G - Environmental Management Bureau

3.5 CHECKING AND CORRECTIVE ACTION
3.5.1 Monitoring and Measurement
The key characteristics of the organization’s activities and operations that can
create significant environmental impacts should be regularly monitored and measured.
Performance indicators are established to track environmental performance, relevant
operational controls and conformance with the organization’s objectives and targets.
Instruments used to monitor parameters must be calibrated whenever they are utilized.
Records must be kept for the various measurements as well as conformances to the
established objectives and targets. Monitoring should also include compliance to applicable
environmental laws and regulations.
Table 5.5.1 shows the objectives of establishing monitoring and measurement
procedures, tasks needed to achieve this and examples to illustrate some of these tasks.
Table 5.5.1Establishing Monitoring and Measurement Procedures
Objectives: To determine what you are actually doing
To determine how much you are actually doing
Tasks
1. Develop procedures on how you
monitor and measure operational
activities associated with
significant aspects and impacts
• Know your activities that need
to be monitored and measured
• Know what you can monitor
and measure
• Know legal compliance
monitoring requirements
2. Maintain records that have
information to track
environmental performance
Illustrative Examples
• Spraying operations
• Fumes at the spraying process
• Quantities of fume emissions
3. Conduct regular maintenance and
calibration of equipment and
facilities
4. Keep maintenance and calibration
records
See Annex 3.5 for an example of an EMS monitoring and measurement form.
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