A Simple Guide to Set Up an Environmental Management System

Establish Environmental Objectives And Targets (Module 5)

Here are some examples of environmental objectives and targets :

Initial Environmental Audit Findings	Environmental Policy Commitments	Environmental Objectives	Environmental Targets
Excessive waste generation	Reduce Waste	Minimize and reduce waste produced from the retail outlets Decrease volume of materials used for packaging of specific products	Reduce average daily weight of waste to landfill by 20 tonnes (yr1/yr2) Reduce volume of paper used in packaging per unit of current production volume of Product "A" by 10% (yr1/yr2)
Lack of control of selection and use of natural resources	Reduce consumption of natural resources	Reduce energy consumption in production process and office operations	Reduce energy consumption per unit of production by 10% (yr1/yr2) Reduce energy consumption by 15% (yr4 against yr2)
Uncontrolled risk of oil spillage	Minimize the production of pollutants to the environment	Reduce probability of accidental oil spillage	Reduce the probability of serious spill to 2% in the coming year
Outdated and inadequate equipment	Adopt technologies that will minimize pollution	Invest in best available technology to address pollution problems	Invest 5% of turnover in environmental improvements for the next 3 years (yr1-yr3)
Inadequate environmental awareness	Provide environmental education and training	Enhance environmental awareness of staff	Set up a training schedule for implementation on a monthly basis commencing mm/yy
Weak public relations	Improve external relations	Improve complaint handling procedure Provide support for community environmental programmes	Decrease number of complaints by 25% this year Co-organize two campaigns with environmental groups in the coming year