• Environmental policy ・Develop a statement of your organization痴 commitment to the environment. Use this policy as a framework for planning and action.
• Environmental aspects ・Identify environmental attributes of your products, activities and services. Determine those that could have significant impacts on the environment.
• Legal and other requirements ・Identify and ensure access to relevant laws and regulations, as well as other requirements to which your organization adheres.
• Objectives and targets ・Establish environmental goals for your organization, in line with your policy, environmental impacts, the views of interested parties and other factors.
• Environmental management program ・Plan actions necessary to achieve your objectives and targets.
• Structure and responsibility ・Establish roles and responsibilities for environmental management and provide appropriate resources.
• Training, awareness and competence ・Ensure that your employees are trained and capable of carrying out their environmental responsibilities.
• Communication ・Establish processes for internal and external communications on environmental management issues.
• EMS documentation ・Maintain information on your EMS and related documents.
• Document control ・Ensure effective management of procedures and other system documents.
• Operational control ・Identify, plan and manage your operations and activities in line with your policy, objectives and targets.
• Emergency preparedness and response ・Identify potential emergencies and develop procedures for preventing and responding to them.
• Monitoring and measurement ・Monitor key activities and track performance. Conduct periodic assessments of compliance with legal requirements.
• Nonconformance and corrective and preventive action ・Identify and correct problems and prevent their recurrence.
• Records ・Maintain and manage records of EMS performance.
• EMS audit ・Periodically verify that your EMS is operating as intended.
• Management review ・Periodically review your EMS with an eye to continual improvement.