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Steps To Environmental Management (STEM)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.”
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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.
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3. Significant Environmental Impacts & Aspects Register
• Aspects: business activities• Impacts: Environmental
effects• Are they severe?• Are they likely?• Are they significant?
Register
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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.
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5. Data collection
• STEM uses CARBON FOOTPRINT as measure of environmental performance
• Carbon footprint is measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent
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STEM Blue - Summary
1. Management Commitment <2. Baseline Assessment <3. Significant Environmental Impacts <4. Draft Environmental Policy <5. Data Collection <
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Cherry on the top….
Blue Level: 1000125
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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!
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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
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What do you need to do now?
Register for SEBCH*:
email [email protected]
Download Assessment Form from SEBCH website
Complete it!
*
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Petersfield, Hampshire
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