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What is an EMS?

An environmental management system (EMS) puts in place a continual process of planning, implementing, reviewing and improving the actions that an organisation undertakes to manage its risks and opportunities relating to:

  • the environment
  • food safety and quality
  • occupational health and safety
  • profitability
  • public relations
  • other aspects of the organisation.

The great thing about an EMS is that you can design it to suit your own circumstances and priorities. There is no stock standard EMS. An EMS can be designed to:

  • manage a particular environmental risk — for example, the environmental impacts of a certain fishing method or aquaculture activity
  • focus on more efficient use of your resources (less waste = more profits)
  • integrate environmental management into an existing management system — for example, a system for managing food safety or other aspects of a business.

An EMS may cover:

  • an individual business, such as an aquaculture business or fishing vessel
  • several businesses with common interests, such as the members of an industry association
  • all businesses in a particular fishery or aquaculture sector.

An EMS may be:

  • as simple as a code of best practice supported by a clear plan for implementation and compliance, or
  • as comprehensive as a third-party certified system complying with international standards such as ISO* 14000 or the Marine Stewardship Council certification scheme.

    Key aspects of an EMS are:

    • a vision for the future and a clear plan of action for achieving that vision
    • capacity in your organisation to implement the action plan and to monitor progress
    • capacity to demonstrate continual environmental and other improvements.

    * ISO is the International Organization for Standardization, which has developed internationally accepted standards for quality management (ISO 9000 series) and environmental management (ISO 14000 series).

    It’s essential to design your EMS to suit your own goals and priorities — then continually improve on what you achieve

    • Seafood Services Australia is a not for profit company supported by the Australian seafood industry and the Australian Government through funding from the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation.

     

     

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