Briefing on the University’s Environmental Management System

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The University has made a commitment to establish and implement a University-wide Environmental Management System (EMS) in line with the international standard ISO 14001:2015.

We have been working with a consultant, Karen Gallagher, to develop the EMS. Work has been slowed by the Covid-19 pandemic but this year we hope to push forward with establishing the EMS. This will involve, amongst other things, understanding what processes and procedures we already have in place and signposting to these from the EMS; duty of care and compliance training for relevant operational staff; the continuation of internal audits tackling our areas of high risk first; and checking the competency of staff that have a role in the EMS and identifying any gaps in training needs.

Senior Leadership Team and relevant senior managers within Estate Division and Safety Office.

Number of sessions: 1

This briefing is for colleagues within the Estates Division and Safety Office and the purpose of the briefing is to:

• Describe the purpose and value of an EMS and ISO14001 certification
• Describe the relevance of ISO14001 to Estates Division/ H&S and the management responsibilities for EMS including reference to the management of environmental risk
• Look at some the key environmental aspects relating to Estate Division/H&S
• Summarise implementation progress to date
• Outline key actions required for ED/H&S teams
• Identify support required for EMS implementation locally.

Presentations; Q&A

The briefing will take place on MS Teams and you will be sent a MS teams meeting invite once you’ve registered.

Joining link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MTViYzExNzYtZjc2Yy00ZWFlLTk5ZDYtYjM5YzVkZjJhMzI5%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2249a50445-bdfa-4b79-ade3-547b4f3986e9%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2277bd344b-0156-4d14-aea9-08cc7e8a1ab8%22%7d

1hr