Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare an environmental management plan for the organisation.
- Current shifts in environmental legislation or regulations are analysed in relation to their potential impact on the organisation.
- Best practice and benchmarking methods are used to determine current environmental management performance.
- Project environmental obligations and management requirements are analysed.
- Environmental management plan is prepared on the basis of available information.
- Senior management advice concerning implementation of plan is sought as required.
- Manage implementation of environmental management plan.
- Staff and contractors are informed of their obligations in implementing the environmental planning process and are monitored for compliance.
- Environmental data gathering systems are evaluated, changes are made as necessary, and system is managed for maximum efficiency and accuracy.
- New projects are evaluated to determine their impact on existing environmental planning obligations.
- Local authorities and regulatory bodies are contacted where the plan requires ongoing external monitoring or overseeing.
- Information concerning updates to the environmental management plan is communicated to staff and stakeholders.
- Environmental management plan evaluation strategy is developed and managed to ensure that the organisation remains on track in the event of changing circumstances.
- Monitor environmental management plan to ensure that it meets organisational legal obligations.
- Organisational feedback systems are implemented and managed to assist conformance and management of plan.
- Regular feedback is obtained concerning the operations of the environmental management plan to assist the organisation to meet its legal obligations.
- Where necessary, legally required auditing practices to ensure probity and accountability towards legislative requirements are managed and maintained.
- Contact with contractors is maintained and their compliance with environmental management requirements is monitored.
- Emergency and remediation response strategies are implemented as necessary to assist compliance with the environmental management plan.
- Evaluate and recommend changes to environmental management plan.
- Environmental management plan is reviewed to identify areas that need improvement, and action is taken.
- Measures are introduced to assist staff to suggest more efficient procedures and innovations to improve the performance of the environmental management plan.
- Plans are redrafted to include improvements or address deficiencies found during the monitoring.
- Revised plans are submitted for endorsement by senior management and procedures are changed accordingly.