| dc.contributor.advisor | Raftery, Noel | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Valentine, Jane | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-21T11:10:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-03-21T11:10:16Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1997 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Valentine, J. (1997). Environmental management systems. MSc, Institute of Technology, Sligo | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://research.thea.ie/handle/20.500.12065/655 | |
| dc.description | All organisations make some contribution to the degradation of the
environment through their use of resources and production of waste.
Environmental management systems (EMS) standards can provide a tool for
companies to systematically reduce their environmental impacts. ISO 14001
was published in 1996. This fitted in with plans of the case study company to
take proactive action in this area, even though there was no legislative
requirement for them to do so.
As EMS implementation was a new area at the time, appropriate
methodologies were developed to address different aspects of the
implementation, and ISO 14001 was successfully implemented in the company.
The results of the primary research included:
♦ Drawing up a methodology for identifying and interpreting the
environmental legislation that may have an impact on the organisation and
compiling a register of such regulations.
♦ Developing a robust methodology for assessing significant environmental
aspects and impacts and applying this to the software company.
♦ Establishing objectives and targets for those aspects identified as significant
and implementing environmental management programmes to meet these.
♦ Developing an internal environmental audit procedure based on auditing
against the significant aspects.
♦ Integrating areas of the EMS with the existing quality management system
in order to avoid duplication of effort.
♦ Undergoing an external assessment process in order to achieve certification
of the system.
The thesis concludes that the systematic approach defined in ISO 14001
provided a mechanism that the organisation was able to adopt to bring about
improvement in its environmental performance. The system was based on a
thorough evaluation of the organisation's significant environmental aspects in
order to bring about a reduction in its negative impacts. The ISO 14001
requirement for continual improvement is the key driver of the system, and
this is what differentiates it from ISO 9000. | en |
| dc.format | PDF | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.subject | Environmental management | en |
| dc.title | Environmental management systems implementation | en |
| dc.type | Master thesis (research) | en |
