environmentally harmed areas;
5. Encouragement of collection and publication of environment-related information to raise public awareness of environmental problems.
Environmental Policies
• Environmental policies are rules or guidelines developed by governments to regulate behavior of individuals, corporations, and government agencies.
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Six steps to making environmental policy
Identify Problems
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• Requires curiosity, observation, awareness• Requires curiosity, observation, awareness
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Six steps to making environmental policy
Identify Specific causes of the Problems
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•Involves scientific research and•Risk assessment = judging risks a problem poses
to health or the environment
•Involves scientific research and•Risk assessment = judging risks a problem poses
to health or the environment
Six steps to making environmental policy
Get Organized
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• Organizations are more effective than individuals• But a motivated, informed individual can also
succeed
• Organizations are more effective than individuals• But a motivated, informed individual can also
succeed
Six steps to making environmental policy
Set Goals
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• Risk management = developing strategies to minimize risk• Involves social or political action
• Risk management = developing strategies to minimize risk• Involves social or political action
Six steps to making environmental policy
Cultivate access and influence
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• Lobbying • Political Support• Public acceptance
• Lobbying • Political Support• Public acceptance
Six steps to making environmental policy
Manage Development policy
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• Prepare a draft policy, containing solutions• Following a law’s endorsement
• Administrative agencies implement regulations• Policymakers evaluate the policy’s successes or failures• The judicial branch interprets the law
• Prepare a draft policy, containing solutions• Following a law’s endorsement
• Administrative agencies implement regulations• Policymakers evaluate the policy’s successes or failures• The judicial branch interprets the law
Policy, Law, Bylaw ?• A policy is typically described as a principle or rule to guide decisions • A Policy can be considered as a "Statement of Intent" or a
"Commitment". • The term may apply to government, private sector organizations and
groups, and individuals. • Policy differs from law. While law can compel or prohibit behaviors,
policy merely guides actions toward those that are most likely to achieve a desired outcome.
• Bylaw can refer to a law of local or limited application, passed under the authority of a higher law specifying what things may be regulated, or it can refer to the internal rules of a company or organization.
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International lawInternational law
• International law arises from conventions or treaties agreed to among nations.
• (e.g., Montreal Protocol to protect ozone layer)
• International law serve as the principal framework for international co-operation and collaboration between members of the international community in their efforts to protect the local, regional and global environment.
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