Environmental management system

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-009773

1. Organizational structure, responsibilities, practices, procedures, processes, and resources for developing, implementing, achieving, reviewing, and maintaining the environmental policy.

2. The part of an organization's management system used to develop and implement its environmental policy and manage its environmental aspects. It is a set of interrelated elements (organizational structure, planning activities, responsibilities, practices, procedures, and resources) used to establish and achieve environmental performance objectives.

Table 1. Record
Identifier	MLC-T-ENV-009773
Field	Environment
Subject	Policy and guidance
Abbreviation	EMS
References	Environmental Management System Glossary; Safety, Health, and Environmental Management System Terms and Definitions

Record as JSON

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