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Our
Own Operations
Corporate
Environmental Management
We
will ensure that all services and programmes offered by the
EPD, as well as our own internal operations, are developed
and conducted in an environmentally- responsible manner
We
will implement ISO14001 environmental management systems to
improve continually the environmental performance of our major
facilities
We
review regularly and seek continual improvement in our Environmental
Policy in order to ensure it is adjusted to reflect changing
internal and external factors
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image
of EPD staff undergoing hands-on training on environmental
audit
image of Green auditing by Management Support Unit
Structure
and System
The Director
of the EPD is our Green Manager and chairs the department's
Green Management Committee (GMC), attended by senior staff
from our different offices. The GMC sets policy on internal
environmental management in the department. The GMC is supported
by the Management Support Unit (MSU), which is responsible
for the development, implementation and review of the green
management system and practices. In each of the 14 offices,
there is a Green Action Team (GAT) comprising staff of various
ranks. The GATs are responsible for the implementation of
green management practices in the individual offices.
Each office
is required to carry out their own audits of their activities
annually and report back to the MSU. The MSU carries out regular
green audits on one office (including laboratories and field
offices) each month to serve as an external check on the self-audits.
Any non-conformance identified during these external audits
is reported to the relevant Green Office Manager for follow-up
action.
In 1999,
34 self-audits were carried out by the 14 offices, and 10
external audit checks were carried out by MSU. Only minor
non-compliances on green housekeeping practices by individual
staff were found
Figures
of Green Management System in EPD
ISO
14001 Certification
We carried
out a study in 1997 to identify the need for ISO 14001 certification
on the environmental management system (EMS) of our facilities
and offices. The study concluded that it would be appropriate
for our Waste Facilities Business Unit (WFBU) to go for the
certification while our offices and laboratories should adopt
an EMS modelled on the elements of ISO 14001.
The Hong
Kong Productivity Council was commissioned in June 1999 to
assist in developing and implementing an ISO 14001 EMS for
our WFBU. The development is now substantially completed and
assessments by the Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency are
being carried out with a view to achieving certification in
year 2000.
In addition
to its own ISO 14001 EMS certification, the WFBU now requires
contractors of its new waste management facilities to obtain
ISO 14001 EMS certification as part of the contract requirement.
Figures
of The five major elements of the Environmental Management
System
Figures of The Environmental Policy of the Waste Facilities
Business Unit which has applied for ISO 14001 certification
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