Quality management

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.

Related documents:

1. ISO 14000 procedures

2. ISO 14000 checklist

3. ISO 14000 standard

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