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SECTION 2:
DEVELOPING AND
IMPLEMENTING EMS
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Four stages of EMS
STAGE 1
Assign responsibility and
conduct environment status
review
STAGE 2
Establish policy, objectives
and targets
STAGE 3
Implement EMS through the
environment management
programme
• Assign responsibility. Appoint an environment ‘champion’ and
establish an environment management team
• Conduct preliminary environment status review to assess
the levels of resource/material use and waste output, and
compliance with environment legislation
• Review current and impending environment legislation
• Assess current environment performance
• Establish objectives and targets
• Establish environment policy
• Develop environment management plan
• Implement environment management plan
• Train employees to incorporate environment action into daily
tasks
• Communicate environment policy and ongoing environment
improvement to guests
• Monitor and document environment performance
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STAGE 4
Conduct the EMS audit and
report on environment
performance
EMS STAGE 1:
ASSIGN RESPONSIBILITY AND CONDUCT
ENVIRONMENT STATUS REVIEW
Assign Environment Responsibility
• Conduct EMS audit
• Compare performance against that of previous years as well as
the set objectives and targets
• Modify objectives and targets for continued environment
improvement (if needed)
• Report on environment performance
In any business, responsibility for a task must be assigned to someone to ensure
that it is performed and completed. Responsibility for EMS can be assigned to
one employee or to a group. Most tourism businesses appoint an ‘environment
champion’, supported by an environment management team. The environment
management team should include representatives from top management and
from all departments: this will ensure that the environment burdens of the entire
business are identified and included in the EMS.
The environment champion and management team should have the skills to:
• Appreciate the importance of EMS;
• Understand legislative requirements and the implications of noncompliance;
• Appreciate the technicalities of EMS so that priority actions can be
identified;
• Implement EMS, which includes gathering information, conducting
interviews, data analysis and report writing.