ISO 14000|EMS as per ISO 14001|Benifits and Barriers EMS 3-1|Environmental protection and management

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Environmental Protection and Management
Environmental Management Standards:
Unique Characteristics of Environmental Problems -
Systems approach to Corporate environmental management - Classification of Environmental
Impact Reduction Efforts -Business Charter for Sustainable Production and Consumption - Tools,
Business strategy drivers and Barriers - Evolution of Environmental Stewardship. Environmental
Management Principles - National policies on environment, abatement of pollution and conservation
of resources - Charter on Corporate responsibility for Environmental protection.
Environmental Management Objectives:
Environmental quality objectives - Rationale of
Environmental standards: Concentration and Mass standards, Effluent and stream standards,
Emission and ambient standards, Minimum national standards, environmental performance
evaluation: Indicators, benchmarking. Pollution control Vs Pollution Prevention - Opportunities and
Barriers - Cleaner production and Clean technology, closing the loops, zero discharge technologies
Environmental Management SystemEMAS: ISO 14000 - EMS as per ISO 14001- benefits and
barriers of EMS - Concept of continual improvement and pollution prevention - environmental
policy - initial environmental review - environmental aspect and impact analysis - legal and other
requirements- objectives and targets - environmental management programs - structure and
responsibility - training awareness and competence- communication - documentation and
document control - operational control - monitoring and measurement - management review.
Environmental Audit: Environmental management system audits as per ISO 19011- - Roles and
qualifications of auditors - Environmental performance indicators and their evaluation - Non
conformance - Corrective and preventive actions -compliance audits - waste audits and waste
minimization planning - Environmental statement (form V) - Due diligence audit
Applications of EMS : Waste Audits and Pollution Prevention opportunities in Textile , Sugar, Pulp
& Paper, Electroplating, , Tanning industry, Dairy, Cement, Chemical industries, etc. Trans boundary
movement, disposal, procedures, of hazardous wastes.