Environmental policy

Increasingly, contractors are being asked to produce an environmental policy for their business. This is not a legal requirement, but clients and others working to the IS014000 standard seek to establish the environmental awareness of their suppliers and business partners. It is suggested that the layout should follow the same format as the employer s safety policy, and the following topics should be considered for inclusion in a detailed environmental policy  

The size of the business is not a reliable indicator of the amount of detail which may be needed in an adequate environmental policy. The question is rather whether all the significant environmental risks have been identified and adequate control of them demonstrated. For small businesses where these risks are well understood and control is relatively simple, a single paragraph included within the safety policy may be sufficient to meet most needs. In these circumstances the following sample statement may be found useful as an indication  

We recognise that our business activities may have environmental implications, and we therefore follow a policy designed to minimise environmental impact and damage. Our operations will be managed and organised 

Control and Disposal of Waste Regulations 1988 Special Waste Regulations 1996 Builders Skips (Marking) Regulations 1984 Environmental Protection Act 1990 Environmental Protection (Duty of Care) Regulations 1991 Environmental Protection (Prescribed Process and Substances) Regulations 1991 

HS(G)66 Protection of workers and the general public during the development of contaminated land, HSE Books BR351 Green guide to specification. Building Research 

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National Environmental Policy Act, 1969 The National Environmental Pohcy Act (NEPA) of 1969 was the first federal act that required coordination of federal projects and their impacts with the nation s resources. The act specified the creation of Council on Environmental Quahty in the Executive Office of the President. This body has the authority to force eveiy federal agency to submit to the council an environmental impact statement on eveiy activity or project which it may sponsor or over which it has jurisdic tion. 

Managerial information environmental policies and procedures prioritization of waste-management concerns automated or computerized waste-management systems inventory and distribution procedures maintenance schediiling practices planned modifications or revisions to existing operations that would impact waste-generation activities and the basis of source reduction decisions and policies... 

Does your company have a documented product stewardship policy, or a health, safety and environmental policy which incorporates the management of chemicals through their total life cycle, thus minimizing adverse effects on human health and well-being and on the environment If so please attach. ... 

Hoberg, G., "Pluralism by Design Environmental Policy and the American Regulatory State." Praeger, New York, 1992. 

Checks on environmental policy, organization and responsibilities, legislation, training records, emergency plans, performance targets, means of investigating incidents and written work instructions. 

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review is performed concurreruly by the staff. After completion, a Draft Environmental Statement (DES) is issued and eirculated lor review and comments by the appropriate Federal, State and local agencies, individuals and public. After receipt of comments and their resolution, the Final Environmental Statement (FES) is issued... 

Environmental policy - our intentions with respect to the conservation of the natural environment... 

Safety and environmental policies need to be established and approved by executive management. Practices for implementing the policy need to be established, documented, implemented, and evaluated for continued suitability and effectiveness. These practices have to be planned, organized, and controlled so that they achieve their purpose. 

Arjun Makhuani, ANNtE Makhuani and A. Bickel, Saving our Skins Technical Potential and Policies for the Elimination of Ozone-Depleting Compounds, Environmental Policy Institute and Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, Washington, DC, 1988, 167 pp,... 

Environmental protection and resource use have to be considered in a comprehensive framework, and all of the relevant economic and natural scientific aspects have to be taken into consideration. The concepts of entropy and sustainability are useful in this regard. The entropy concept says that every system will tend toward maximum disorder if left to itself. In other words, in the absence of sound environmental policy. Earth s energy sources will be converted to heat and pollutants that must be received by Earth. The concept of sustainability has to do with... 

For businesses the demand for energy is the demand for a factor of production. Its demand depends on the price ol the energy demanded (P) as well as the price of its output (P ), technology (T) and prices of other factors of production—land, labor, and capital—that might be substitutes (P,) nr complements (PJ in consumption. Environmental policy (E, ) might also affect the demand for fuel. If this is aggregate business demand for energy the number of businesses is also relevant. 

The sign on technology (T) and environmental policy (Ej,) are uncertain and depend on the particular technology and policy. For example, eiivironmeti-tal regulations requiring lower sulfur emissions favor gas over coal, while new technologies that make oil cheaper to use increase oil demand at the expense ot gas and coal. 

These industries will be operating in a complex regulatory environment. They will require engineers with a broad perspective on economic and environmental policy. 

Top management shall define the organization s environmental policy and... 

Communication is also an essential feature of achieving employee buy-in. It is important to ensure that mechanisms are in place for two-way communication, i.e. that employees also get an opportunity to comment, provide feedback and make suggestions to senior management. In addition to top-down communication it is also essential that procedures are in place for communication to the wider population, which includes stakeholders and the public, regarding the organization s environmental policy and performance against stated objectives. 

Lack of global harmonization on regulation/ environmental policy Legislation - cost of end-of-pipe treatment... 

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