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ISO 14001 4.2ISO 14001 4.2
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
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ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems 2
Lesson LearningGoals
At the end of this lesson you should be able to:
Dene ‘Environmental Policy’
Name the !" #$%%# core re&uirements foran environmental 'olicy
!tate at least three characteristics of agood environmental 'olicy
Evaluate sam'le environmental 'olicies foracce'tability under !" #$%%#
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(hat isan Environmental Policy)
A statement of intentions and 'rinci'lesto guide environmental 'erformance
A frame*or+ for action, gives the overall
direction for activities in the organi-ation .otivator for im'lementing and
maintaining the environmentalmanagement system
All subse&uent actions are /udgedagainst intentions stated in the 'olicy
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!" #$%%# 0e&uirements forEnvironmental Policy
1he environmental 'olicy must be:
Dened by to' management
A''ro'riate to the nature2 scale2 andenvironmental im'acts of the activities2'roducts2 or services of the organi-ation
Documented2 im'lemented2 maintained
3ommunicated to em'loyees Available to the 'ublic
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0e&uirements forEnvironmental Policy 43ont’d5
1he environmental 'olicy must includecommitments to:6 3ontinual im'rovement
6 Prevention of 'ollution6 3om'ly *ith relevant environmental
legislation and regulations and otherre&uirements to *hich the
organi-ation subscribes
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0e&uirements for
Environmental Policy 43ont’d5
1he environmental 'olicy must:
'rovide the frame*or+ for setting and
revie*ing environmental ob/ectivesand targets
be communicated2 familiarised2 andsocialised throughout the organi-ation
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!" #$%%# EnvironmentalPolicy
"ther Possible 3onsiderations:
!ustainable develo'ment 'rinci'les
7se of 8est Economically Achievable 1echnology to reduce 'ollution
7se of environmental 'erformanceevaluation
Life cycle thin+ing
Product and 'rocess design to minimi-eenvironmental im'acts
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1ranslations of !" !'ea+ 3ontinual im'rovement does not mean
continuous im'rovement 9"ther re&uirements to *hich the organi-ation
subscribes include industry codes of 'ractice2industry association 'olicies and missionstatements2 com'any 'olicies2 agreements
.aintain means +ee' u';to;date and relevant Documented means in *riting 3ommunicated im'lies a*areness and
understanding
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3ontinual versus 3ontinuous
!" #$%%# is based on the 'rinci'le of‘continual’ im'rovement achievedthrough an ongoing 'rocess ofim'lementation2 o'eration2 chec+inge<ectiveness and correcting deciencies
1he intent is not to try to achieve‘continuous’ im'rovement as there is aneed to 'ause and revie* thee<ectiveness of ste's ta+en to date
before determining ho* best to 'roceedin correcting identied deciencies
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3oncluding 1houghts
m'ortant 'oints to remember are: .uch thought and vision must go into the
develo'ment of an environmental 'olicy
1o' 4i=e=2 senior2 e>ecutive5 managementneeds to rmly endorse the 'olicy2 and
'referably be fully involved in its develo'ment Everyone in the organi-ation must be familiar
*ith the core statements in the 'olicy2 andthe *hole of its intent
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3oncluding 1houghts 43ont’d5
1he 'olicy should be: 3lear2 concise2 motivating2 authentic2
re?ecting the organi-ation’s guiding'rinci'les2 beliefs2 ethics and values
3onsistent *ith other organi-ational'olicies2 mission or vision statements
0elevant to all areas of the
o'eration2 from ra* material su''liesto nished 'roduct or service
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3oncluding 1houghts 43ont’d5
1he 'olicy should be: @e't u';to;date 4though not changed
too often5
(idely distributed *ithin theorgani-ation 4e=g=2 notice boards2oBces2 rece'tion areas2 'ersonal'oc+et cards2 manufacturing areas2training 'rograms5
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3oncluding 1houghts 43ont’d5
1he 'olicy should be: .ade available to the 'ublic 4e=g=2
ne*sletter2 *ebsite2 advertisements2announcements5
Ensure res'onsibility2 authority2 andaccountability have been assigned forim'lementing2 maintaining2 andcommunicating the environmental
'olicy