Developing Consultant Level Capability in Implementing ISO-14001 Environment Management Standard

This program is applicable to any organization that wishes to...

• Implement, maintain and improve an environmental management system;
• Assure itself of its conformance with its stated environmental policy;
• Demonstrate such conformance to others;
• Seek certification/registration of its environmental management system by an external organization;
• Make a self-determination and self-declaration of conformance with this international standard.

Including those planning analysis and auditing of...

• The environmental policy of the organization
• The nature of its activities and the conditions in which it operates

Program Content

Implementation requirements, checklists and environmental auditing covering... ISO-14001's...

Environmental Management System (EMS) Principles And Elements, Commitment And Policy

Commitment And Policy

• Top Management Commitment And Leadership
• Initial Environmental Review
• Environmental Policy
• Planning
• Identification Of Environmental Aspects And Evaluation Of Associated Environmental Impact
• Evaluate Significance Of Impacts
• Legal And Other Requirements
• Internal Performance Criteria
• Environmental Objectives And Targets
• Environmental Management Program

Implementation

• Ensuring Capability
• Resources - Human, Physical And Financial
• EMS Alignment And Integration
• Accountability And Responsibility
• Environmental awareness and motivation
• Knowledge, skills and training
• Support action
• Communication and reporting
• EMS documentation
• Operational control
• Emergency preparedness and response

Measurement and evaluation

• Measuring and monitoring (ongoing performance)
• Corrective and preventive action
• EMS records and information management
• Audits of the environmental management system

Review and improvement

• Review of the environmental management system
• Continual improvement

Program Recommendations (Workshop)

Individualized Action Plan for the Participant (Workshop)