Understanding of ISO 14001:2015 EMS Requirements (Part 1)

Types of environmental issues (multiple answers).

• Water pollution

• Air pollution

• Global warming & Green house effects

• Land pollution

• Deforestation

What is Environmental Aspects?

• Surrounding including Air, Water, Land, Natural Resources, Flora, Fauna, Human and their interrelationships

• The EFFECT: any changes to the environment, whether adverse or beneficial

• The CAUSE: elements of an organization’s activities or products or services that interacts or can interact with the environment

What is Environmental Impacts?

• Surrounding including Air, Water, Land, Natural Resources, Flora, Fauna, Human and their interrelationships

• The EFFECT: any changes to the environment, whether adverse or beneficial, wholly or partially resulting from an organization’s environmental aspect

• The CAUSE: elements of an organization’s activities or products or services that interacts or can interact with the environment

Select the Aspects (multiple answers).

• Vehicke emissions from chimney

• Wastewater discharge to drainage

• Water pollution

• Used gloves, masks

• Electronic waste produced; consumption of water, electricity

Select the Impacts (multiple answers).

• Water pollution

• Air pollution

• Land pollution

• Global warming

• Depletion of natural resources; deforestation

Environmental Management in Malaysia (multiple answers)...

• Scheduled waste segregation and collection by DOE approved contractor such as Kualiti Alam.

• Required DOE registered Competent Person to manage the pollution control system.

• Conduct seminar for all types of industries regarding Environment legal requirements.

• Guided Self Regulations (GSR)

• Campaigns to encourage implementation of reduce, reuse and recycle.

Benefits to implement effective environmental management system (multiple answers)...

• Maintain good public and community relations, enhance corporate image and gain confidence from stakeholders and customers.

• Conserve input materials and energy.

• Cost control and cost saving

• Save the environment

Below types of compliance obligations (multiple answers)...

• Environment Quality Act

• Customer contract on environmental compliance (eg.: material to use or prohibited, waste control, etc).

• Organization's own environmental commitment and practice including environmental objectives/ KPI to achieve.

• Guided Self-Regulations (GSR)

• Environmental performance monitoring (wastewater, air emissions) guidelines

Example of environmental internal and external issue of the organization (multiple answers)...

• Scheduled waste generated from the processes are not segregated and informed to DOE for proper disposal

• Chemical spillage

• Non-compliance to Standard B for wastewater discharged from treatment plant

• Non-compliance to Standard B for emission air from chimney

• Oil leaking from production machine

The Environmental Policy shall contain the commitment of (multiple answer)...

• Protect the environment and prevention of pollution

• Fulfil its compliance obligations

• Increase productivity and revenue

• Continual improvement of the environmental management system

• Other, such as energy savings, use of material which is environmental friendly, etc