Requirements for the phased implementation of your environmental management system
Overview
This scheme implements the guidance of British Standard BS 8555:2003 – ‘Guidance to the phased implementation of an environmental management system including the use of environmental performance indicators’. The scheme involves the assessment and recognition (by a Certificate of Achievement) of each phase of the implementation of an environmental management system (EMS) as laid down in BS 8555.
The six phases of BS 8555 STEMS (Steps to Environmental Management Systems) are:
- Commitment and establishing the baseline
- Identifying and ensuring compliance with legal and other requirements
- Developing objectives, targets and programmes
- Implementation and operation of the EMS
- Checking, auditing and review
- EMS acknowledgement:
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