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Environmental Management System In Small And Medium Scale Companies In Nigeria
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1.3 THE OBJECTIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
The
objective of installing an EMS by organizations is mainly to ensure
continual improvement through the life of a facility or facilities in
the management system of the organization. Specifically, an
Environmental Management System is intended to help the organisation to:
a. Achieve its environmental policy, objectives and targets, including compliance with environmental legislation.
b. Identify and control the environmental aspect, impacts and risks relevant to the organization.
c. Define a basic set of principles that guide the organization to its environmental responsibilities in the future.
d.
Establish short, medium and long –term goals for environmental
performance, and ensuring costs and benefits analysis, for the
organization and for its various shareholders and stakeholders.
e.
Determine what resources are needed to achieve those goals, assign
responsibilities for them and commit the necessary resources.
f.
Define and document specific tasks responsibilities, authorities and
procedures to ensure that every employee acts in the course of their
his/her work to help minimize or eliminate the organisation’s negative
impact on the environment.
g. Communicate the organisation’s
environmental policies, objectives and targets and procedures to all
employees and to third parties who may be affected by these policies.
h. Measure performance against pre-agreed standards and goals, and modify the approach as necessary.
1.4 THE CORE ELEMENTS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Environmental
Management Systems will be different for different types of
organizations, depending on the nature, size and complexity of
activities, products and services. However, all Environmental Management
Systems have a number of core elements in common. The core elements
include but are not limited to the following:
-Environmental Policy
-Initial Environmental Review
-Environmental Action Plan
-Organisational Structure and Management Responsibilities
-Documentation and Communication
-Training
-Management Review
a. The environmental policy
i.
Environmental policy expresses the commitment of senior management to
appropriate environmental management. It should not be a once
–and-for-all document. The aim of the policy shall be to maintain and
potentially improve environmental performance. It is to form the basis
upon which objectives and target are set. It should reflects the
commitment of top management to comply with relevant environmental
legislative and other requirements; and for continual improvement
ii. Fundamentally, an environmental policy shall
· Contain a broad statement of intent
· Be appropriate to production activities and products and services.
· Make provision for commitment to continual improvement.
· Make clear the procedure of preventing pollution.
· State commitment to comply with legislation, regulation and other regulatory requirements.
· Provide frame work for setting and reviewing environmental targets and objectives.
· Be documented, implemented and maintained.
· Be made available to appropriate regulatory authority and any other interested party.
· Be made public.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]Environmental Management System refers to management of an organization’s environmental programs in a comprehensive, systematic, planned and documented manner. It includes the organizational structure, planning and resources for developing, implementing and maintaining policy for environmental protection. It is not surprising that collectively, SMEs also have major The increasing demands for consideration of the environmental impacts may result in SMEs being required to at least conside ... Continue reading---
