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Resources and Links
ENLAR is here to help! In order to assist you in understanding environmental safety and health management systems and EHS legal and corporate governance requirements, we have put together this page of resources that will provide you with additional information.
These resources include:
- Environmental Management Systems -- ISO 14001
- Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems -- OHSAS 18001 & ANSI/AIHA Z10
- Identifying EHS Legal Requirements
- Corporate Governance and the impact of Sarbanes-Oxley
- Selecting Appropriate Training Programs
- Document Development & Management
- General Environmental, Safety and Health Assistance
Environmental Management Systems -- ISO 14001
SO 14000 is a series of environmental standards developed under the auspices of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), an organization responsible for the development of a wide variety of international standards (for example, camera film is manufactured to meet ISO performance standards). Further information on ISO can be found at the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) web site.
Copies of the ISO 14000 standards are available from ISO, American Society for Quality ASQ or from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
OH&S Management Systems -- OHSAS 18001 & ANSI/AIHA Z10
OHSAS 18001 is a document developed in 1999 by an independent group of national standard-setting bodies and registrars to provide guidance on establishing an occupational safety and health management system. The elements of OHSAS 18001 are similar to the elements of ISO 14001. Copies of OHSAS 18001 can be obtained from BSI.
According to a 2005 survey conducted by the OHSAS Project Group that surveyed the extent of OH&S MS standardization and certification worldwide, over 15,000 organizations have gotten third-party certification of their occupational safety and health management systems.
The OHSAS 18001 standard is currently in the process of being revised. The OHSAS Working Group reached consensus on proposed changes to the standard in its meeting in Shanghai, China on March 26 to 30, 2007. The revised standard should be published in July 2007.
ANSI/AIHA Z10, Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems, is a standard developed in the United States through the standard setting process of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) with the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) as the secretariat. Copies of ANSI/AIHA Z10 can be obtained from AIHA.
In August of 2005, three professional safety associations published a position paper on Auditor Competency for Assessing Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems. ANSI Z1 is currently in the process of revising ANSI/ASQ 19011S (Guidelines on Quality and/or Environmental Management System Auditing) to include guidelines for auditing occupational safety and health management systems.
If you would like more information about developing, implementing and maintaining occupational health and safety management systems such as OHSAS 18001, visit the OHSAS 18001 Expert blog.
Identifying
EHS Legal Requirements
A key step in either establishing an ISO 14001
environmental management system or simply maintaining compliance with
legal and regulatory requirements is identifying those laws and
regulations applicable to your activities, products and services. ENLAR can work with you to
identify, evaluate and document the environmental, safety and health
regulatory requirements applicable to your activities, products and
services. The focus of this service is to ensure that company personnel
have ready access to applicable environmental legal requirements and a
means of periodically updating this evaluation. Listed below are web sites that may assist you in
identifying applicable laws and regulations: United States
Environmental Protection Agency web site. The Legal
Information Institute of Cornell Law School. Listing
of federal and state environmental laws and regulations located on the
web site of Environmental Law Net.
Corporate
Governance and the impact of
Sarbanes-Oxley In response to a wave of corporate scandals, the Public Company
Accounting and Reform Act of 2002 was signed into law in July of 2002. This
Act, commonly known as Sarbanes-Oxley or SOX, makes company officers
personally accountable for establishing internal controls to ensure accurate
financial reporting. Clink here to access the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act. This Act, in concert with other financial laws requiring the recording
and reporting of environmental liabilities, will focus corporate attention
on environmental internal control processes and procedures. For publicly
traded companies, internal control processes must be in place to identify,
track, quantify and assess the materiality of potential environmental
liabilities. A December
2001 study by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) found
that many companies did not provide adequate disclosure on environmental
issues. ENLAR can assist you in determining whether your existing
environmental internal controls will meet the Sarbanes-Oxley requirements. For additional information on Sarbanes-Oxley: Securities and Exchange Commission American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants
Selecting Appropriate Training Programs Deciding what training course to take can be
difficult. Making the wrong decision can waste your time and money. Trying to decide what training program is right for
you? To make a better decision, check out the five
questions you should ask yourself before you sign-up for training. ENLAR offers a number of training
solutions to assist you in developing and implementing environmental
safety and health management systems to conform to ISO 14001 and OHSAS
18001.
Document
Development & Management Document and Record Control are a key part of any
management system - including environmental safety and health management
systems. ENLAR can help you get control of your documents and records. We
offer document management training programs and consulting services.
General Environmental,
Safety And Health Assistance
Listed below are web sties that can provide information
on environmental, safety and health issues: United States
Environmental Protection Agency web site. Occupational Safety and
Health Administration web site. American Industrial
Hygiene Association. AFC International,
a supplier/integrator of environmental, safety and health monitoring
instrumentation.
