Environmental Management Systems in the Public Sector

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• Environmental Management Systems in the Public
  Sector
• Paul White
• Phil Morton
• White Young Green Environmental

November 2007
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Outline

• EMS in the Government estate
• EMS in local authorities
• Workshop exercise Environmental aspects in a
  local authority
• Government-funded EMS support packages

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• EMS in the Government Estate

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Some WYG Public Sector Projects

• Border Immigration Agency, SOGE reporting and
  EMS implementation
• Defence Estates
• Sustainability appraisals
• Funded EMS projects

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Government Sustainable Operations Targets
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Government Sustainable Operations Targets
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Government Sustainable Operations Targets

• Government to mandate targets
• Departments to work towards an accredited
  certified environmental management system (EMS)
  i.e. ISO 14001 or EMAS

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Government EMS Performance 2006
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Government EMS Performance 2006
Data source Sustainable Development in
Government, Annual Report 2006 (SDC, February
2007)
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Government EMS Performance 2006

• Why is performance low?

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• EMS in Local Authorities

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EMAS Public Authorities by Country 22/10/07
Source EMAS.org.uk
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Workshop Exercise

• Evaluating Environmental Aspects for Significance
  in a Local Authority
• Using the case study Local Authority
• How will you identify your aspects and impacts?
• Critique the methods provided Criteria,
  Qualitative and Quantitative based approaches for
  this application
• Try to come up with your own approach considering
  the unique challenges to a Local Authority e.g.
  stakeholders, strategy, the sheer number of
  activities and services, etc.
• Write up on the flip chart paper provided and
  prepare to feed back to the group

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• Public-Funded EMS Projects

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Public-funded EMS projects

• GreenLINCS www.greenlincs.co.uk
• BREW EMS project
• Using EMS as a tool for supply chain management

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The BS 8555/Acorn Phased Approach
Phase 6 EMS acknowledgement
Environmental Management in Bite Sized Chunks
Phase 5 Checking, audit review
Phase 4 Implementation operation
Phase 3 Developing objectives, targets
programmes
Phase 2 Compliance with legal other
requirements
Phase 1 Securing commitment establishing the
baseline
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Possible solutions

• Pilot a BS 8555 EMS, in a manageable area of your
  operations, incorporating the SOGE targets if a
  Government agency, or targets relevant to your
  local authority
• Public or privately funded projects to increase
  EMS take-up in the supply chain

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Open discussion

• What can be done to increase take-up of EMS in
  public sector?
• What methodology best suits the public sector?

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• Thanks for listening
• Any questions?
• Paul White Phil Morton
• 07795 426816 07920 756628
• paul.white_at_wyg.com phil.morton_at_wyg.com