Report on Environmental Management System (EMS ... - ICAO

<strong>Report</strong> on Environmental Management
4-4 System (EMS) Practices in the Aviation Sector
Organization’s activity or operation
Environmental performance criteria �
Environmental auditing �
Energy management �
Soil and water protection �
Waste management �
Materials and chemicals management �
Air quality monitoring �
Noise exposure monitoring �
Ground transportation �
Procurement policies/supplier requirements �
Ecology conservation �
EMS scope
Included Excluded
Note 1.— Agreement was identified through comparison of categories with the
highest respondent percentage across all five sectors.
Note 2.— An activity or operation was listed as “excluded” if the highest respondent
percentage across all five sectors was “Don’t know/not applicable”.
4.3.3 Respondents categorized each function based on the following scope options, with only one scope option
assigned to each activity or operation: included in EMS, likely to be included within five years, likely to be included within
ten years, and don’t know/not applicable.
4.4 OTHER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN PLACE
4.4.1 Of 117 respondents with an EMS, 82 per cent had one or more additional management systems. The
percentage of respondents with either a safety management system (SMS) or a quality management system (QMS) was
high for all sectors (see Table 4-4). However, in four of the sectors (airports, airlines, manufacturers and other) the most
common addition to an EMS was a QMS.
4.4.2 Approximately 51 per cent of respondents with additional management systems had integrated or
coordinated it with their EMS. Most respondents with integrated systems suggested that the greatest benefits are: