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Environmental Management Systems (EMS)

Environmental Management Systems (EMS). EMS. Think management system Personnel Management System Financial Management System Risk Management System Environmental Management System. What is an EMS?. Performance based management system to:

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Environmental Management Systems (EMS)

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  1. Environmental Management Systems (EMS)

  2. EMS • Thinkmanagement system • Personnel Management System • Financial Management System • Risk Management System • Environmental Management System

  3. What is an EMS? • Performance based management system to: • Increaseenvironmental performance on daily business activities • Reduce environmental costs by identifying risks and implementing best practices • Greaterefficiency and controlover the organization’s environmental performance

  4. What is an EMS? • Successrequires: • Top-down commitment on a regular basis • Employee buy-in thru use of cross functional teams • Auditing program reviewed by senior management

  5. An EMS has three key commitments • Compliance with relevant laws and regulations • Prevention of pollution • Continual improvement ENV. POLICY C O M P L Y P P R O E L V L E U N T T I O N I M P R O V E

  6. EMS basic elements • Reviewing the organizational environmental goals • Analyzing your environmental impacts and legal requirements • Setting environmental objectives and targets to reduce environmental impacts and comply with legal requirements • Establishing programsto meet these objectives and targets  

  7. EMS basic elements • Monitorandmeasureprogress in achieving the objectives • Ensure employees’ environmental awareness and competence • Review progressof the EMS through auditing and implement improvements

  8. The EMS framework plan Continual improvement do act check

  9. A better bottom line for local government • Cost savings • Avoid future legal liabilities • Reduce insurance premiums • Improved bond ratings

  10. Cost savings Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Boston, MA • Savings: $116,533 • Bus idling monitoring campaign

  11. Cost savings Utah Transit Authority • Annual Savings: $814,000 • Operating procedures, reduced bus idling time, print shop issues

  12. Cost savings City of San Diego • Annual Savings: $2,162,000 • Reduced equipment idling time, reclaimed water, water meter charge savings

  13. Benefits • Conserved 134 million gallons of water during 2005 by fixing water leaks • Saved approximately $655,000 in water costs at NJ Marine Terminals. • Executed contracts that will achieve the largest air quality improvement in the country • Reduced NOx emissions resulting from these programs could exceed 400 tons per year

  14. Benefits Port Authority of PORTLAND • Quick pay reduced idling by 79% - an estimated 2.26 tons/yr CO • 3% of PDX and 5% of Marine electric power from wind-generated sources • Water project provided 360,160 gallons of water savings per year

  15. Cost savings Orange County Convention Center • Savings: $42,000 • Reduced tipping fees and recycling rebates • 3,100 tons recycled (50% of solid waste) in one year, including 260 tons of cardboard

  16. Cost savings Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon • Savings: $300,000 • Operational savings, $66,000 of energy conservation

  17. Avoiding future liabilities • EMS helps avoid future liability • EMS promotes better working relationships with regulators • Ensures organizations a better understanding of their legal requirements • Provides a consistent method for finding the root causes of non-compliance

  18. Reduced insurance premiums and improved bond ratings • EMSs help reduce environmental and workplace safety & security risks • EMS approach has created verifiable, credibleenvironmental results that have led to better overall organizational environmental performance • An EMS has the potential to significantly influence financial institutions as they assess risk

  19. Keys to success #1 Top Management Commitment, Visibility and Involvement • An EMS cannot succeed without the full support and backing of senior management • Commitment can be difficult to obtain where there is lack of understanding of the standard and the benefits

  20. Keys to success #2 Strong Implementation Team • Essentialfor development and implementation of the EMS policy and procedures • Neededto assemble the various working teams • Should have specialized training and knowledge • Responsibilities and authorities of this team need to be defined and supported by management

  21. Keys to success #3 An Informed and Involved Workforce • Successful implementation of an EMS requires the input and action of employee teams across the organization • Training on EMS should begin immediately upon the decision to implement

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