Procedure for identifying environmental aspects & effects
Procedure for identifying environmental aspects & effects
1. PURPOSE:
This procedure is established to make a common approach to identify and analyze the significant environmental aspects of the company.
2. SCOPE:
This procedure applies to every division in the company.
3. RESPONSIBILITY:
3.1. The heads of divisions are responsible for identifying the significant environmental aspects for the whole company.
3.2. Project division is responsible for analyzing those aspects.
4. PROCEDURE CONTENTS:
4.1. The order for identifying the environmental aspects:
The heads of divisions are responsible for identifying the aspects, following the steps mentioned in the enclosed form.
• List all the work that their divisions are responsible, based on considering the input and output of the work, product or service.
• As for each work, product or service, the manager must classify different situations: normal, unnormal or urgent.
• When examining the condition of an environmental aspect, the following should be considered:
- Emission
- Effluent
- Waste
- Earth pollution
- The use of natural resources.
• These environmental aspects after being determined must be presented to the board representative for approval.
4.2. The order for identifying significant environmental aspects:
• To identify these aspects, use the point table based on: magnitude level, spread level, effect level (appendix 1: Point indicators of environmental aspects)
• Use the following equation to analyze the significance level of those aspects:
Significance level = (magnitude level) x (spread level) x (effect level)
• The factors that affect the environment will be evaluated based on the significance point.
- Significance level: Not considerable, Corrective action: No need, Points: 1 – 11.
- Significance level: high, Corrective action: Need managing and improving, Points: 12 – 17.
- Significance level: Very high, Corrective action: Need actions at once, Point: 18.
4.3. Situations in which significance point table of environmental aspects need changing:
• Change in working process
• Change in technology
• Change in product range
• Change in service provided
• Change in legal requirement.
• Complaint from customers, society, local government or employee…..
The improvement of environmental activities will be shown through new goal and objective of the environment management system.
5. REFERENCE DOCUMENTATION/ FORMS USED:
• Procedure for exchanging information on environment.
• Environment management program
• Procedure for setting goal, objective and the environment management program.
• Procedure for documentation and record control.
• Procedure for identifying legal and other requirements.
• List of significant environmental aspects.
6. RECORDS:
• Table of identifying the significant environmental aspects.
• List of significant environmental aspects.
• List of legal and other requirements.
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