Environmental Management Systems (EMS)

1. Environmental Management Systems (EMS) Bob Herbert

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. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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