What is STEM? John Charnock-Wilson, Charnock Environmental

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Steps To Environmental Management (STEM)


What is an EMS?

The way to manage your environmental impacts

For example: • what do you do with

your waste?

• Do you watch how much electricity you use?

Continual improvement

Environmental Policy

Planning

Implementation and operation

Checking and corrective action

Management review

Deming Cycle


What is an EMS?

An EMS

• assesses your business' strengths and weaknesses

• helps you identify and manage significant environmental impacts

• saves you money by increasing efficiency

• ensures you comply with environmental legislation

• provides benchmarks for improvements

It is based on

• a formal Environmental Policy

• documentation and records

• compliance registers

• a culture of continual improvement

• regular reviews

• internal and/or external audits

• recognised standards


What is STEM?

• Step-by-step guide to implementing an EMS– Blue, Silver, Gold

• Introduction to environmental management• Designed specifically for SMEs• Compatible with ISO14001 & BS8555

• FREE


STEM - Benefits your business

• Enhances green credentials. • Reduces costs by removing inefficiencies. • Helps you maintain a legal business. • Prepares you for attaining the Carbon

Trust Standard, BS 8555 or ISO 14001.


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Three levels…

• Carbon Footprint• Reduce Impacts• Roles and Responsibilities• Communication and Training• Legal Requirements

• Review• Monitor and Measure• Reduce• Targets• Climate Change• Environmental Policy• Carbon Footprint• Report• Check and Review• Future Action Plan

• Management Commitment

• Baseline Assessment

• Significant Environmental Impacts

• Draft Environmental Policy

• Data Collection


EMS standards

•Aligns with 9001

•Internationally recognised

ISO 14001

•Recognised across Europe

EMAS

Carbon Trust Standard

•National standard

•Achieved through IEMA Acorn scheme

•Takes you through 6 stages (7th -> ISO 14001)

BS8555

•South East businesses only

•~ equivalent to stage 3 of BS8555

•Free, support from SEBCH team

STEM

- Real carbon reduction


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How could STEM help you?

Tenders/bids and PQQs require it

Be more environmentally friendly

Improve reputation

Minimise environmental liabilities

Maximise resource efficiencies / cut costs

Reduce waste

Customers are asking about it

Learn more about environmental management

Other – lower ins. premiums;less visits from the EA


Endorsements

• Carbon Trust “welcomes STEM because it will help [SMEs] start the journey to cutting their Carbon Footprint… and… achieve certification to the Carbon Trust Standard”

• IEMA “supports the STEM scheme…which is compatible with BS8555…”

• Kent CC “recommends STEM to businesses working to improve their environmental performance…Employing STEM shows you are serious… environmentally sustainable organisation.”


STEM Blue vs BS8555 & ISO14001

STEM BS 8555 ISO 14001

1:Management Commitment Phase 1 Stage 1 4.2. Environmental Policy4.4.1. Resources, roles, responsibility

and authority4.6 Management Review

2: Baseline Assessment Phase 1 Stage 2 A.1. Initial Environmental Review

3:Environmental Aspects and Impacts

Phase 3 Stage 1 4.3 Environmental Aspects

3: Significant Environmental Impacts

Phase 3 Stage 1 4.3 Environmental Aspects

4:Draft Environmental Policy 4.2 Environmental Policy

5: Data Collection Phase 1 Stage 4 4.5.1 Monitoring and measurement


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Getting started on STEM - Blue

Download STEM assessment form.

Links to documents and resources required.

Timeline >2+ weeks

Send form and

attachments to [email protected].


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1. Management Commitment


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2. Baseline Assessment

• What does your business do?

• Do you know all your environmental legal requirements

• Walk-round audit checklist

• Do you need a Site Plan?


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3. Significant Environmental Impacts

Identify environmental aspects & impacts

Aspect: The cause

Element of an organisation’s activities, products or services that can interact with the environment.

Impact: The effect

Any change to the environment, whether adverse or beneficial, resulting form an organisation’s activities, products or services.


3. Significant Environmental Impacts & Aspects Register

• Aspects: business activities• Impacts: Environmental

effects• Are they severe?• Are they likely?• Are they significant?

Register


Choose the top ones: 20:80 rule


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4. Draft Environmental Policy

Upload your Draft Environmental Policy

Key features of a policy:• Covers the main environmental issues of the business• Commitment to continuous improvement• Commitment to preventing pollution• Commitment to comply with legislation• Makes clear commitments• Is clearly written and concise• Up-to-date • Senior management commitmentLook at others

Draft only…it will develop as you learn more about your business’s interaction with the environment.


5. Data collection

• STEM uses CARBON FOOTPRINT as measure of environmental performance

• Carbon footprint is measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent


STEM Blue - Summary

1. Management Commitment <2. Baseline Assessment <3. Significant Environmental Impacts <4. Draft Environmental Policy <5. Data Collection <


Cherry on the top….

Blue Level: 1000125


STEM Silver – 5 steps

6. Carbon Footprint – calculate & control <7. Environmental Impacts – steps to reduce <8. Legal requirements – catalogue & comply <9. Roles &responsibilities – agree & assign <

10. Training & communication – needs identified <Checklists to help with each step!


STEM Silver vs. BS8555 & ISO14001

6: Carbon Footprint Phase 1 Stage 2 Phase 3 Stage 4

4.5.1 Monitoring and measurement

7: Reduce Phase 3 Stage 3 4.3.3 Objectives, targets and programmes

8: Roles and Responsibilities Phase 1 Stage 1 Phase 1 Stage 5

4.4.1. Resources, roles, responsibility and authority

9: Communication and Training

Phase 1 Stage 6 4.4.2 Competence, training and awareness 4.4.3 Communication

10: Legal Requirements Phase 2 4.3.2 Legal and other requirements


What do you need to do now?

Register for SEBCH*:

email [email protected]

Download Assessment Form from SEBCH website

Complete it!

*

mailto:[email protected]


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What is STEM? John Charnock-Wilson, Charnock Environmental