Think management system• Personnel Management System

• Financial Management System

• Risk Management System

• Environmental Management System

Performance based management system to:

• Increase environmental performance on daily business activities

• Reduce environmental costs by identifying risks and implementing best practices

• Greater efficiency and control over the organization’s environmental performance

Success requires:

• Top-down commitment on a regular basis

• Employee buy-in thru use of cross functional teams

• Auditing program reviewed by senior management

Compliance with relevant laws and regulations

Prevention of pollution

Continual improvement

COMPLY

P PR OE LV LE UN TT I O N

IMPROVE

ENV.POLICY

Reviewing the organizational environmental goals

Analyzing your environmental impacts and legal requirements

Setting environmental objectives and targets to reduce environmental impacts and comply with legal requirements

Establishing programs to meet these objectives and targets  

Monitor and measure progress in achieving the objectives

Ensure employees’ environmental awareness and competence

Review progress of the EMS through auditing and implement improvements

Continual improvementact

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plan

Cost savings Avoid future legal liabilities Reduce insurance

premiums Improved bond

ratings

Savings: $116,533• Bus idling monitoring campaign

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Boston, MA

Annual Savings: $814,000• Operating procedures, reduced bus idling

time, print shop issues

Utah Transit Authority

Annual Savings: $2,162,000• Reduced equipment idling time, reclaimed

water, water meter charge savings

City of San Diego

Benefits

Conserved 134 million gallons of water during 2005 by fixing water leaks

Saved approximately $655,000 in water costs at NJ Marine Terminals.

Executed contracts that will achieve the largest air quality improvement in the country

• Reduced NOx emissions resulting from these programs could exceed 400 tons per year

Benefits

Port Authority of PORTLAND

Quick pay reduced idling by 79% - an estimated 2.26 tons/yr CO

3% of PDX and 5% of Marine electric power from wind-generated sources

Water project provided 360,160 gallons of water savings per year

Savings: $42,000• Reduced tipping fees and recycling rebates • 3,100 tons recycled (50% of solid waste) in one

year, including 260 tons of cardboard

Orange County Convention Center

Savings: $300,000• Operational savings, $66,000 of energy

conservation

Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon

EMS helps avoid future liability EMS promotes better working

relationships with regulators Ensures organizations a better

understanding of their legal requirements Provides a consistent method for finding the

root causes of non-compliance

EMSs help reduce environmental and workplace safety & security risks

EMS approach has created verifiable, credible environmental results that have led to better overall organizational environmental performance

An EMS has the potential to significantly influence financial institutions as they assess risk

#1 Top Management Commitment, Visibility and Involvement

An EMS cannot succeed without the full support and backing of senior management

Commitment can be difficult to obtain where there is lack of understanding of the standard and the benefits

#2 Strong Implementation Team Essential for development and implementation

of the EMS policy and procedures Needed to assemble the various working teams Should have specialized training and knowledge Responsibilities and authorities of this team

need to be defined and supported by management

#3 An Informed and Involved Workforce

Successful implementation of an EMS requires the input and action of employee teams across the organization

Training on EMS should begin immediately upon the decision to implement