May 22, 2000Wright-Hamilton Associates1 How Environmental Management System Development Can Enhance Your Company’s Environmental Health and Safety Michele Fitzpatrick Wright-Hamilton Associates

May 22, 2000Wright-Hamilton Associates2 TOPICS What is an Environmental Management System (EMS)? How EMS relates to ISO How EMS relates to Health & Safety

May 22, 2000Wright-Hamilton Associates3 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (EMS) The organizational structure, planning activities, responsibilities, practices, procedures, processes and resources for developing, implementing, maintaining, reviewing, and correcting/improving an organization’s approach to environmental management.

May 22, 2000Wright-Hamilton Associates4 ISO International specification standard against which an Environmental Management System is prepared and audited.

May 22, 2000Wright-Hamilton Associates5 MISSION (Code of Ethics for the Practice of Industrial Hygiene) Protect the health and well-being of working people and the public from chemical, microbiological and physical health hazards present at, or emanating from, the workplace.

May 22, 2000Wright-Hamilton Associates6 PREMISE #1 How you manage the environmental aspects identified by your Environmental Management System will determine the level of exposure of your workers and the public to health and safety hazards.

May 22, 2000Wright-Hamilton Associates7 PREMISE #2 The development of an Environmental Management System will prepare you for the development of a Health and Safety Management System.

May 22, 2000Wright-Hamilton Associates8 MAJOR EMS ELEMENTS Policy Development Identification of Environmental Aspects and Impacts Documentation and Document Control [EMS Manual] Corrective and Preventive Action EMS Audit Management Review

May 22, 2000Wright-Hamilton Associates9 ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND IMPACTS Identify all processes that affect the environment (and/or health and safety) Identify relevant rules and regulations and procedure for compliance Develop program for reducing detrimental effects (pollution prevention)

May 22, 2000Wright-Hamilton Associates10 HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM BS health and safety standard developed by the British Standards Institute in 1996 OHSAS Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series developed by the British Standards Institute in 1999 ISO ? - AIHA may seek chairmanship of ISO H&S Committee for the U.S.

May 22, 2000Wright-Hamilton Associates11 CONCLUSION EMS Pollution Prevention Program Source Reduction Reduced Exposure Prepare for future Health and Safety Standard

May 22, 2000Wright-Hamilton Associates12 CONTACT INFORMATION Michele Fitzpatrick Wright-Hamilton Associates 214 Thames Street Groton, CT phone: fax: