Environmental Management Systems and Environmental Management Plans
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Environmental Management Systems (EMS)
The AWSM Environmental Consultancy Team routinely design and successfully implement bespoke Environmental Management Systems (EMS), and when required, acquire ISO 14001 accreditation.
A well designed bespoke EMS delivered by AWSM will improve your environmental performance, minimise environmental risk and reduce the associated business overheads. Our clients will testify that having strong environmental credentials not only results in improving competitive advantage but also increases the trust of stakeholders, including Regulators when applying for and complying with a Permit.
Typically, the AWSM Environmental Consultancy Team develop a site-specific EMS under the following main headings:
- EM 00 Index
- EM 01 System Documents
- EM 02 Environmental & Operating Procedures
- EM 03 Internal Monitoring, Assessment & Recording Forms & Templates
- EM 04 External Report Forms & Templates
- EM 05 Records, Schedules and Timetables
- EM 06 Plans and Drawings
- EM 07 Environmental Training Documents
- EM 08 Records
Clients having implemented an EMS developed and supported by AWSM are often complemented by the Regulator on the quality of their records and robust systems to ensure ongoing conformance with their Environmental Permits and associated Environmental Regulations.
The Consultancy Service delivered by the team include:
- Development and Implementation of Environmental Management Systems to ensure compliance with Land Spread Permits / Exemptions (add link to EMS page)
- WAMITAB / Technical Competent Manager (TCM) Cover (add link to WAMITAB / TCM Page)
- Submission of Waste Returns.
- Production and Maintenance of Nutrient Management Plans.
- Development of Land Spread Contingency Plans.
- Notification of Deployments and Record Keeping.
- Staff mentoring and training.
- Attendance on farm / site during Regulatory audits.
Partnering with AWSM will ensure that Land Spread Permits and Deployments are effectively managed and protocols are in place to ensure the necessary records are maintained to demonstrate compliance with Environmental Regulations.
Background Information
An environmental permit or waste exemption is needed to supply, store or use waste material and for some activities, a specific deployment is needed to spread the waste. Having an agreed deployment means that the material has been assessed to make sure that it provides an agricultural benefit at a specific location and application rate whilst not harming the environment.
Any person or business accepting waste are bound by a ‘duty of care’ to ensure that the waste they are accepting meets the necessary legal requirements. If material is not as described on the deployment, associated waste transfer note, permit or exemption, the material should not be accepted onto farm / site.
Depositing unsuitable materials onto farmland could leave you with expensive clean-up costs, or even facing prosecution.
