EMS Implementation
- Obtain commitment from top management
- Define responsibilities, appoint management representative(s), establish EMS steering committee, develop implementation plan, initial training on EMS.
- Planning
- Identify environmental aspects, legal and other requirements.
- Identify environmental impacts
- Formulate environmental policy
- Establish environmental objectives, targets and programs.
- Implementation and operation
- Develop documentation and processes
- Checking
- Develop processes for monitoring and measurement and corrective and preventive action.
- Establish internal audit program
- Evaluate conformity to requirements of ISO14001 including evaluation of compliance.
- Follow up internal audit with improvements to system
- Conduct initial management review of EMS
- Implement improvements from management review
