iso14000-digest Monday, May 10 1999 Volume 02 : Number 051
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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 15:14:46 +0100
From: "Matthias Gelber"
Subject: RE: Indicators of EMS performance
Dear Melissa
Thanks for your input - useful stuff. Without having had a look at your WEB
site, I have some initial comments which will hopefully be of use:
- -Your approach seems to be very much US concept biased - is there no way to
make this a bit more generic in order for it to be clearer for an SME in a
developing country, which is not involved in the P2 debate, but has an
interest in an EMS which might be triggered of by ISO 14001 or other
developments
- -The work of ISO TC 207, SC 4 has attempted since some time to come up with
a guide for Environmental Performance Evaluation, which is scheduled for
publication in the 3rd quarter of 99.
The following type of indicators have been defined by ISO 14031:
1)Management Performance Indicators (MPIs) describes the management efforts
undertaken in the context of improving the Environmental Performance, such
as man hour of environmental training per employee
2)Operational Performance Indicator (OPI) looks at the environmental
performance of an organisation's operations, such as energy consumption per
unit of production
3)Environmental Condition Indicator (ECI) is defined as "specific expression
that provides information about the local, regional or global condition of
the environment"
MPIs express the managerial effort of the company with the goal to improve
OPIs and ECIs. The problem is that the relationship between managerial
effort and improvement of OPIs and ECIs is not linear, which means for
example that not always does more training result in improved environmental
performance. OPIs are the area where usually P2, Cleaner Production people
and process engineers have focused on; the actual inputs, outputs, which as
well give the company a better idea on where financial benefit can be
combined with improved environmental performance. Improved ECIs is what is
the ultimate goal of the efforts and what the stakeholders will be looking
at.
ISO 14031 is not going to prescribe indicators, but leave it up to the
organisation which one's to choose, but there are some relevant examples
given.
I wonder whether this concept might be worthwhile to be linked to your ideas
in order to clarify the relationship for companies, between the results of
their management effort in relation to measurable environmental improvement
outputs of their EMS.
Matthias Gelber
14000 & ONE Solutions Ltd
mgelber@ibm.net
- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-iso14000@quality.org [mailto:owner-iso14000@quality.org]On
Behalf Of Malkin, Melissa
Sent: 09 April 1999 13:58
To: p2tech@great-lakes.net; iso14000@quality.org
Cc: 'Terri HOAGLAND'
Subject: Indicators of EMS performance
Burt Hammer recently posted a nice set of "five basic indicators" of
pollution prevention progress to the P2Tech listserver (re-pasted below).
I'd like to expand that discussion to the include "indicators of EMS
progress".
EPA asked Research Triangle Institute to develop a web-based tool for
evaluating environmental progress resulting from an EMS. We considered
trying to come up with a very quantitative tool, but instead chose something
very much like the "basic indicators" approach. We assumed that the
following qualities of an EMS are most likely to result in environmental
protection improvements:
- -- EMS thoroughly identifies all potential environmental aspects (e.g., VOC
emissions from manufacturing process)
- -- EMS thoroughly identifies all impacts related to the aspects (ground
level ozone, worker health, air toxics, etc)
- -- EMS contains aggressive targets to reduce a large percent of the impact,
and reduce it fast.
- -- EMS meets the targets using tools that are high up on the P2 hierarchy,
and use tools that address aspects and impacts that are beyond the facility
gates (e.g., product stewardship, environmentally preferable purchasing).
- -- EMS implements practices that are associated with good environmental
management (environmental accounting, design for the environment, TQEM, etc
etc... pretty much any practice that helps a company get at Burt's "5 basic
indicators" would come in here).
I'd welcome feedback & discussion on this tool: you can review it at
http://ems.rti.org (its a public tool, so there's no
charge, and its also confidential)
Regards,
Melissa Malkin
Research Triangle Institute, Pollution Prevention Program
POB 12194
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2194
voice: (919) 541-6154 fax (919) 541 7155
http://www.rti.org/units/ese/p2/ppb.html
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Burton Hamner [ mailto:bhamner@mindspring.com
]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 1999 2:35 PM
...
some thoughts on the progression topic. They are related
> to the "five
> basic indicators" of sustainable business discussion that I
> initiated on
> P2TECH a while ago. At the end of it all (about 10 people
> got involved) I
> concluded that nobody disagreed with these five basic indicators:
>
> Cost: Company knows true cost of its waste and pollution.
> Toxics: Company has done some toxics use reduction.
> TQM: Company workers use basic TQM-type process analysis
> tools to analyze
> what they are doing.
> EMS: Company has an organized management system to identify
> and respond to
> environmental concerns
> Networking: Company participates in pollution prevention
> knowledge networks.
>
> The idea being that if a company is doing all these things,
> their BEHAVIOR
> is as much as anyone could expect to be sustainable. Maybe
> they actually
> pollute more next year because they increased production
> dramatically, but
> their behavior demonstrates both capacity and intent to do
> something about it.
>
> Now if you took these and ranked them as natural steps towards
> sustainability, I think they would go in order of progression:
>
> 1 Networking
> 2 TQEM
> 3 Cost
> 4 Toxics
> 5 EMS
>
> 1. Networking creates motivation, which is needed to start the whole
> progression. By networking I mean the act of raising your
> head above the
> company chaos and looking around the horizon for help. Once
> in the network
> companies can keep receiving info about P2 and new money savers. Any
> business that is bad at networking in the 21 Century is dead
> meat in any case.
>
> 2. TQEM at the process level is usually the first thing that happens
> following motivation. Someone picks a problem, they analyze
> it, apply P2
> philosophy, and get some results. This stimulates other
> projects, and so
> on. TQEM activities simply enable the workers to analyze
> their processes
> and identify where and why waste and pollution are being
> created. There
> are really only 3 or 4 basic diagrams needed to do this.
> TQEM provides the
> baseline process information from which all subsequent
> decisions must be
> made. Needless to say most people don't call their process
> improvement
> projects "TQEM" but that is sort of what they are doing.
>
> 3. Cost comes once you have the right process data from TQEM
> analyses.
> Once a manager knows the potential range of savings available
> from reducing
> waste they can see why they are in it for the money.
>
> 4. When managers decide they are ready to start really
> making decisions
> (as opposed to the staff fooling around with small TQEM
> projects), they
> need to start on toxics reduction first. That shows they get
> the point
> about P2.
>
> 5. EMS or something similar happens after managers have had a few
> successes and they decide they want to keep trying. Then
> they start really
> "managing" ie delegation, evaluating, controlling, etc. But
> it doesn't
> have to be ISO 14001, it can be five minutes of discussion at
> every monday
> mgmt meeting. The point is that most employees could tell
> you directly and
> specifically how they go about trying to be sustainable. If
> they all tell
> the same story then they have an EMS!
>
> Here is the test to see whether you agree. Could any of these five be
> eliminated in a sustainable business? If not then the list
> is a minimal
> list. And if a company is doing all of these, do you think
> it is got the
> basic ingredients needed for sustainability? If not then
> what would you
> add? If so then this list is sufficient. So I believe these five
> indicators are both necessary and sufficient to evaluate a
> firm's progress.
>
> The order of evolution is not a given of course but it is a
> logical way to
> build sustainable capacity for P2 in an organization. A firm
> might start
> do a little toxics reduction as its first project (like
> switching to safer
> solvents or cleaners, etc). But systematic attention to P2
> only happens
> after top mgmt has looked at the costs and issues and make it
> a policy.
>
> If I was designing a P2 outreach or techn assistance program,
> I would think
> about using these five steps as the basic development steps.
> Get firms
> into the P2 network so you can show them success stories and hit that
> motivation button. Then teach them basic process analysis
> tools and help
> their employee teams practice them on something relatively simple (and
> network them with other techn assistance programs that are about basic
> productivity). Then help staff figure out what the real
> savings are and
> what the "savings envelope" could be (more motivation). Then help
> management get serious about toxics reduction, especially
> through supplier
> partnerships (more networking) so they have something that
> they have to
> actually manage (not delegate to some flunky). Then show managers how
> various EMS models can help them develop and maintain their
> own systematic
> approach to P2. Each of these five stages requires a different set of
> outreach and assistance activities. Might take five years to
> get most of
> the target firms through the five stages, but it's like bricklaying...
>
> Note that compliance is NOT on my own list of indicators of
> sustainability.
> That's because it is a given. Anyone not in compliance is
> not sustainable
> by definition. I mean really out of compliance (no pollution
> controls, no
> clue etc), not breaking EPA paperwork rules. I REALLY object to some
> business award programs that include compliance as something
> to reward.
> That implies that some legal requirements aren't as expected
> as others.
>
> That's my editorial. Now about leadership projects, you
> might consider
> some roundtables with business leaders to ask THEM to
> consider and rank or
> reorder these indicators. Even if they disagree with them,
> they are a good
> straw man to whack at. Maybe they will all agree that the
> indicators should
> be changed, or maybe they will all like them. Anyway it is a
> good way to
> keep the goal of measuring progress focused on sustainable
> BEHAVIOR, not
> counting cooties.
>
>
> *******************************************************
> Burton Hamner
> - Adjunct Professor, Asian Institute of Management, Manila,
> Philippines
> - President, Hamner Associates, LLC
> 4343 4th Avenue NW, Seattle, Washington, 98107
> tel/fax: 206-789-5499
> email: bhamner@mindspring.com
> VISIT the SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS WEBSPACE and my home pages at:
> web: http://www.mindspring.com/~bhamner
>
>
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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 21:27:30 MYT
From: "Nik Zafri Abdul Majid"
Subject: Abuse
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Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 16:32:55 -0500
From: wjw5@psu.edu (Warren J. Weaver)
Subject: Re: If ISO14001 affect the corporation's market value?
Pardon the late reply. I attended a conference over the last several days
where ISO 14000 was a topic. A gentleman from PPG Industries presented on
their experience with "going ISO". He listed PPG's motivations for pursuing
it, not least of which is their supply status with the automotive industry
and the demand for it by their customers. Here's the list in order of
importance:
Customer Demand
Corporate Advantage
Consolidated Management System
Governmental Requirement (though none of the countries in which they
operate currently require)
"A good thing to do"
Drives Change
System Continuity (e.g. with ISO 9000)
Upgrade Supplier Performance
Link with Customers (provides a common language link)
The closest thing to market value is "Corporate Advantage". If it is enough
of an advantage to significantly increase sales, then market value will
rise. Otherwise, probably not.
wjw/
>Dear all:
>I am an old member of this group. I always pay close attention to
>our topics. But I find there is one topic has not been raised. That
>is if a corporation's market value will be affected once it has been
>certified by ISO14001. And if it will attract more investers? If yes,
>please give me some examples. Thank you a lot...
>
>Best regards
>
>Stella Dong
>China Center for Environmental Management System
wjw5@psu.edu
Warren J. Weaver
PENNTAP
227 W. Market St.
York, PA 17401
fax 717-854-0087
ph 717-848-6669
PENNTAP website:
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Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 15:33:09 MYT
From: "Nik Zafri Abdul Majid"
Subject: Re: If ISO14001 affect the corporation's market value?
My opinion :- (not to be taken seriously)
Customer Demand - referring to their 'on field market survey' on
customer's requirement - OK but should include R&D as well
Corporate Advantage - referring to actual and tangible profit...which
I suppose after the implementation
Consolidated Management System - Combination of TQM, ISO-9000, OSH,
BPR or probably QS-9000 as well...this is quite a risky approach and
require a very careful application
Governmental Requirement (though none of the countries in which they
operate currently require)- in Malaysia, both ISO-9000/14000 are
almost a regulation.....either demonstrate the existence of the system
(not necessarily being certified) or better have it certified.
"A good thing to do" - a good motivational guideline
Drives Change - referring to paradigm shift before system shift - in
not so much words...awareness...
System Continuity (e.g. with ISO 9000) - same as above - consolidated
management system
Upgrade Supplier Performance - "A good thing to do"
Link with Customers (provides a common language link) - "Another good
thing to do"
My best guess/result of this analysis...(only based on what you have
said) if they have already being certified...they should be undergoing
'lots and lots' of challenges in order to maintain it. But if they
have not yet being certified either in the process or almost there,
they have 'lots and lots' of improvements to do...permit me to
wish them...good luck...
Regards
Nik Zafri
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Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 10:51:33 -0400
From: "Macarena Ortega"
Subject: Cleaner production certification
Dear members:
I don't know if this is is the right place to ask for this kind of
information, so if someone of you could tell me the right one it
would be OK. I am looking for cleaner production certification
experiences by it self or related with ISO 14001 certification. I
would like to know if there exists a cleaner production center who
certifies that a company has a system in place who respond to
cleaner production technologies or management and/or this center
certifies cleaner production consulting firms. There exists a code of
conduct for this kind of consulting firms and/or for the system in
place explained before that could be certifiable for some
certification body?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you in advance
**************************************************
Macarena Ortega
e-mail: mortega@fundch.cl
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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 00:18:41 +0100
From: "Matthias Gelber"
Subject: RE: Cleaner production certification
Dear Macarena
It is encouraging to hear that you are looking at linking CP and ISO 14001.
I personally think this link is made much too seldom and I hope that both
the CP and ISO 14001 stakeholders discover how they can benefit from one
another. CP activities can benefit from the market forces, managerial
commitment and continual process which is linked to ISO 14001 and ISO 14001
can benefit from the return on investment benefit and environmental
performance improvement focus of CP. Unfortunately there are many companies
out there which never reap the internal savings through an EMS, because they
never focus (nor their EMS consultant) on where they might have CP
opportunities.
There are a couple of countries, where Cleaner Production Centres are
significantly involved in ISO 14001 on the level of giving implementation
advice. At the last UNEP high level seminar of Cleaner Production in Korea I
acted as rapporteur and presenter in the CP/EMS workshop and the following
countries highlighted significant CP/EMS experience:
CP Centre in Slovakia
CP Centre in Czech Republic
Confederation of Indian Industry
BAPEDAL (Environmental Impact Management Agency) in Indonesia
CP Centre in China
The CP Centre in China is as well related to an organization which provides
ISO 14001 certification and the contact there is: Dr Ning Duan; Tel:
(861)64987130, (861)64986029
E-mail: ningduan@svr1-pek.unep.net
The only country where I have come across some kind of CP certification
scheme for companies (however without formal linkage to ISO 14001
certification) was Poland and the activities were run by Dr Zygfried Novak,
but I do not have his contact details with me.
In relation to the debate about the revision of ISO 14001 there are a couple
of stakeholders who would like to see the definition of prevention of
pollution in ISO 14001 to be more focussing on the benefits of source
orientated improvement options as opposed to end of the pipe abatement
solutions without making the definition too prescriptive or linking it too
closely to one particular interpretation of CP or P2 approaches. INEM
(http://www.inem.org), the organization I represent at TC 207 is supporting
this point of view.
Let me know if you need more information.
Regards,
Matthias Gelber
14000 & ONE Solutions
- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-iso14000@quality.org [mailto:owner-iso14000@quality.org]On
Behalf Of Macarena Ortega
Sent: 16 April 1999 15:52
To: iso14000@quality.org
Subject: Cleaner production certification
Dear members:
I don't know if this is is the right place to ask for this kind of
information, so if someone of you could tell me the right one it
would be OK. I am looking for cleaner production certification
experiences by it self or related with ISO 14001 certification. I
would like to know if there exists a cleaner production center who
certifies that a company has a system in place who respond to
cleaner production technologies or management and/or this center
certifies cleaner production consulting firms. There exists a code of
conduct for this kind of consulting firms and/or for the system in
place explained before that could be certifiable for some
certification body?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you in advance
**************************************************
Macarena Ortega
e-mail: mortega@fundch.cl
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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 17:02:43 +0200
From: "Vianna, Sidney"
Subject: ANNOUN: Press release for OHSAS 18001 - Correction
Please be informed that, my previous posting erroneously mentioned
Standards Australia as presently involved with the development of the
OHSAS 18001document.
I have been informed by Mr. John Henry, STANDARDS AUSTRALIA Director
for Environment, Materials and Consumer, that Standards Australia is
solely dedicated to the completion and release of AS/NZS 4801, at this
time.
I apologize for any inconvenience this might have caused.
Thanks and best regards,
Sidney Vianna
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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 09:26:47 +0100
From: "RAMETSTEINER EWALD"
Subject: Public procurement & ISO 14000
Dear list member,
Do you know about cases where public procurement specifications
require or prefer suppliers that are ISO 14000 (or EMAS) certified?
Or do you know any survey on this matter?
If so, please be so kind and let me know
Best regards,
Ewald
Ewald Rametsteiner
Institute of Forest Sector Policy and Economics
Universit^Ät f^Ár Bodenkultur
Gregor Mendel Str. 33
A-1180 Vienna
Tel.: 0043-1-47 654 4403
Fax: 0043-1-47 654 4407
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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 09:09:35 -0400
From: Beth Graves
Subject: FW: Public procurement & ISO 14000
I know that Colorado has legislation that gives purchasing preference to
companies who qualify under their Environmental Leadership Act. Companies
must have an EMS (not ISO 14001 or EMAS but with some similar elements) and
some other mandatory program elements to be eligible for incentives such as
the state preferred vendor status.
Legislation passed in 1998 as House bill 98-1058. Information can be found
on their web site at
> http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/olls/sl1998/sl.235.htm
Beth Graves
- -----Original Message-----
From: RAMETSTEINER EWALD [mailto:ramet@edv1.boku.ac.at]
Sent: Friday, April 30, 1999 4:27 AM
To: iso14000@quality.org
Subject: Public procurement & ISO 14000
Dear list member,
Do you know about cases where public procurement specifications
require or prefer suppliers that are ISO 14000 (or EMAS) certified?
Or do you know any survey on this matter?
If so, please be so kind and let me know
Best regards,
Ewald
Ewald Rametsteiner
Institute of Forest Sector Policy and Economics
Universit"t f^Ár Bodenkultur
Gregor Mendel Str. 33
A-1180 Vienna
Tel.: 0043-1-47 654 4403
Fax: 0043-1-47 654 4407
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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 12:26:32 -0400
From: "John Orser"
Subject: Re: Environmental Auditor - Buffalo, NY
I would like to contact someone with the qualifications to do an
environmental regulation compliance audit of a Buffalo, NY site to suit both
state and Federal US laws. Deliverables would include a written report
detailing the present level of compliance and a gap analysis indicating the
requirements to overcome shortfalls. If you have, or know of someone with,
a proven, verifiable track record in this area of expertise and located in
the Buffalo area, please reply to the author IN PRIVATE, using any of the
contact methods indicated below. Please do not reply to the list.
Regards, J. Orser
*************
John R. Orser, OHST, ROHT, Environmental Technologist
Orser Environmental & Safety Inc.
195 King Street, Suite 204
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, L2R 3J6
(905) 688-0500 Fax 688-4746 jorser@niagara.com
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Date: Sun, 2 May 1999 17:09:38 +0200
From: "francisco serrano"
Subject: RE: Public procurement & ISO 14000
Dear Rametsteiner Ewald:
In Spain there is a law (Orden de 14/10/97) whereby certified ISO 14001 or
EMAS companies get until 20% more points in public call for tenders. If you
want I can send it you.
In Galicia the Environment Ministry (Consellería de Medio Ambiente) acts of
the same way, but there is not a specific law.
Greetings.
Francisco L. Serrano
ISO 14001 auditor (BVQI)
Av. Caídos, 200, 5º-B
15009-A Coruña
Galicia-Spain
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Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 21:53:09 -0400
From: "Macarena Ortega"
Subject: certification by non-acredited bodies
Dear all,
I am doing a research about ISO 14001 certification and I would
like to know if any of you know about a company who asked for a
non-acredited certification body to ask for its certification. If I
understand correctly, it isn't a specific need that a certification firm
must be acredited to give a ISO 14001 certificate to a given
company. Do you know if a company ISO 14001 certified was
certified by a non-acredited certification firm?
I would like to know if a non-acredited certification body is
requested by the companies to ask for their certification and/or if
this kind of certification body (or environmental consultant/auditor)
can loose its market because of a lack of acreditation.
Can any of you help me? I would be sincerely grateful.
Sincerely,
Macarena Ortega
Project Assistant
Fundacion Chile
mortega@fundch.cl
**************************************************
Macarena Ortega
e-mail: mortega@fundch.cl
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Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 16:13:23 +0200
From: Agnieszka Lopata
Subject: Air quality management...
Hallo everybody,
Some time ago I have subscribed to ISO 14000 list to ask everybody for
information and help in the field of environmental management. Thank you
for all who answered and encouraged me in my work. Finally I have
decided to deal in my Ph.D thesis with air-quality management in steel
industry in Poland. Steel industry in Poland is a difficult and
controversial area, EMS in this branch is quite new. If anybody could
help me to gather relevant information I would be grateful for any help.
Many thanks once more for everybody who has sent me materials and
information,
Best regards,
Agnieszka Lopata
- --
M. T. Sc. Agnieszka Lopata
Faculty of Mining Surveying
and Environmental Engineering,
University of Mining and Metallurgy
Al. Mickiewicza 30/ C-4, 30-059 Krakow, Poland
Tel. (+48 12) 617 22 66, 617 39 31
Fax (+48 12) 633 07 17
e-mail: alopata@uci.agh.edu.pl
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Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 13:26:01 -0500
From: "Christine Henderson"
Subject: ISO case study survey
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I apologize for any cross-posting.
I am a graduate student working in marine sciences and have recently =
become interested in environmental management systems, policies and law. =
I am participating in a case study project as part of an EMS course at =
Texas A & M University, Galveston, TX, USA. In order to conduct a survey =
we would like to contact companies, NGO's, gov't agencies and =
institutions that have been ISO 14000 certified. The survey questions =
will focus on; success or problems with the program, certification =
issues, effects on suppliers/buyers, environmental impacts, and =
variation between different countries for multinational =
companies/organizations.=20
I have chosen the Asian-Pacific geographical region, primarily The =
People's Republic of China. I have not found any source to identify the =
names and addresses/email for companies, etc. in China who are ISO 14000 =
certified. I was wondering if anyone on this listserver could give me =
any help with this search. Even if specific names are not available, I =
could use an indirect source to find out this information.=20
Thank you for your time and help. Please respond to my email directly.
Christine
Christine Henderson
Texas A & M University, Galveston
5007 Ave. U
Galveston, TX 77551
voice (409) 766-3550
FAX (409) 766-3508
e-mail henderso@arctic.tamug.tamu.edu
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