ENVIRONMENTAL%20MANAGEMENT%20SYSTEMS%20AND%20OTHER%20VOLUNTARY%20INITIATIVES%20FOR%20THE%20ICT%20INDUSTRY%20%20Presented%20by%20Melanie%20Hutchinson%20on%20behalf%20of%20UNEP

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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND OTHER
VOLUNTARY INITIATIVES FOR THE ICT
INDUSTRYPresented byMelanie Hutchinsonon
behalf ofUNEPs Regional Office for West
AsiaTo the Regional Seminar on The Role of
ICR in Protecting Man and Environment How to
Limit the Impact of its UseCairo, Egypt, 4-7
October 2004
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Development that meets the needs of the present
without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs World
Commission on Environment and Development, 1987
its not just desirable for business to get
involved in the quest for sustainability, it is
essential. UNEP Executive Director, Dr. Klaus
Toepfer
Global e-Sustainability (GeSI) report to WSSD,
part of Industry as a Partner series
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THE ROLE OF ICT IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

• Decoupling communication from resource use e.g.
  telephones, data through e-mail etc.
• In US in 2002, estimated over 540,000 tonnes of
  CO2 emissions avoided through tele- and
  video-conferencing
• For UNEP ICT has enabled
• Online measuring and monitoring for environmental
  assessment
• Rapid response to environmental emergencies
• Video- and e-conferencing of expert groups
• More rapid and resource efficient dissemination
  of information

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POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF ICT

• Look inwards to impacts of own activities
• Energy use
• Fuel and oil use
• Impacts of cable laying on landscape and
  biodiversity
• Transport
• Ozone depleting substances
• Waste (process and end-of-life)

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VOLUNTARY INITIATIVES FOR CONSIDERATION

• Cleaner Production
• Environmental Management Systems
• Awareness and Preparedness for Emergencies at the
  Local Level
• Global Reporting Initiative
• Global Compact

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CLEANER PRODUCTION TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES
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CLEANER PRODUCTION

• A new and creative way of thinking about
  products and processes by the continuous
  application of strategies to minimise the
  generation of wastes and emissions
• A mechanism of innovation and technological
  development for reducing the negative impacts on
  the environment and for increasing profitability

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CLEANER PRODUCTION

• Prevention of Pollution

Recycling/ Treatment
Processes
Avoid Pollution
Process Change/ Control Mechanism
Practices
Reduce Pollution
Materials
Efficient Use of Resources
Control Pollution
Products
Material Substitution
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CLEANER PRODUCTION

• The Waste Management Hierarchy

REDUCE RE-USE RECOVER PREVENTION RECYCLE RENDE
R HARMLESS CURE DISPOSE
Internal External
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CLEANER PRODUCTION

• Life Cycle Assessment

CRADLE
GRAVE
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CLEANER PRODUCTION

• Design for the Environment (DfE)

ECONOMIC TECHNICAL ENVIRONMENTAL
Marketable Competitive Cheap to operate Functional Reliable Durable Minimises water and energy Risk reduction Recyclable
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EXAMPLE FOR ICT

• Life Cycle of Mobile Telephones and Batteries
• Initiative for a Sustainable Partnership on
  Environmentally Sound Management of End of Life
  Mobile Phones
• Emanating form work of Secretariat of Basel
  Convention and UNEP
• Programme of Work developed, including guidance
  document

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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
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THE CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT LOOP
Planning- Environmental aspects- Legal and
other requirements- Environmental Policy-
Objectives and targets- Environmental Management
Programme
Management Review
Checking and Corrective Action- Monitoring and
measuring- Corrective action- Environmental
management system audit
Implementation and Operation - Structure and
responsibility- Training and awareness-
Communication- EMS documentation- Document and
operational control- Emergency preparedness and
response
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INITIAL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW

• Once top management commitment confirmed, require
  a baseline review
• Information to collect will include- what
  environmental management is currently in place?-
  what are the environmental aspects of each part
  of the operation?- what are the inputs,
  throughputs and discharges?- what do we
  currently monitor?
• Formation of Environment Team, led by
  Environmental Coordinator

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PLANNINGAspects and Legal Issues

• Key questions
• What do we use?
• What do we lose?
• What do we waste?
• What could we harm?
• What are the risks?
• What are the laws?

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THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
The policy must include - Top level commitment-
Regulatory compliance- Continual improvement-
Pollution prevention It must be-
Communicated- Publicly available
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OBJECTIVES AND TARGETS
What we want and when we want it by.
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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMMES

• Must have
• Clear objectives and targets
• Clear deadlines
• Clear ownership
• Monitoring strategies
• Adequate resourcing (time and financial)
• Everyone must understand the role they have to
  play

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COMMUNICATION AND TRAINING

• Effective communication is a key part of EMS.
• Communication should be 2 way and
• Communication should be both internal and
  external.
• Types of training include
• Induction
• Specific teams
• Departments/Sections
• Whole organisation

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SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION

• ISO14001 requires
• An EMS manual
• Registers of aspects and regulations
• Environmental procedures for each activity
• Process and operating instructions
• Emergency preparedness procedures
• Training and machine manuals
• Analytical and monitoring methods

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DOCUMENT CONTROL
We dont need these old results anymore
I know I put that paper somewhere
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OPERATIONAL CONTROL
What procedures and work instructions are needed
to make sure that the environmental aspects are
managed?
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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
What accidents and emergencies could occur?
How can we minimise the environmental impacts
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CHECKING AND CORRECTIVE ACTION
An EMS requires you toMonitor it.Record
it.Check it..and if something is
wrongCorrect or prevent it! EMS Audit
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TOP MANAGEMENT REVIEW
Weve achieved most of our targets
But how can we improve to achieve all of them
next year?
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INTRODUCTION TO APELL

• APELL AWARENESS AND PREPAREDNESS FOR
  EMERGENCIES AT THE LOCAL LEVEL
• A tool developed and promoted by UNEP to improve
  preparedness and response to environmental
  emergencies

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DISASTERS DO OCCUR!
Earthquake
Explosion
Transport accident
Flooding
Threatening- Lives- Health- Environment-
Property
Fire
Landslide
Emissions from power/nuclear plants
Oil spill
Storm/ hurricane
Dam failure
Forest fire
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AN EXAMPLE THE NETHERLANDS
A normal city in the Netherlands, until 12 May
2000
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THE APELL PROCESS
INTEGRATED COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN
APELL Process
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Initiate APELL
Review needs for training and resources
Conduct APELL Workshop
Test
Create/revise emergency response plan
Assess
Set up APELL Coordinating Group
Hazard identification/ evaluation
Review existing plans
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• Joint venture between UNEP and the Coalition for
  Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES) to
  establish a common framework for sustainability
  reporting
• Established in 1997
• Long-term, multi-stakeholder, international
  undertaking whose mission is to develop and
  disseminate globally applicable sustainability
  reporting guidelines for voluntary use by
  organisations reporting on the economic,
  environmental and social dimensions of their
  activities, products and services.

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GLOBAL REPORTING INITIATIVE

• GRI Objective is to help organisations report
  information in a way that
• Presents a clear picture of the human and
  ecological impacts of business to facilitate
  informed decisions about investments, purchases
  and partnerships
• Provides stakeholders with reliable information
  that is relevant to their needs and interests and
  that invites further stakeholder dialogue and
  enquiry
• Provides a management tool to help the reporting
  organisation evaluate and continuously improve
  its performance and progress
• Complements, not replaces, other reporting
  standards, including financial
• Emphasises the relationship among the
  threelinked elements of sustainability

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GLOBAL COMPACT

• A vision of the UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan,
  introduced in a speech to the World Economic
  Forum in 1999, and formally launched in July
  2000.
• A multi-stakeholder network bringing business
  together with UN, governments, labour, NGOs and
  others to advance responsible corporate
  citizenship.
• Based on internationally accepted principles
• Universal Declaration on Human Rights
• ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and
  Rights at Work
• Rio Declaration on Environment and Development

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GLOBAL COMPACT

• Based on 9 principles
• Support and respect the protection of
  international human rights within their sphere of
  influence
• Ensure their own corporations are not complicit
  in human rights abuses
• Uphold the freedom of association and the
  effective recognition of the right to collective
  bargaining
• Elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory
  labour
• Effective abolition of child labour
• Elimination of discrimination in respect of
  employment and occupation
• Support the precautionary approach to
  environmental challenges
• Undertake initiatives to promote greater
  environmental responsibility
• Encourage the development and diffusion of
  environmentally friendly technologies.

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CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

• Application of voluntary initiatives is a win-win
  situation
• Reduced costs of production
• Pollution prevention approach
• Conservation of energy
• Reduced waste and emissions
• Improved relationship with stakeholders
• Recommendations
• Participate in the Initiative for a Sustainable
  Partnership on Environmentally Sound Management
  of End of Life Mobile Phones
• Implementation of recommendations of GeSI report
• Measuring and publicly reporting environmental
  performance
• Enhancing product stewardship to minimize energy
  and resource use
• Building engagement with stakeholders
• Consider enrolment in the Global Compact