Environmental Management System defines policies for maintaining policy for environmental protection in a comprehensive, systematic, planned and documented manner. The infographic explains general procedure for EMS and how it has evolved over the time.

1. S A F E T Y S Y S T E M Z P V T . L T D .
Environm e nt, He a lth, Sa fe ty & Ene rg y
Environment Management System under ISO 14001
Implementation of EMS:
Create/update environmental policy
According to ISO, more than 300,000 organizations in 171 countries have certified to ISO 14001
Plan
Environmental as-
pects, legal require-
ments and targets
Do
Roles & responsibili-
ties, training, commu-
nication, documenta-
tion, control of docu-
ments and emergency
preparedness & re-
sponse
Plan
Environmental as-
pects, legal require-
ments and targets
Act
Management Review
and ISO 14001 Audit
Check
Monitor, Evaluate
Compliance, Noncon-
formity, Corrective &
Preventive Action and
Internal Audits
1990 to 1994: Compliance management (CM)- focus on regulation and relying on en-
vironmental departments to react to issues
1994 to current: Environmental management systems (EMS)- more systematic, organi-
zation-wide focus on environmental issues
1998 to current: Environmental information management systems (EIMS)- web-based
systems and integrate multiple systems
2002 to current: Environmental process management systems (EPMS)- use of quality
tools and use a project focus to drive improvements
2006 to current: Sustainability requires integrating environmental, social, and eco-
nomic goals and using best practices to address risk and uncertainty
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Environment Management System:
From compliance management to sustainability
https://www.epa.gov/ems/learn-about-environmental-management-systems