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Environmental Management System Key Terms

Key ISO 14001 Terms:

Environmental Aspects (EA)

Products/activities/services that interact or have potential to interact with the environment
Includes regulated and non regulated aspects

Significant Environmental Aspects (SEA)

EA that are regulated or have been scored as having significant environmental impact

Objectives and Targets

Define direction and quantitative measure of improvement

Environmental Management Program (EMP)

Planned approach to attaining Objectives and Targets

What is to be measured
Who will be responsible
How we will know when we are successful

Operational Controls (OC)

Procedures for maintaining performance in areas that we are already successful

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