Environmental Management Systems (EMS) by URSCorporation

Environmental Management Systems (EMS)

Environmental Management Systems (EMS) “Achieving sound environmental performance requires organisational commitment to a systematic approach and to continual improvement of an Environmental Management System (EMS)” (BS EN ISO:14004) • Have you identified all of your environmental aspects? • How do you know which to prioritise? • How do you keep up with changes in environmental legislation? • What is the impact of failing to meet your environmental obligations? • How can you continually improve? • What difference does the new ISO 14001 standard make to your business? An EMS is a structured framework to help businesses and organisations identify, prioritise and manage their environmental impacts, with the aim of legal compliance and continual improvement. EMS’ have gained popularity since their first introduction in the early 1990s and they are now widely adopted. An EMS can provide a number of benefits to both public and private sector organisations. These include: •• A structured approach to the identification and management of environmental aspects and risks •• Resource efficiency and cost savings •• Legal compliance •• Stakeholder engagement •• Demonstrations of commitment and responsibility to key clients, regulators and the public •• Increasingly valuable as a pre-requisite for doing business. ISO 14001 is an internationally recognised framework for the development, implementation and maintenance

of an EMS. Recent revisions have made significant changes to the 2004 standard. These include the role of top management, the business strategy, procurement, environmental design, demonstrating environmental compliance and the use of performance indicators. Whether you want to develop an in-house system to align with the ISO 14001 standard, or you want to understand the implications of the changes made by ISO 14001:2015, URS can help. We have over 20 years’ experience of providing EMS support services to a wide range of industrial, corporate and public sector clients. We are recognised for our technical breadth and depth of knowledge, our pragmatism and business-minded approach and for our ability to understand how to tailor EMS’ to each business that we support. We have a substantial team of EMS professionals worldwide, supported by URS’ global network of scientists, engineers and specialists across all major disciplines. We develop and implement bespoke EMS’, together with internationally certified ISO 14001 and EMAS systems. Our EMS services include gap analysis, aspect and impact identification, internal audits, training, legislative updates, compiling and updating documentation and the integration of EMS with health, safety, quality and energy management systems.

OUR EXPERIENCE EMS Support to a Major Highways Project URS has a key role in the delivery of one of the largest highway construction projects in the UK. It aims to improve the local area by relieving road congestion, improving accessibility, maximising local development and regional economic growth opportunities, improving public transport links and encouraging cycling and walking. URS is providing EMS documentation, supporting EMS development, advising on systems implementation, undertaking independent compliance audits, supporting the development and implementation of environmental management plans, developing a Construction and Operation Code of Practice for Environmental Management, monitoring site impacts, ensuring appropriate mitigation is identified and implemented, and providing support in obtaining environmental permits and consents.

EMS Compliance Support URS is providing environmental compliance support to a multi-national cement company. This work includes a gap analysis of the compliance status of operations at the client’s portfolio of bulk cement handling terminals. URS developed a bespoke audit checklist which interrogated the site’s compliance with environmental legislation, the site’s lease agreement and the client’s EMS. URS utilised this questionnaire during an audit of a pilot site, the findings of which were conveyed to the client during a feedback meeting and used to extend the audit programme to the wider portfolio of terminals.

Aspect and Impact Assessments Following a series of ISO 14001 certification audits, URS assessed the environmental aspects and impacts of 28 regional depots of a large electricity distribution company. The depots are located across the breadth of the United Kingdom and their operations include electricity network planning, design, control, administration and customer service, storage of equipment and materials and the operation of vehicles and plant. Each assessment comprised the visual observation of site operations, interviews with site personnel, the completion of a bespoke scoring matrix and assessing the significance of each environmental impact.

SPECIALIST SERVICES •• Energy Management (ESOS, ISO 50001) •• Waste / Sustainable Resource Management •• Environmental Due Diligence •• Environment, Health and Safety Compliance •• Auditing •• Engineering Services •• Ecology •• Planning •• BREEAM

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT: Bob Hudson Technical Director Direct: +44 (0)113 204 5126 bob.hudson@urs.com David Smith Technical Director Direct: +44 (0)20 7821 4375 david.n.smith@urs.com

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