ems: the new black

EMS: The New Black

Dennis SassevillePRIZIM Inc.

and UNH Manchester

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Where Are We Headed on This Journey?

Answer: Sustainability

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Sustainability - Which Term? Which Concept? By Any Other Name….

SustainabilitySustainable DevelopmentCorporate Social Responsibility (CSR)GreeningStewardshipConservationCarrying CapacityIndustrial EcologyDeep EcologyNatural CapitalismEnvironmental EthicsOthers? 3Dennis Sasseville – EMS: The New Black

What Is Sustainability for the Business World?

Sustainability in practice can be seen as the art of doing business in an interdependent world.

Andrew W. SavitzThe Triple Bottom Line

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Premise for Business:

Financial profitability is no longer the sole measure of business success.

A sustainable business model recognizes the responsibility to operate in a social, environmentally and economically sound fashion.

The basis for the “triple bottom line” (TBL)


Environmental

Social Economic

Sustainability

The Basis for the Triple Bottom Line


Triple Bottom Line:

TBL concept started in the mid 1990s with Royal Dutch Shell and their desire to learn from the public relations disaster of Brent Spar, a obsolete floating oil platform that the company wanted to sink in deep water in the North Sea.

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Triple Bottom Line:

In searching for greater transparency with its stakeholders, Royal Dutch Shell decided to work toward a public reporting system where environmental and social information would be reported to the same standards as financial data.

The “bottom line” became the “triple bottom line”


The Stakeholder Challenges Are ManyThree categories of stakeholders:


Savitz & Weber 2006

The Wisdom of a Management System Approach for Sustainability:

A Focus on Process: A process is a group of activities, not just one. The activities that make up a process are not random

or ad hoc; they are related and organized. A process also can be viewed as a “value chain,” in

which each activity or step contributes to the end result.


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In business, Management Systems are how we get organized – get things done:

The Foundation of a Management System: “P-D-C-A” CyclePDCA Cycle: Plan: Identify an opportunity and plan for change. Do: Implement the change on a small scale. Check: Use data to analyze the results of the change

and determine whether it made a difference. Act: If the change was successful, implement it on a

wider scale and continuously assess your results. If the change did not work, begin the cycle again.


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An Environmental Management System (EMS)?

A system for addressing the environmental policies, objectives, procedures, principles, authority, responsibility, accountability and implementation of an organization’s means for managing its environmental affairs.

Can be defined a number of ways; but over the past 10+ years ISO 14001 has become the international standard for EMS.

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The EMS Model – Five Basic Steps

Environmental Policy Statement

(Your vision. What you stand for.)

Continual Improvement

Planning(Your roadmap.

How you are going to get there.)

Implementation & Control(Make it happen. Get on with it.)

Checking and Corrective Action(What has been achieved. What needs more work.)

Management Review(Lessons learned. Affect change.)

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An Environmental Management System Should Be:

Adaptable to your business operations and your culture

Help break down stovepipes and barriers Flexible: change as your organization changes


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How Do You Get an EMS Started?

Select Environmental/Sustainability Team (5 – 6 individuals are optimal)

Convene 1st meeting. Determine: Timetable Team roles & responsibilities Team “rules” EMS standard to be followed

Draft environmental/sustainability policy statement and get approved and signed by top management

Identify your activities, aspects and impacts Determine “significant” for prioritization purposes Select a group of initial Objects & Targets to pursue


Objectives and Targets

The engine that drives EMS forward


What is the difference between an objective and a target?

Objective – a statement of desired intent

Target – By how much, to what degree, and by when you want to achieve the objective


Policy – tells you in what direction you want to go

Objective – gives you a general destination

Target – tells you how you will know when you arrive


“SMART” Targets

S – Specific

M– Measurable

A – Attainable, Achievable

R – Realistic

T – Timely, Established Timeframe

Objectives and Targets - Example

Activity: Hazardous waste storage

Aspect/concern: Exposure by employees or neighbors

Potential Impact: Health issues Objective: Reduce or eliminate exposures to

hazardous wastes Targets:

By the end of 2009, reduce use of hazardous substance by 40%

By mid 2010 find non-toxic substitutes for all hazardous chemicals so waste isn’t generated and waste storage becomes unnecessary.


Activity: Corporate Travel – Air & Vehicles

Aspect/concern: Contribution of CO2 and GHGs

Potential Impact: Climate Change/Air Quality Concerns Objective: Reduce our carbon footprint Targets:

Form internal working group by Sept 2009 Conduct a carbon footprint study by Dec 2009 Implement measures leading to a 30% reduction of

CO2 in CY 2010 Management to conduct a progress review in mid

2010


Activity: Procurement Process

Aspect/concern: Our environmental impact/footprint

Potential Impact: Solid waste, climate change Objective: Green Procurement Program Targets:

Form internal working group by Dec 2009 Research and adopt environmentally-friendly

procurement standards and procedures-March 2010 Train for procurement department-April 2010 Management to conduct a progress review in

October 2010



Objective/Target # 1-1; Reduce Electricity Consumption by 10% by the End of 2009

Action Item Responsibilities Schedule Resources Comments

Establish a 5-person energy team (ET)

Environmental Team (ET) oversees the implementation of this target

Meet monthly November 2008 to January 2010

Team member time, travel expenses

Bureau Administrator to select ET

Conduct energy audits ET January 2009 Seek audit assistance from PSNH

Also contact Governor’s Energy Office for assistance

Review and assess results of energy audit

ET February 2009 Team member time and travel expenses

Develop recommendations report for the Bureau Administrator

ET March 15, 2009 Team member time and travel expenses; administrative office support.

Keep report brief – ideally < 15 pages

Work with Bureau Administrator to implement specific recommendations

ET and other Bureau employees as appropriate

April 1, 2009 to January 31, 2010

Team member time.Contractors?Others?

This Environmental Action Plan will be updated to reflect the decisions resulting from the ET report

ET reviews progress of this target with Bureau Administrator

ET At least monthly Team member time; administrative office support.

Additional action items may be required to meet Target 1-1.


Objectives&

Targets

Environ.Policy

Environ.Aspects

Legal &Other

Requirements

BusinessConcerns

Views ofInterested

Parties


Green Products

Sustainability

Climate Change

Energy

CSR EHS Compliance

Mission

The Management System is the structure – it provides the framework that allows Sustainability initiatives to achieve lasting success.

EMS: The New Black

Not new per se, but being rediscovered as the ideal framework for developing and maintaining sustainability programs.

The EMS “driver” of setting formal Objectives and Targets can assure that sustainability or CSR initiatives are not “one off” events that may or may not attain their stated goals.

EMS can sustain the organizational programs even if the “champion” moves on.

Questions?


Dennis SassevillePRIZIM Inc.Bedford, [email protected]

ems: the new black

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