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R. WIESZA£A, B. GAJDZIK
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN
A METALLURGICAL COMPANY’S SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
INTRODUCTION
Metallurgical companies, driven by the need to meet
market demands and the quickly changing environment,
carry out actions that enable them to reduce their negative
environmental impact. The environmental management
systems increasingly become an integral part of a
company management. The systems introduced by metallurgical
companies are based not only on the
ISO14001 standard principles but also on EMAS regulations
as well as on the international Cleaner Production
programme. The environmental management system
is based on the assumption that environment management
is crucial for the improvement of both the environment
and the company’s profit. The implementation
of environmental management system ideas in metallurgical
companies requires a modification of manufacturing
processes management and auxiliary functions. The
achievement of environment-related goals consists in
the identification and elimination of negative environmental
impact or their systematic reduction. The environmental
management systems necessitate the application
of the best available technique (BAT). The tech-
Received – Prispjelo: 2009-01-30
Accepted – Prihva}eno: 2009-12-25
Review Paper – Pregledni rad
In the article metallurgy enterprises are being characterised, taking into account, in particular, the environmental
management systems as well as the effects of their introduction, on the example of Ferrum SA. In the first
part of the article the environmental management system and the applied production technologies in metallurgy
enterprises are characterised. In the second part the effects of environmental management systems introduction
are presented, based on the published environment reports of the enterprise in the years 1990-2007.
In the last part the attention was turned to the future aspects connected with the development of environmental
management systems. The issue was summarised in the end.
Key words: cleaner production strategy, environmental management system, metallurgical company
Djelotvornost upravljanja okoli{em kod odr`ivog razvoja metalur{ke tvrtke. U ~lanku se navode
zna~ajke metalur{kog poduze}a, posebice uzimaju}i u obzir, sustave upravljanjem okoli{em, kao i posljedice
uvo|enja sustava za{tite okoli{a, na primjeru poduze}a Ferrum SA. U prvom dijelu ~lanka navode se zna~ajke
sustava za{tite okoli{a i primijenjene tehnologije proizvodnje u metalur{kom poduze}u. U drugom dijelu ~lanka
su prikazani u~inci uvo|enja sustava upravljanja okoli{em, a temeljem objavljenih izvje{}a o utjecaju na okoli{
poduze}a u razdoblju 1990-2007. U posljednjem dijelu pozornost je okrenuta prema aspektima u budu}nosti
vezane uz razvoj sustava upravljanjem okoli{em. Na kraju je dan zaklju~ak provedene analize.
Klju~ne rije~i: strategije ~iste proizvodnje, sustav upravljanja okoli{em, metalur{ka tvrtka
R. Wiesza³a, The Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Transport,
Poland
B. Gajdzik, The Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Materials
Science and Metallurgy Poland
ISSN 0543-5846
METABK 49(4) 353-356 (2010)
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nique makes it possible to use the environment in a rational
manner and leads to cleaner production 1. The
EMAS system, ISO 14001 standard and the international
Cleaner Production programme are all different
means of applying the corporate sustainable development
concept. In general, sustainable development ensures
a balance between a company’s economical and
environmental and social targets. The concept is realized
through a number of strategic and operational activities
such as the Cleaner Production strategy, rational resources
and space management, waste reduction procedures,
product eco design and the economical and environmental
effectiveness assessment procedures. The
sustainable development concept is about the creation of
conditions for a gradual elimination of processes and actions
that are harmful to the environment and people’s
health and promoting environment friendly management
methods 1, 2.
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN THE
MANUFACTURER OF WELDED STEEL PIPES
Ferrum SA was a pioneer in the Polish steel sector in
terms of the Cleaner Production (CP) strategy implementation.
At the beginning of 1990s, in order to meet
the free market demands, the company implemented an
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