Environmental Management and Sustainability Report for HFSY357 Module

This report delves into environmental management and sustainability, focusing on ISO 14001 standards and their relevance. It proposes an environmental policy tailored to a workshop using hazardous chemicals, considering applicable Singapore environmental legislation. The report outlines a methodology for classifying significant environmental impacts and applies it to identify key impacts within the operation. Furthermore, it develops an internal environmental audit procedure, detailing its purpose, scope, process, auditor selection, and classification of audit findings, providing a comprehensive overview of environmental management practices.

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Relevance of ISO 14001 Standards 2015
ISO 14001:2015 is the particular requirement for managing the environmental aspects
and the organization can adapt this initiations to enhance the performance towards
environmental sustainability. The purpose of this program is to make the organizations active to
take part within the activities of environmental responsibilities with a proper systematic manner
(Heras‐Saizarbitoria & Boiral, 2013). These activities will contribute to set the pillars for
environmental sustainability. The program leads the organizations to achieve the desired goal
for the environmental management procedure. It will provide importance to environment from
the organizational perspective (Su, Dhanorkar & Linderman, 2015). Combining with the policy of
environment, the desired outcomes of this management program involves
 Improvement of the environmental performance
 Contentment of compliance obligation
 Accomplishment of environmental goals.
The program of ISO 14001: 2015 is only applicable for the organization irrespective of the
size, type and domain of the business. It includes all the environmental aspects of the initiatives,
goods, and services the institution consider as a mean to handle of influence the environment
from the perspective of entire life cycle. ISO 14001:2015 has not mentioned any prescribed
criteria for environmental performance (Nováková, Cekanova & Pauliková, 2016). The program
can be used as a whole or in separating the parts in systematic order for the sake of
environmental sustainability. The claims made by the program are not acceptable with the
condition of proper incorporation of all the mentioned requirements with proper organization for
environmental management procedure and completion without any exclusion (Zhang et al.,
2017).
Outline of an environmental policy
The farm is dedicated to environmental management with all the scheduled activities. The
organization offer the policies to create a safe and healthy workplace dedicated to protect the
environment and preserving energy and the natural resources. All the employees of the
organization will stick to these policies to achieve a healthy and fruitful environment. All the
employees are committed to
 Create a safe and healthy internal atmosphere with proper assurance of trained
personnel to use the security and emergency tools.
 Become a responsible neighbor for the community where they dwell and rectify the
situation of endanger health and safety for the organization.
 Preserve the natural resources by acquiring the activities of pollution prevention attitude.
 Suggest improvement strategies with innovative technology to minimize the waste
production.
 Provide assurance to use the minimum amount of energy for the business.
 Take part in the activities related to the concept of environmental protection with proper
understanding.
 Meet the applied requirements by the Federal and State government and will stick to the
core requirements irrespective of the location of the business.
 Take initiative to enhance the organizational performance for environmental
management with the preventive regulations set by the Singapore government.
 Actively report against the issues of noncompliance with the applicability of
governmental requirements of reporting and also try to assess the reasons behind the
non-compliances.

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 Establish some process to review the environmental compliance with a regular basis and
compliance of all the rules and regulations.
 Ensure the process to ensure the staffs of the organization are educated enough to
understand the importance of compliance with the environmental laws and regulations.
Environmental legislation of Singapore
The Environmental Protection and Management Act of Singapore is adhered to
consolidate the laws to control the environmental pollution, provide security and maintenance of
the natural resources, and for the reason linked therewith. The act can be interpreted as
Environmental Protection and Management Act (Rajah & Thiruvengadam, 2013). The summary
of this act are mentioned as follows.
 The National Environment Agency was found by the National Environment Agency Act
2002.
 Analysis will include observing the sample or a test to measure and calculate or the
mode of examination to understand the feature of that affects the environment (Ioannou
& Serafeim, 2017).
 Detecting the climate risks and incorporate the directors’ duty to resolve the problem.
 Any kind of energy also comes under the direction of this act including transmission, gas
and oil, sustainability and mining.
 Protection of the endangered species, reserved species and habitats.
 All the enforcement activities including the criminal defense.
 Assessment of environmental impact and auditing.
 Inquiry that include compliance and event investigation.
 Apart from this, the wildlife protection law includes the preservation of wildlife, preserving
the fisheries and inconsistence.
Impact of the regulations on the organizations
In the recent era, all the organizations are practicing some green initiatives to protect the
environment with proper adherence to government initiatives (Lam & Notteboom, 2014). Hence,
the impact of the Environmental legislation of Singapore on organizations can be summed up
with the following manner.
 All the initiatives mentioned in the legislative regulations contribute to the notion of
making Singapore as a green country. Companies such as Hewlett Packard (HP) and
other business organization committed to make partnership with Environment and Water
Resources. Hence, similar to HP the company is observed with creating or
manufacturing procedure with less cost of energy without compromising the business
(Earnhart & Leonard, 2013). More than 7000 companies are taking initiatives to save
energy and use the solar power for the sake of environmental safety. The organization
will make an alliance with Singapore Sustainability Alliance to create a sustainable
environment all together.
 The company will take part in the activities to be considered as one of the green group of
organizations in Singapore. As mentioned in the policy, that all the employees will
participate in some activities that committed to protecting the environment. Hence, the
employees will take part in the green nudge initiative (Cotoc et al., 2013). It is a
procedure to handle the problem of contamination of recyclables. It is also adhered to
eliminate the large amount of waste generation. The aim of this initiative is to bring a
narrative shift in the recycling procedure of Singapore with the initiative of eco-conscious
organizations. All the employees will take part in this activity to minimize the use of
plastics and change the organization procedure (Barton & Bruder, 2014). The company

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will stick to maintain the arrangements by Singapore Environment Council (SEC) to
promote environmental sustainability by promoting various range of holistic programs.
The suitable and most efficient personnel of the organization will be awarded for
performing sustainability activities.
Internal Environmental Audit Procedure
Internal environmental auditing is a procedure to examine the operational management
of the organization (Asare et al., 2013). It is a method to compare the organizational activities
with the Environmental management System (EMS). The aims of internal environmental audit
program includes
 Monitoring the environmental management procedure and their efficiency.
 The areas to be improved within the existing initiatives.
 To evaluate the areas that can lead to crucial environmental danger.
Planning for internal audit
The internal environmental audit program will be planned with the specific aims as
mentioned in the following section.
 Compilation of all the existing policies and objectives mentioned within the EMS.
 Possession of emergency systems within the environmental management program.
 Meeting all the legal as well as organizational requirements (Rajah & Thiruvengadam,
2013).
 Meeting all the requirements of formal and informal EMS standards.
 Making provision for sufficient communication of the sustainability plan.
Selection of the auditors
The key auditors of the internal environmental audit will be
 Employees
 Employers
 Suppliers
Classification of audit findings
 Environmental management audits – The findings of this group of audits will verify
whether the initiatives are meeting all the goals and objectives of the organization to
meet the legal requirements.
 Functional environmental audits – The findings will reflect the efficiency of environmental
policies taken for preserving water and energy (Zhang et al., 2017).
 Environmental compliance audits - According to ISO 14001: the findings of
environmental management audits demonstrate the perception of the employees for
environment and sustainability.
 All the findings of the different types of audits will be reported to the governing or
directing body of the organization.
Follow-up action on the audit findings
Follow-up actions are important as the initiatives taken for environmental sustainability
should be evaluated to bring further changes within the existing policies.

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 Identification of the issues related to compliance – The audit cannot withstand the
compliance alone. The strategies should be evaluated regarding the Federal and State
directions of completing the gap analysis.
 The audits should generate easy paper trail for the invigilator to research about the prior
documents and make correction on the following (Nováková, Cekanova & Pauliková,
2016).
 For this, the auditors can take the help of the tool of third party enhance compliance. It
will provide recommendation and take resolutions to eliminate the gaps observed within
the implemented initiatives (Ioannou & Serafeim, 2017).
 The mentioned auditors must consult with an assistant to take support for ensuring the
elements including onsite health and safety in regard to the environmental sustainability.
Along with this, it includes a contractual management for resolving the daily compliance
issues.
Conclusion
In conclusion, it can be said that initiating a change to develop an environmental plan
with the observed gaps and again a follow-up actions to measure the changes.

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