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Elements of Environmental Management Systems
Legal and other requirements - Identify and ensure access to relevant laws and regulations, as well as other requirements to which your organization adheres. Objectives and targets - Establish environmental goals for your organization, in line with your policy, environmental impacts, the views of interested parties and other factors. Environmental management program - Plan actions necessary to achieve your objectives and targets. Structure and responsibility - Establish roles and responsibilities for environmental management and provide appropriate resources. Training, awareness and competence - Ensure that your organization's employees are trained and capable of carrying out their environmental responsibilities. Communication - Establish processes for internal and external communications on environmental management issues. EMS documentation - Maintain information on your organization's EMS and related documents. Document control - Ensure effective management of procedures and other system documents. Operational control - Identify, plan and manage your organization's operations and activities in line with your organization's policy, objectives and targets. Emergency preparedness and response - Identify potential emergencies and develop procedures for preventing and responding to them. Monitoring and measurement - Monitor key activities and track performance. Conduct periodic assessments of compliance with legal requirements. Nonconformance and corrective and preventive action - Identify and correct problems and prevent their recurrence. Records - Maintain and manage records of EMS performance. EMS audit - Periodically verify that your organization's EMS is operating as intended. Management review - Periodically review your organization's EMS with an eye to continual improvement.
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