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A Guide to Corporate Environmental Performance Reporting - Annex3
The
environmental impacts of an organization refer to the changes which take
place in the environment as a result of the activities and services of
the organization. For example, an activity of handling of hazardous materials,
which has potential for accidental spillage, may have an environmental
impact on contamination of soil or water.
The
identification of significant environmental impacts can be dealt with
the following three steps:
- Among the activities
and services, select those which are large enough for meaningful examination
and small enough to be sufficiently understood.
- Identify as many
environmental aspects as possible associated with the selected activities
or services. (Note: an environmental aspect refers to an element of
the organization's activities and services which can have a beneficial
or adverse impact on the environment.)
- Identify as many
actual and potential environmental impacts as possible associated with
each identified aspect.
Examples from the
three steps above are shown as follows.
Activity
Handling
of hazardous
materials
|
Aspect
Potential
for
accidental spillage
|
Impact
Contamination
of soil or water
|
|
Service
Vehicle
Maintenance
|
Impact
Reduction
of
air emissions
|
|
|
