Description
What are Environmental Aspects and Impacts?
The Australian standard for environmental management systems provides the explanation below for an organization’s environmental aspects and their impacts on the environment.
Environmental Aspects
Can be described as elements of an organization’s activities or products or services that interact (or can interact) with the environment.
Environmental Impacts
Can be described as changes to the environment, whether adverse or beneficial, wholly or partially, resulting from environmental aspects.
All an organization’s activities should be considered when identifying actual and potential environmental aspects and impacts, with consideration to:
- Past environmental incidents.
- Emissions to air.
- Water usage and discharges to surface water groundwater and sewers.
- Land contamination caused by spillages.
- The production, re-use, recycling and disposal of controlled and special wastes.
- The storage and management of materials.
- Activities upon local ecology of operations, sites and premises.
- Environmental noise.
- Natural resources.
- Energy use and management thereof.
- Use of transport and vehicles.
- Legal issues and other regulatory requirements.
- Raw materials and packaging.
- Office activities.
- Landscaping and infrastructure.
- Other relevant issues such as water pollution, odours, particulates, lighting and pests.
In addition, all business activities should be assessed to ensure that any changes to processes and operations do not result in adverse significant impacts.
About this Environmental Aspects and Impact Control Worksheet
This aspects and impacts control worksheet can be used to identify the environmental aspects and their impacts that pertain to your business operations, legal obligations and customer requirements. For each identified aspect, the environmental impacts, operating conditions and perceived significance can be summarised to provide a list of the necessary controls.
Once completed, you would have a comprehensive record of control measures to limit potential impacts and risks that may affect your business or your environmental management system’s conformity.
Note: The worksheet already has some great examples of environmental controls in place too.
Why Download this Environmental Aspects and Impact Controls Worksheet?
This 6-page environmental aspects and impact control worksheet can be used to assist you identify some of the environmental aspects and their subsequent impacts that pertain to your business operations, obligations and customer requirements.
With this environmental aspects and impact control worksheet you will be able to:
- Very easily edit and customize the template to create your own environmental aspects and impact control worksheet.
- Apply your own style, format and brand to the environmental aspects and impact control worksheet.
- Use it in any industry or sector regardless of size or type of organization.
Availability and Use of this Environmental Aspects and Impact Controls Worksheet
- This environmental aspects and impact controls worksheet is accessible to you right now by clicking the ‘Download Template’ button or the ‘Download Through Checkout’ button.
- No payment is required for this worksheet and it will be delivered to you in fully editable Microsoft Word format for immediate and full use in your business.
- There are no subscriptions, contracts or ongoing costs.
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