The five major elements of the Environmental Management System are listed as follows :
Environmental Policy
- establish the intention and commitment with respect to the services, activities and overall environmental performance of EID.
Planning
- review and identify significant environmental aspects of the activities and services of EID, as well as the legal and other requirements that were applicable to these aspects.
- establish environmental targets and objectives to meet the Environmental Policy, and an Environmental Management Programme to achieve these objectives and targets.
- incorporate the designation of responsibility and measurable environmental performance indicators in the Environmental Management Programme
Implementation and Operation
- develop an EMS organisation structure with appropriate environmental responsibilities for personnel at each level, and arrange relevant training to all staff.
- develop and maintain appropriate operational control procedures to ensure that the Environmental Policy can be met.
- document relevant information of the EMS in accordance with document control guidelines.
- communicate to all staff and relevant external parties about the EMS and the environmental performance of EID.
Checking and Corrective Action
- monitor and measure regularly the environmental performance of the key activities and services of EID against the requirement of the EMS.
- carry out corrective and preventive actions to investigate and eliminate any non-conformance identified in the monitoring process.
- conduct periodic EMS Internal Audits to ensure that the system conforms to the planned arrangements and has been properly implemented and maintained.
Management Review
- review the EMS regularly to ensure its continuing suitability, adequacy and effectiveness.
- Continual improvement can be achieved by regularly evaluate the environmental performance of the EMS against its environmental policy, objectives and targets for the purpose of identifying opportunities for improvement.
