AS/NZS ISO 14001 Environmental Aspects and Impacts Procedure

AS/NZS ISO 14001 Environmental Aspects and Impacts Procedure

This environmental aspects and impacts procedure can assist your business comply with AS/NZS ISO 14001, Environmental Management Systems clauses:

  • 6.1.2. Environmental Aspects.
  • 6.1.3. Compliance Obligations.

The procedure can assist you and your organization to develop and identify environmental aspects and impacts with products, services and activities.

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What is an AS/NZS ISO 14001 Environmental Aspects and Impacts Procedure?

An AS/NZS ISO 14001 environmental aspects and impacts procedure defines a process that is used to identify, assess, and control the environmental aspects and impacts of an organization’s activities, products, and services. It is a key element of an environmental management system, to outline the methodology for identifying environmental aspects relating to operations and for the determination of related impacts that may have actual or potential impacts on the environment.

An environmental aspects and impacts procedure should be tailored to its specific products, services, and activities. The procedure should be designed to identify, assess and control the organization’s environmental aspects and impacts and enable the organization to comply with applicable environmental laws and regulations, including any state specific environmental performance requirements.

What is the Framework for Analysing Environmental Aspects and Impacts?

With any good business, there is a need for a systematic and logical approach to analysing environmental aspects and impacts.

The framework for evaluating aspects and impacts of a project, product, or process can be divided into five main steps:

Environmental Aspects

1. Defining the scope.

2. Identifying the environmental aspects and impacts.

3. Analysing the environmental aspects and impacts and any related emergencies.

4. Deciding on controls for the environmental management system to enable aspects and impacts to be effectively managed.

5. Monitoring and reviewing the effectiveness of the controls.

New business activities should be assessed as to whether adverse or beneficial, to ensure that any changes to processes and operations do not result in adverse environmental impacts.

On occasions, where management does not have a degree of control or influence over information about significant environmental aspects, details should be recorded in the aspect and impact register or another document for management’s review.

Things to Consider When Identifying Actual and Potential Environmental Aspects and Impacts

All an organization’s activities must be considered when identifying actual and potential environmental aspects and impacts, for example:

  • Past environmental incidents and significant environmental aspects.
    Environmental Aspects and Impacts

                    General Types of Environmental Aspects and Impacts

  • Air emissions to the atmosphere.
  • Water usage and discharges to surface water groundwater and sewers.
  • Land contamination caused by spillages.
  • The production, reuse, 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.
  • 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 odours, particulates, lighting and pests.

Note: When identifying aspects and impacts, top management should consider all modes of operation (e.g. start-up, shutdown and emergency operations, etc.) which might introduce additional environmental aspects and impacts into the processes.

How to Assess Environmental Impacts

The assessment of the severity of an environmental aspect should drive management’s attention and support the planning for impact risk mitigation.

An assessment methodology should assign a rating to the identified aspect. This assessment can be comprised of the following five elements:

1. Legal Requirements.

2. Relevance to company policy.

3. Interested party concerns.

4. Potential to prevent pollution.

5. Potential to impact the environment.

Contents of this AS/NZS ISO 14001 Environmental Aspects and Impacts Procedure

  • Approval.
  • Purpose.
  • Scope.
  • Terms and Definitions.
  • Roles and Responsibilities.
  • Procedures.
  • Environmental Aspects and Impacts Management Process Overview.
  • Environmental Aspects and Impacts Process Activity Map.
  • Identification of Aspects.
  • Assessment of Impacts.
  • Impact Ratings.
  • Impact Treatment Options.
  • Reviews.
  • Reporting.
  • Monitoring.
  • Training.
  • Communication.
  • Aspects and Impacts Process Map.
  • Related Procedures, Forms and Documents.
  • Review Criteria.
  • Record Management.
  • References

Why Choose to Buy this AS/NZS ISO 14001 Environmental Aspects and Impacts Procedure?

This 13-page environmental aspects and impacts procedure will assist you and your organization to develop and identify environmental aspects and impacts with products, services and activities with consideration to:

  • The life cycle perspective concerning the supply chain.
  • Environmental impacts associated with product use and services.
  • Environmental impacts at end-of-life treatments and/or disposal.
  • The life cycle perspective of procured goods and services.
  • How to maintain documented information regarding aspects and significant impacts.
  • Prioritise the issues that could affect intended outcomes and interacts with the environment.
  • Enhance environmental performance and the requirements for an environmental improvement process.
  • Fulfil compliance with natural resources and increase sustainability with resources.
  • Achieve environmental objectives and legal compliance.
  • Implementing a policy and objectives for environmental system requirements and guide staff on aspects and impacts management
  • Support compliance to AS/NZS ISO 14001, environmental management systems requirements regarding aspects and impacts.

After purchasing this AS/NZS ISO 14001 environmental aspects and impacts procedure you will be able to:

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  • Use it in any industry or sector regardless of size or type of organization.

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