Umweltmanagementsystem EN ISO 14001:2005

Warum ISO 14001?

Fördermittel und Verantwortung gegenüber der Umwelt. Dies sind die zwei Hauptgründe, warum sich ein Unternehmen entscheidet, das Umweltmanagementsystem anzuwenden. Andere weitere Gründe für die Einführung des Systems des Managements des Verhältnisses zur Umwelt gibt es nicht. Wir schätzen Unternehmen, die sich entscheiden, ihre Fertigung und die erbrachten Dienstleistungen so zu managen, dass sie ihren Einfluss auf die Umwelt minimieren.

Integration of ISO 14001 a ISO 9001

Integration des Managementsystems:

Beide Normen haben eine sehr ähnliche Struktur und trotz einer sehr unterschiedlichen Thematik haben sie vieles gemeinsam. Das integrierte Managementsystem bringt große Einsparungen mit sich, sowohl bei den internen Kosten (Humanressourcen, Integration von Prozessen und Entscheidungen), als auch für Beratungs- und Zertifizierungsdienstleistungen.

Dokumentationsmanagement:

Die Lösung ist eine gemeinsame Managementdokumentation, die entsprechend den Bedürfnissen und bestehenden Prozessen in einem Unternehmen strukturiert ist. Es ist also keine gesonderte Dokumentation entsprechend der Struktur beider Normen zu erstellen, sondern es sind lediglich die Anforderungen beider Normen in die bestehende Dokumentation einzuarbeiten.

Entwurf und Entwicklung:

Bei der Entwicklung neuer Produkte oder Dienstleistungen sind die gesetzlichen oder internen Vorschriften bezüglich des Einflusses der Fertigungsprozesse und des eigentlichen Produkts nach seinem Verkauf auf die Umwelt zu analysieren. Dasselbe Team, das die Erfüllung der Qualitätsanforderungen klärt, beurteilt gleichzeitig die Erfüllung von Umweltkriterien, analog erfolgt dann das Testen und Prüfen eines Prüfmusters oder einer Serie.

Bewertung der Leistungsfähigkeit von Prozessen:

Wenn ein Unternehmen die Kriterienbewertung der Leistungsfähigkeit von Prozessen effektiv nutzt, ist es nicht kompliziert, die Bewertung um Umweltkriterien zu erweitern und den Prozess integriert zu beurteilen.

Our approach to selected standard elements.

Environmental policy and legal requirements.

We are not among the companies that would only verify compliance with legal regulations. Environmental policy must include a vision and priorities which the company wants to be perceived by the wider community. We realize that environmental objectives beyond the legal requirements bring additional costs, but from our experience we know that good planning in the field of environment brings significant savings and allows to invest in the future. However, our auditors aim of legislation and other requirement compliance, whether existing or planned and are of great help, especially for small firms that fail to accurately determine the scope of legal requirements and their interpretation in practice.

Emergency preparedness and response.

This element we consider is very important in terms of prevention of damage, and unexpected costs. For the ideal fulfilment we consider well-prepared instructions and guidance, staff training and technical solutions. In particular, technical solutions to eliminate the human error factor and in dangerous operations we prefer their implementation as opposed to reliance on the human factor. Technical solution may lie in both the control systems, physical barriers or the transition to a more modern and less dangerous technologies.

Monitoring and measurement.

Recent technologies allow monitoring and analyzing the parameters of discharged substances into the environment. Price of a large number of measuring instruments is in the range of month cost of one employee, even though we know that there are a number of very expensive instruments, in particular, for continuous measurement. Investment in equipment has some quick returns.

Records.

Although we are not generally fans of generating large quantities of paper records in this area, we recommend long-term store as much data as possible from the measurements carried out. We recommend also making a written record in cases where the measured value is a substantial deviation. This entry should contain a description of the cause of deviation of the corrective measures.

Environmental accounting

What is environmental accounting?

It is an integrated system, when company amends its own accounting with regard to internal and external environmental costs. Do not differ significantly from management accounting, it is just a part of each expense and revenue is recorded parameter impact on the environment.

The use of environmental accounting in practice.

Environmental management accounting allows companies to see exactly what part of the total costs are associated with the environment, whether the costs incurred for their protection or on the costs associated with the various payments and fees. On the basis of collecting data top management can make better decisions about environmentally-oriented measures and investments, and changes in technology, to inform interest groups on environmental costs and benefits and identify the different environmental indicators.

Extension System.

This system at the microeconomic level is optional and not ISO 14001 standard requirement. For these reasons, still in practice is not common, but from our experience we know that many medium-sized companies have applied such method and positive assessment of the contribution arises. From a short future it is expected its further expansion.

ISO 14001 Audit.

Since the environmental management accounting is not required in ISO 14001, you do not have to worry about the negative audit results. Nevertheless, our auditors during the audit focus on the method of recording and analysing of the impacts of your company activity on the environment.

ISO 14001 a EN 16005

Protecting the environment goes hand in hand with saving energy. The new standard EN 16001 and ISO 50001 follow the structure established by ISO 14001 and appropriately complements it in the management of energy consumption.

EMAS and ISO 14005

EMAS covers environmental management systems in big enterprises and is very similar to the requirements of ISO 14001, but its application in practice is less frequent then certification according this standard. Perhaps because it is not a shortcut to ISO requirements and some cause greater administrative burden.