ECO MANAGEMENT AND AUDIT SCHEME

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ECO- MANAGEMENT AND AUDIT SCHEME
Role of the environmental verifiers
Mara DAmico ISPRA Paolo Molinas - ISPRA

• Performance, credibility, transparency

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• Summary
• Requirements for Accreditation of verifiers
• Contract review
• Planning the audit
• Verification and validation
• Follow-up

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Member State
Accreditation Body
Accreditation
EMAS Verifier
Natural person
Organization
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Accreditation
EMAS Verifier
Have procedures to demonstrate how he manages
his activities
a) EMS and Reg. 761/01 (EMAS) (and following CE
decisions and recommendations)
b) Environmental legislation
Competence
Independence
c) Global and local environmental problems
d) Correlation between activities and
environmental aspects impacts
Impartiality
e) EMS effectiveness vs. general activity of
organization
f) verification audit of an EMS
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• Information needed from the organization
• Sector of activity NACE code (s)
• Size and complexity of the organization or site
  number of employees, turnover, etc.
• Relationship with other organizations and
  ownership
• Geographical location and entity to be registered
  site shared with other companies?
• Existing management systems QMS, EMS, etc. and
  certifications
• List of enforcement authorities
• Legal administrative and pending acts related to
  environmental legislation breaches.

Good contract review good planning
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2 stage verification activity
Based on PDCA cycles Plan - Do - Check - Act
VERIFICATION
Environmental Review
Environment Policy and Programme
Environmental Management System
Corrective actions
Environmental Audit
VALIDATION
Environmental Statement
Validation
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The environmental review (annex VI)
Examplesave biodiversity
Examplesave water consumption
Which environmental priorities?
In EMAS regulation not minimum requirements
How does the environmental policy address these
issues?
Relevance of impacts from activities, products
and services
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Audit frequency
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• EMAS performance, credibility, transparency