Iso 14001 Aspects

Aspects & Impacts

Water Humans

Land Natural Resources

Air Flora

Fauna

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Aspects & Impacts Aspects are the activities, products and services that can cause an environmental impact. For example: If an oil storage company were to examine its storage operations, it could identify the potential for an accident spill as an aspect. Any contaminated soil would be the actual impact from the aspect.

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Aspects & Impacts Significant Those activities or products have the most potential to negatively impact the environment are known as “significant aspects”

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Aspects & Impacts

The criteria of significance are not addressed as such in the standard, but strongly inferred.

The standard provides for the selection of aspects to be managed using objectives and targets.

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Legal and Other Requirements The EMS should/ must help direct the organization in maintaining compliance to relevant environmental legislative and regulatory compliance.

Federal, state, local laws & regulations Foreign country directives Ordinances Municipal by-laws Permits License Industry codes of practice (responsible care) Policies (insurance company) Guideline (EPA, RIO Declaration on Environment and Development) Corporate Standards Others ©The National Graduate School of Quality Management v.5.2 • 5

Objectives & Targets Goals (objectives) must be established to meet the requirements and commitments of the environmental policy.

A program plan

For each objective, a time frame and a measurable way of achieving the objective must be established (targets). “measurable way” will involve calibration and controls.

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Environmental Performance Indicators (EPI) EPI is data (measurements, statistics, information, etc) that an organization uses to measure progress in achieving an objective and target. Reference ISO 14004

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ISO 14001 Associations

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ISO 14001 Associations ISO 14001 Aspect Potential release or volatile fumes during Mfg..

Interaction

ISO 14001 Impact

ISO 14001 Objective

NOx discharge to air

Decrease NOx discharge by 50 units

Change

Goal

ISO 14001 ISO 14004 Target Indicator Install filtration system by Jan. 2XXX

Measurement

Quantities of NOx emissions released per unit of production

Method and timeframe

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Interested Parties ISO 9000

•Subcontractors •Suppliers •Customers •Employees •Registrar •Regulators •Investors

ISO 14001

•Subcontractors •Suppliers •Customers •Employees •Registrar •Regulators •Investors •Neighbors •Environmental groups •Insurers •The media •Anyone else concerned ©The National Graduate School of Quality Management v.5.2 • 10