CHAPTER 9: MEASURING AND MONITORING (CLAUSE 4.5.1)

Summary of requirements

It is necessary to establish and implement procedure(s) to measure and monitor those aspects of EMS performance that could have significant environmental impacts.

How can these requirements be met by an organisation?

The measurement and monitoring process must be viewed in a larger context and its scope extended to the entire environmental system. An organisation needs to define mechanisms and responsibilities for ongoing measuring and monitoring of key characteristics of those processes and activities that have the potential for significant environmental impacts.

Key characteristics are those characteristics that provide vital information or can have significant influence ...

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