PROCEDURE TITLE-: IDENTIFICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROCEDURE NO: EMS P-24

ASPECTS AND ASSOICATED IMPACTS.

DATE ISSUED: 31-12-2018
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STATUS: Controlled Document REVIEWED BY: R MUCHUWENI

ISSUE NO: 5 AUTHORISED BY: M NJINI

AMENDMENT NO: 4 DATE-: 31-12-2018 ISSUED BY:

1. PURPOSE
This procedure describes how environmental aspects and associated impacts are identified and
adequately addressed on an on-going basis.

2. SCOPE
This procedure is applicable to Delta Beverages Kwekwe Maltings Environmental Management System
operations.

3. RESPONSIBILITIES
All HODs are responsible for ensuring compliance to this procedure in their departments
The QC Manager has overall accountability for ensuring that implementation of this procedure is done
properly.

4. DEFINITIONS
4.1 Environmental aspect: element of organizations activities, products, or services which can
interact with the environment.

4.2 Environmental impact : any change to the environment whether adverse or beneficial, wholly
or partially resulting from an organization’s activities, products, or services
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ISSUE DATE : 31-12-2018 AMENDMENT NO : 7

5. ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION

ACTIVITY RESPONSIBILITY

1 On an ongoing basis environmental aspects arising from Operational activities,

products and services can be
Identified when: Departmental Managers

- A new project/system is developed and implemented.

- New equipment and plant is installed.
- New product lines or raw materials are introduced
- Changes to legal and other requirements are effected.
- Operational systems have been changed.
- Incidence of environmental pollution is observed.
- Environmental audits are conducted, etc.

2 Information on all identified environmental aspects and negative impacts is

Q C Manager
sent to the Quality Control Manager by all.
3 An exercise to identify and confirm the associated impacts of the aspects is
Q C Manager / SHE
carried out in conjunction with the relevant sectional Heads and these are
classified according to their severity, probability and mitigation to determine Technical Committee
significance as per environmental aspects classification EMS REF 8.
4 An exercise is carried out to determine the most appropriate action to be taken Q C Manager
to address the identified aspects and impacts which give rise to significant
environmental impacts. QC Manager/HODs
5 Significant environmental aspects and impacts are managed using operational
control procedures or emergency preparedness and response plan. Significant QC Manager
and critical environmental aspects are managed using management
programmes. However if top management decide that financial resources are
not permitting some significant and critical environmental aspects can be
managed using operational procedures. Procedures and programmes are Q C Manager
summarized in the Environmental Aspects and Impacts Register (updated when
necessary).
6 The environmental aspects register will be kept up-to-date
7 The identified environmental aspects and impacts are communicated to QC Manager
employees and contractors of relevant departments.

8) The SHE technical team shall do aspects identification process is done using the format below.

PROCEDURE FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF ASPECTS

 Hazard Effect / Consequence
STANDARD 5 X 5 MATRIX
(Where an event has more than one “loss type”, choose the “consequence” with the highest rating)
Loss Type 1 2 3 4 5
(Additional ‘loss types’ may exist for an event; identify & rate accordingly) Minor Low Medium High Major
Medical treatment case Single fatality or loss of
(S/H) First aid case / Exposure Lost time injury / Reversible Multiple fatalities / Impact on
/ Exposure to major quality of life / Irreversible
Harm to People (Safety / Health) to minor health risk impact on health health ultimately fatal
health risk impact on health
Material environmental Serious environmental harm Major environmental
(EI) Minimal environmental harm – L2 incident – L2 incident remediable harm – L2 incident Extreme environmental harm
Environmental Impact harm – L1 incident remediable short term within LOM remediable post LOM – L3 incident irreversible
(Less than a Day) (1 Week or less ) (More than a Week)
< 0.01 % of 0.01 - 0.1 % of 0.1 – 1.0 % of 1 - 5 % of Annual > 5 % of Annual
(BI/MD) Annual Revenue/ Annual Revenue/ Annual Revenue/ Revenue/ Total Revenue/ Total Assets
Business Interruption / Material Damage & Other Consequential Losses Total Assets Total Assets Total Assets Assets

Low level legal issue Minor legal issue; non- Serious breach of law;
Major breech of the law; Very considerable penalties &
(L&R) compliance and investigation/report to
considerable prosecution prosecutions. Multiple law
Legal & Regulatory breaches of the law authority, prosecution and/or
and penalties suits & jail terms
moderate penalty possible
Slight impact - public
(R/S/C) Limited impact - local Considerable impact - National impact - national International impact -
awareness may exist but
Impact on Reputation / Social / Community public concern regional public concern public concern international public attention
no public concern
Examples
Likelihood Risk Rating
(Consider near-misses as well as actual events)
The risk has occurred frequently; Known to
5 have occurred in Delta Cooperation & occurs in
11 (M) 16 (S) 20 (S) 23 (H) 25 (H)
Almost Certain order of one or more times per year & is likely
to reoccur within 1 year
The risk has occurred infrequently; occurs in
4
order of less than once per year & is likely to 7 (M) 12 (M) 17 (S) 21 (H) 24 (H)
Likely
reoccur within 5 years
The risk has happened in the business at some
3
time; or could happen within 10 years 4 (L) 8 (M) 13 (S) 18 (S) 22 (H)
Possible
The risk has happened in the business at some
2
time; or could happen within 20 years 2 (L) 5 (L) 9 (M) 14 (S) 19 (S)
Unlikely
The risk has never been known to occur in the
1
business; is highly unlikely that it will within 1 (L) 3 (L) 6 (M) 10 (M) 15 (S)
Rare
20yrs
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The following records shall be generated from implementation of this procedure.

Document No Name of record: Custodian/ location: Retention

period:
EMS REF 1 Environmental Aspects and QC Manager 3 Years
Impacts Register

7 REFERENCES

 EMS-REF1 Environmental Aspects Register.

 ISO 14001:2015
 Objectives, targets and programmes procedure.
 EMS-REF2 Legal Register
 Process Maps
 Site drainage Map