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Environmental Management System

AnnaKarin Unger

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Växjö’s need for an EMS

• To get control over all resources, not only the financial

• To systematize and get a more efficient work with environmental issues

• To increase environmental awareness among both politicians and administration

• To set a good example

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ecoBUDGET

• An EMS for politically steered organisations

• Covers the geographical area as well as the organisation

• An imitation of the financial budget system

• Contains no monetary values• Flexible system with few

restrictions

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ecoBUDGET cornerpillars

Steering documents

Ambitions in environmental issues?

Ecological budget (adopted by the assembly)

What are our targets?

Internal budgets and action plans

(boards & municipality owned companies)

PlanPlan

Routines for EMS- Political directives- Organisation- Responsibilities- Quality assurance

DoDo

CheckCheck

Half year account and annual account

Sums up work and data

Work according to action plans and gather data

ActAct

How to improve?

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Integration in the financial system

Municipality budget

Boards and companies

Assembly

Internal budgets &

actionplans

Half year account

Annual report

Annual account

Half year account

•Assembly targets

•Board and company specific targets

Budget material

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Internal budget and action plan 

 

Fossil Fuel Free Växjö

Stefan Blomkvist33364462Tonnes CO2 Fossil CO2 emissions from transport and service

Responsible boss

Plan2010

Budget2006

Result2003

Result 1999

UnitIndicator

Decreased CO2 –

emissions by 2,84 tonnes

+2 916400 0002006-12-31Ingvar EekDuring 2006 two gasoline cars will be exchanged to renewable fuels

Decreased CO2 –

emissions by 2,64 tonnes

9 10020 0002006-12-31Stefan BlomkvistEcoDriving education for newly employed staff and staff who did not attend the last education (15 persons)

How much the action contributes to reach the budgeted target

Calculated economic saving for the action (SEK)

Costs for the actions in 2006 (SEK)

Date when the action is to be completed

Responsible staff

Action to reach the budget 2006

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Budget indicators (1)

• Area of ecologic agriculture in relation to total agriculture area (%)

• Biologic treatment of organic waste (tonne)• Use of printing/copying paper (sheets)• Purchase of ecologic foods in relation to total foods (%)• Protected land area in relation to total land area (%)• Area of productive forest maintained according to FSC or

corresponding in relation to total productive forest (%)• Nitrogen and phosphorus emissions to the Mörrum river

(tonne)

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Budget indicators (2)

• Share of city-close pastureland owned by the municipality that is grazed (%)

• Emissions of fossil CO2 per inhabitant (kg/inh)• Use of electricity per inhabitant (kWh/inh)• Number of cyclists per day in a measuring point (no.)• Number of travels per year by public transports in the

city (no.)• Number of travels per year by public transports in the

county (no.)• Use of mineral oil for heating in the municipal

administration (m3)• Emissions of fossil CO2 from transports in the municipal

administration (tonne)

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Type of indicators

Geographical indicators •Public city transports (journeys with public city buses/year)•Area of ecologic agriculture in relation to total agriculture area (%) (%)

Common indicators•Fossil carbon dioxide emissions from transports and service (tonnes CO2/year)•Use of oil for heating (m3)

Sector specific indicators•Nitrogen and phosphorus emissions to the Mörrum river drainage area (tonnes/year)

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Presentation of annual account

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Environmental report

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Challenges with ecoBUDGET

• The terminology

• Integration with other steering documents

• Internal/ external audit

• Too flexible system

• Management system

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Advantages with ecoBUDGET

• Continuous arena for environmentalContinuous arena for environmentaldiscussionsdiscussions

•Financial integration gives statusFinancial integration gives status

• Systematic in planning, Systematic in planning, implementation and follow-up of the implementation and follow-up of the environmental resultsenvironmental results

• Enhances the knowledgeEnhances the knowledge

• Cross-departmental contactsCross-departmental contacts

• Flexible systemFlexible system

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Future

• Improve the EMS by tackling challenges

• Integrate democracy issues, equality issues, integration issues, health and child issues

• Inspire other municipalities to use ecoBUDGET

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Thank you for listening!