Nigel Carter EMASEasy TM – a tool for small and micro-businesses to achieve ISO 14001.
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Nigel Carter
EMASEasyTM
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a tool for small and micro-businesses to achieve ISO 14001
• The author - Heinz-Werner Engel• A background in collective and co-operative
working• SMEs – the problems• Eco-mapping – a visual tool
Low cost Model
‘ISOeasy’ – the basic
Visual
Briefer/easier documentation
Needs all staff involvement
Fits in with company protocols
Leverages existing practice
80% of information is ‘on the spot?
Based on Eco-mapping
2 pages for environmental report
+ 6 easy routines+ 2 page manual
PLAN DO CHECK ACT
EMAS easy = informal to formal
1. locality
2. water
3. soil and storage
4. energy
5. air, odours, litter, noise
6. waste
7. risk
7 environmental themes
Evaluate and actEvaluate and act
Preparation of the Eco-mapEssential material7 site maps on a page of A4 (Google Earth?)Red pens/crayonscamera
What to look for?equipmentbehaviour
How to mark up the maps ?Use hierarchical symbols
When a problem is identified, consider what solution might be possible
Stack monitoring; VOC consumption & storage
Employee PPE; cleanliness; materials handling
Compressor drainage; leak check; monitor
Storage – what?; packaging; flammables?
Urinal/tap leak check; cisterns
Power tools/airlines – leak check
Product storage – open containers; flammables
General materials handling; vehicle exhausts
Heating & lighting – use and appropriateness
Car Body Repair Shop
Waste
Weather map: getting opinions
What do employees think?
Understand awareness and training need
Consider the comments/problems
Is the work force motivated?
Weather map – getting opionons
Office view
Management views
General point of view
waterdustMotivation and availability
of environmental info
ISO 14001, chapitres 4.3.1. et 4.3.2.
Identification of material flows
Measurement of flowsEvaluation of importance
Categorisation of flowsEvaluation of potential
impacts
Incoming Outgoing
EMASEasy has -
• Taken eco-mapping to a more sophisticated level
• Synthesised with ISO 14001/EMAS• Demonstrated the ability to deliver speedier,
potentially more cost-effective certification/verification than traditional approaches
Needs..
• Clusters• Sector specific groups (not mutually dependent)• Consultant costs per company kept low
(Local expertise - Trevor Muddimer and Richard Bromley)
Wins
• More than 50 EU companies certified to ISO 14001 or publishing verified environmental statements
• Audit time is not people dependent –certification in 0.5/1 day
• Audit costs potentially as low as £800-1000• Opportunities for mentoring/auditing within
cluster
The end