ACHARYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Environmental Management System ISO 14001

TECHNICAL SEMINAR PRESENTATION (17CVS86)
By
RIKSHITH M (1AY17CV073)
Under the guidance of
Prof. Anil Kumar M
Assistant Professor

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Introduction
Environmental Management Systems
• An Environmental Management System (EMS) is a set of processes and practices that
enable an organization to reduce its environmental impacts and increase its operating
efficiency
• An Environmental Management System is a framework that helps an organization achieve
its environmental goals through consistent review, evaluation, and improvement of its
environmental performance
• Some of the primary environmental issues that are affecting businesses today include
pollution, waste disposal, water quality, and water supply issues, and climate change

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ISO 14001: 2015
• is an internationally agreed standard that sets out the requirements for an environmental management system. It
helps organizations improve their environmental performance through more efficient use of resources and
reduction of waste, gaining a competitive advantage and the trust of stakeholders

• Achieving a balance between the environment, society and the economy is considered essential to meet the
needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Sustainable
development as a goal is achieved by balancing the three pillars of sustainability

• This International Standard conforms to ISO’s requirements for management

system standards. These requirements include a high-level structure, identical
core text, and common terms with core definitions, designed to benefit users
implementing multiple ISO management system standards.

• This International Standard does not include requirements specific to other

management systems, such as those for quality, occupational health and safety,
energy or financial management. However, this International Standard enables
an organization to use a common approach and risk-based thinking to integrate
its environmental management system with the requirements of other
management systems.

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Benefits Of ISO 14001

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Plan-Do-Check-Act model

Plan-Do-Check-Act model
The basis for the approach underlying an environmental management system is founded on the concept of Plan-
Do-Check-Act (PDCA). The PDCA model provides an iterative process used by organizations to achieve
continual improvement. It can be applied to an environmental
management system and each of its elements.

 Plan: establish environmental objectives and processes

necessary to deliver results in accordance with the
organization’s environmental policy.
 Do: implement the processes as planned.
 Check: monitor and measure processes against the environmental
policy, including its commitments, environmental objectives and
operating criteria, and report the results.
 Act: take actions to continually improve

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ISO 14001:2015 clause by clause
Introductory clauses
Clause 1: SCOPE
This clause relates to the scope or coverage of the standard to help organizations achieve the intended outcomes of its EMS
Clause 2: Normative reference
Clause 3: Terms and definitions
Basic clauses common to all management system standards
Clause 4: Context of the organization
• Understanding the organization and its context (external and internal issues )
• Understanding the needs and expectations of interested parties (E.g. regulators, neighbours and employees)
• determining the scope of the environmental management system (location, products, issues, interested parties)
Clause 5: Leadership
• Leadership and Commitment
• Environmental policy (framework for setting environmental objectives )
• Organization roles, responsibilities and authorities (human resources)

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Clause 6: Planning
• Actions to address risks and opportunities (plan how to meet the requirements and issues)
• Environmental objectives and planning to achieve them (plan of actions)
Clause 7: Support
• Resources, Competence, Awareness, Communication, Documented information
Clause 8: Operation
• Operational planning and control (establish EMS process)
• Emergency preparedness and response
Clause 9: Performance evaluation
• Monitoring, measurement, analysis and evaluation (including regulatory compliance requirements)
• Internal audit (planned intervals)
• Management review (suitability, adequacy and effectiveness)
Clause 10: Improvement
• General (opportunities for improvement of the EMS)
• Nonconformity and corrective action (corrective action for prevention of repeats )
• Continual improvement (Suitability, adequacy and effectiveness of the EMS)
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Conclusion

• The success of an environmental management system depends on commitment from all

levels and functions of the organization
• It may now be evident that ISO 14001 applies to all those environmental aspects
which an organization has to control and over which it can be expected to have an
influence
• the main catch phrase in Environmental Management Systems is to achieve
continual improvement in overall environmental performance consistent with
the organizations environmental policy
• So never consider the implementation as a chore because that little extra will have
a significant impact in protecting the environment.

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