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Environmental
Management System
Our
environmental management system (EMS) aims to fulfill internally
the goals described in our Environmental Policy on compliance, pollution
prevention, minimisation of consumption and other issues. The Director
of the EPD is our green manager and chairs the department's Green
Management Committee (GMC), attended by office managers from our
13 offices. The GMC has been supported by the Safety & Health
Unit (SHU) since August 2001, which replaced the Management Support
Unit. The SHU is responsible for developing, implementing and reviewing
our environmental management system and practices department-wide.
Green practices are carried out by Green Action Teams, which are
in place in each of our 13 offices and comprise staff of various
ranks. The Green Action Teams report to their respective office
managers, who may bring matters up for discussion at the GMC as
required.
Chart
of Green Management System in EPD
Each
office must complete regular self-audits of their green management
practices and in 2001 some 45 self-audits were completed by the
Green Action Teams, who used updated checksheets prepared by the
SHU. The SHU, in turn, audited 10 offices in 2001.These audits revealed
that in general the staff were very aware of green office housekeeping.
They implemented such things as self-initiated paper and electricity
saving practices, and they set their own performance targets. They
also set up attractive green corners to post information on green
measures and the office's green housekeeping achievements.
Photo
of Recycling boxes for different types of recyclable items are available
in our offices
Photo
of Green information is posted on our offices' Green Corner notice
boards
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