ChE 418

Industrial Waste Management and Control

MODULE 5
ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM
Engr. Neres Ann Repollo
2022
TOPIC OUTLINE

5.1. Environmental Management System

5.2. Environmental Impact Assessment
5.3. Environmental Risk Assessment
5.4. Life Cycle Analysis
◼ It is an organization’s set of management tools,
principles and procedures aimed at protecting
human health and the environment from the potential
impacts of its activities, products and services.

◼ A successful EMS implementation may lead to ISO

14001 certification.

◼ The intention is to provide all industries, whether in

manufacturing or services, with a structure for an EMS
that will help ensure all operational processes
are consistent, effective, and will achieve the
stated environmental objectives of a given
organization
 ISO 14001

◼ https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=spjwQX-acnA
ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM
WHO NEEDS AN EMS?

an organization that is looking for strategies to

1. improve its environmental performance;
2. achieve sustained compliance in existing and forthcoming regulations;
3. Recognize its environmental problems to be of significant liability;
4. Lacks the time and resources and is thus prevented from effectively managing
its environmental obligations;
5. Have an established effective environmental policy; and
6. Seeks a competitive edge.
WHAT IS NEEDED TO UNDERTAKE AN EMS?

Implementing an EMS requires:

1. A strong commitment from the management;

2. Allocation of appropriate resources;

3. Development of a strategy to be implemented within a specified period of time

4. Implementation using a combination of internal and external resources.

WHAT CAN EMS DO FOR YOU?

Undertaking an EMS will:

✔ Reduce waste at source

✔ Improve environmental performance

✔ Enable an organization to comply with present and future stringent environmental

regulations

✔ Enhance overall productivity

✔ Save money and increase profits

✔ Improve image
 Orientation and Commitment

Structure and Training

Environmental Policy and

STEPS IN THE Documentation
IMPLEMENTATION
OF AN EMS Progressive Implementation

Certification and Registration

WHAT IS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA) ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6F-gNyjayA
 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA)

◼ a “process that involves predicting and evaluating

the likely impacts of a project (including cumulative
impacts) on the environment during construction,
commissioning, operation and abandonment.

◼ It includes designing appropriate preventive, mitigating

and enhancement measures addressing these
consequences to protect the environment and the
community’s welfare”.
 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA)

◼ https://www.youtube.com/wat
ch?v=RWtT0EfhNsE&feature
=emb_logo
PURPOSE OF THE EIA PROCESS

◼ Used to enhance planning and guide decision-making.

◼ To integrate environmental concerns in the planning process of projects at the feasibility stage.
◼ adverse environmental impacts of proposed actions are considerably reduced through a
reiterative review process of project setting, design and other alternatives, and the subsequent
formulation of environmental management and monitoring plans.
◼ A positive determination by the DENR-EMB results to the issuance of an Environmental
Compliance Commitment (ECC) document, to be conformed to by the Proponent and represents
the project’s Environmental Compliance Certificate.
◼ The release of the ECC allows the project to proceed to the next stage of project planning, which
is the acquisition of approvals from other government agencies and LGUs, after which the
project can start implementation.
a process for evaluating how likely it is
that the environment may be impacted
as a result of exposure to one or more
environmental stressors, such as
chemicals, disease, invasive species, and
climate change.
ENVIRONMENT RISK ASSESSMENT (ERA)

◼ https://
www.youtube.com/
watch?
v=WwUBpzOi6zo
LIFE CYCLE
ASSESSMENT
Life cycle assessment is a
◼ https:// cradle-to-grave or
www.youtube.com/ cradle-to-cradle
watch?
v=6RNnzfUHwY8
analysis technique to assess
environmental impacts
associated with all the
stages of a product's life,
which is from raw material
extraction through materials
processing, manufacture,
distribution, and use.
 LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrJUpSiCOoU
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A QUICK REVIEW

◼ What does the following acronym stands for???

QUIZ NO. 2
BY GROUP

1. Identify one (1) product that YOU

FREQUENTLY use in your home and make
an Environmental Risk Assessment
2. Prepare a 5-10 power point slide presentation
and be ready to present it to class
3. Sample: https://safetyculture.com/wp-
content/media/2018/11/environmental-risk-
assessment-sample-report.pdf
GUIDE
 QUIZ NO. 3
INDIVIDUAL

1. Research for a Life Cycle Assessment

of any product of your interest.
2. The research must be a published
journal, paper or research
3. Study the paper
4. Prepare a 5-10 ppt slides and be
ready to share the content to class.
5. Sample Research Paper:
https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S1876610217338730?
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