Environmental Management

Phlorum Limited provides specialist and comprehensive environmental management services to industrial and commercial clients, including: the development, installation and auditing of Environmental Management Systems (EMS); the application of environmental permits; site waste management plans; and the review of environmental Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programmes. Increasingly, companies are looking at ways to improve their environmental efficiency, whilst ensuring compliance with environmental legislation. This can be done by the following:

  • Initial environmental "gap" style analysis
  • Reports identifying key environmental issues
  • Environmental audits of systems and companies
  • Development of Environmental Management Systems

Phlorum Limited can provide assistance with all of the above.

Further details on the following services are given below:

EMS Requirements
Environmental Auditing
Do you need a permit to operate?
Add power to your CSR programme

EMS Requirements

The development of Environmental Management Systems (EMS) requires:

  • Setting an environmental policy
  • Reviewing the environmental law that applies to the given industry
  • Assessing the environmental effects of the industry
  • Developing environmental procedures
  • Training staff in environmental awareness and in their responsibilities under the EMS
  • Setting measurable objectives and targets
  • Independent auditing of the performance of the EMS

Phlorum Limited can assist with the development of Environmental Management Systems to either BS EN ISO 14001 or EMAS. Our process would normally involve an initial gap style analysis to assess the strengths and weaknesses of a company. We can then either develop all the necessary policies and procedures required or provide assistance with their development. We can assist in the training of staff to implement and understand the changes often necessary to embed an EMS and then provide periodic auditing to ensure that the policies and procedures implemented are followed.

Environmental Auditing

Phlorum Limited has in house IEMA qualified auditors who assist in the environmental auditing of companies and sites. This auditing provides the following:

  • Review environmental legislation compliance and best practice benchmarking
  • Ensure appropriate licences and permits are in place
  • Ensure waste is appropriately segregated
  • Review waste procedures including recycling and reuse options
  • Provide energy audits of sites
  • Ensure operations continue to comply with appropriate policies and procedures
  • Review of environmental training requirements

Do you need a permit to operate?

Under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations SI 2007, many industries need an environmental permit to operate. Environmental permits are required for industrial and waste activities that could harm human health or the environment if they are not controlled.

Environmental permits apply to installations, waste operations and items of mobile plant.

In Scotland, waste management licenses are required under the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994, for the disposal or treatment of waste, or the use of certain items of mobile plant to dispose of or to treat waste.

Phlorum Limited can review your requirements for these permits/licenses and then assist in the application and/or management process.

Add power to your CSR programme

Developing a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme can add value to the services or products you provide ? even if regulations do not yet require you to have a formal CSR. Under a CSR programme a company shows that it adheres to the law, ethical standards and the international norm. There are many drivers for adopting a CSR programme - legislation and public expectations for companies to become more socially and ethically aware have increased markedly in recent years. This is encouraging companies to take a fresh look at their business practices and, in some cases, allow them to change their business models. Phlorum Limited can identify areas of your business where environmentally sustainable and socially responsible practices are already working well and where they can be improved, with or without a formal EMS being put in place to support the CSR programme.

EMS Requirements

The development of Environmental Management Systems (EMS) requires –

  • Setting an environmental policy
  • Reviewing the environmental law that applies to the given industry
  • Assessing the environmental effects of the industry
  • Developing environmental procedures
  • Training staff in environmental awareness and in their responsibilities under the EMS
  • Setting measurable objectives and targets
  • Independent auditing of the performance of the EMS
  • Reviewing the operation of the EMS and revising it as necessary.



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