• Environmental policy EDevelop a statement of your organization’s commitment to the environment. Use this policy as a framework for planning and action.
• Environmental aspects EIdentify environmental attributes of your products, activities and services. Determine those that could have significant impacts on the environment.
• Legal and other requirements EIdentify and ensure access to relevant laws and regulations, as well as other requirements to which your organization adheres.
• Objectives and targets EEstablish environmental goals for your organization, in line with your policy, environmental impacts, the views of interested parties and other factors.
• Environmental management program EPlan actions necessary to achieve your objectives and targets.
• Structure and responsibility EEstablish roles and responsibilities for environmental management and provide appropriate resources.
• Training, awareness and competence EEnsure that your employees are trained and capable of carrying out their environmental responsibilities.
• Communication EEstablish processes for internal and external communications on environmental management issues.
• EMS documentation EMaintain information on your EMS and related documents.
• Document control EEnsure effective management of procedures and other system documents.
• Operational control EIdentify, plan and manage your operations and activities in line with your policy, objectives and targets.
• Emergency preparedness and response EIdentify potential emergencies and develop procedures for preventing and responding to them.
• Monitoring and measurement EMonitor key activities and track performance. Conduct periodic assessments of compliance with legal requirements.
• Nonconformance and corrective and preventive action EIdentify and correct problems and prevent their recurrence.
• Records EMaintain and manage records of EMS performance.
• EMS audit EPeriodically verify that your EMS is operating as intended.
• Management review EPeriodically review your EMS with an eye to continual improvement.