Environmental management E363 lecture 10 TQEMISO

E363 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT Dr.. WHAT IS TQEM/TQM?TQEM - Total Quality Environmental Management TQM – Total Quality Management Focus on “doing it right the first time” “doing it better

E363 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Dr Nguyen Thi Hoang Lien

nguyenthihoanglien@hus.edu.vn

LECTURE 10 – TQEM, ISO

WHAT IS TQEM/TQM?

TQEM - Total Quality Environmental Management

TQM – Total Quality Management

Focus on “doing it right the first time” “doing

it better the second and third times” (Kanter,

1997; Hammer, 1996)

Used as a construct for simplifying the implementation of global metastandards for environmental management developed by the ISO

WHAT IS ISO?

• ISO – the International Standardization

Organization

• Has developed auditable conformance standards that are designed to enhance product quality (the ISO 9000 series) and the environmental quality (the ISO 14000 series)

WHAT IS ISO 14000

• ISO 14000 is a series of international standards

on environmental management

• ISO 14000 provides a framework for the development of an environmental management system and the supporting audit program

ISO 14000

EMS – Environmental Management System

EIA – Environmental Impact Assessment

EA – Environmental Auditing

LCA – Life Cycle Assessment

ISO 14000 SERIES STANDARDS

• ISO 14001 specifies a framework of control for

an Environmental Management System

• ISO 14004 provides guidance on the development and implementation of environmental management systems

• ISO 14010 provides general principles of environmental auditing (now superseded by ISO 19011)

• ISO 14011 provides specific guidance on audit

an environmental management system (now superseded by ISO 19011)

• ISO 14012 provides guidance on qualification criteria for environmental auditors and lead auditors (now superseded by ISO 19011)

• ISO 14013/5 provides audit program review and assessment material

• ISO 14020+ labeling issues

• ISO 14030+ provides guidance on performance targets and monitoring within an Environmental Management System

• ISO 14040+ covers life cycle issues

WHAT MUST A COMMUNITY DO TO

HAVE AN EMS THAT MEETS ISO

14001?

• A policy statement which includes commitments

to prevention of pollution, continual improvement

of the EMS leading to improvements in overall environmental performance, and compliance with all applicable statutory and regulatory requirements

• Identification of all aspects of the community organization's activities, products, and services that could have a significant impact on the environment, including those that are not regulated

• Setting performance objectives and targets for the management system which link back to the three commitments established in the community or organization's policy (i.e prevention of pollution, continual improvement, and compliance)

• Implementing the EMS to meet these objectives This includes activities like training

of employees, establishing work instructions and practices, and establishing the actual

• Establishing a program to periodically audit the operation of the EMS

• Checking and taking corrective and preventive actions when deviations from the EMS occur, including periodically evaluating the organization's compliance with applicable regulatory requirements

• Undertaking periodic reviews of the EMS by top management to ensure its continuing performance and making adjustments to it, as necessary