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ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS - significance procedure

Step 1 Each aspect of the activity need to be scored against a set of criteria in order to give it a risk rating. Click for example of scoring. You may change the criteria and numbers to fit with your organisation but keep the same methodology throughout as consistency is key. (think will have this on one screen not click through - followed by questions on next screen)

Step 2 Follow the questions to determine which aspects of each activity in your workplace are considered significant and as such should be priorities for action in your environmental management system:

QUESTION RESPONSE ACT
1. Is the aspect covered by any environmental legislation? YES NO
2. Have you identified relevant pieces of environmental legislation and included these in your 'Legal List'(link) YES NO *
3. Do you have control measure in place to ensure you comply with the legislation? YES NO *
4. Do the mechanisms ensure there will be no breach in legislation? YES NO *
5. Has the aspects caused an environmental complaint, or incident, in the last 12 months? YES NO
6. Have preventive measures been implemented to ensure no re-occurrence? YES NO *
7. Click your Environmental Risk Assessment score for this aspect <15
LOW		 >15
HIGH
8. Are procedures in place to control and / or minimise the environmental risk? YES NO *
9. Is the aspect a waste? YES NO
10. Is the waste currently reused, recovered, and / or recycled? YES NO
11. Can the waste be reused, recovered and / or recycled? YES NO
12. Is the cost of reusing, recovering and / or recycling a prohibiting factor? YES NO
13. Is the aspect a raw material? YES NO

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