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Environmental Management in
Severn Trent
Sue Painting
Severn Trent Plc
Environmental Management in Severn Trent
Agenda
1. The Severn Trent Group
2. Positioning
3. Background to EMS
4. EMS framework
5. How it works in practice
6. Conclusion
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SEVERN
TRENT
PROPERTY
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Severn Trent Positioning
Our corporate vision is to be at the forefront
of the environmental services industry.
Our corporate values of Environmental
Leadership, Service and Quality, enshrined in
our Code of Conduct, define our business
culture and guide our strategies.
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Background
1992 Group CEO appointed as Board
member responsible for
environmental matters and
Environmental Directorate created
1993 First environmental report following
review of performance. EMS
developed to BS 7750 standard
1999 Group EMS revised and awarded ISO
14001 certification
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Severn Trent Board
Corporate Responsibility Advisory Committee
Corporate Affairs
Director
Commitment
Biffa
Policy
Review
Protocols
Severn Trent Water
Aspects
Audits
Severn Trent
Laboratories
Environmental
Management System
Objectives
Targets
Other Group
Companies
Group Corporate
Responsibility Team
Corporate Responsibility
Forum
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Board Corporate Responsibility Committee – Terms of Reference
Provide policy guidance in relation to the following key corporate
responsibility issues facing the Company:
The development, review and promulgation of
environmental policies particularly those that relate to
the activities where the Group has its most significant
environmental impacts in respect of energy management
and climate change, waste and resource productivity and
biodiversity and land use;
The maintenance and continuing effectiveness of the
Group’s ISO14001 certified environmental management
system and review of the annual cycle of environmental
audits to ensure compliance with Group protocols;
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Severn Trent Board
Corporate Responsibility Advisory Committee
Corporate Affairs
Director
Commitment
Biffa
Policy
Review
Protocols
Severn Trent Water
Aspects
Audits
Severn Trent
Laboratories
Environmental
Management System
Objectives
Targets
Other Group
Companies
Group Corporate
Responsibility Team
Corporate Responsibility
Forum
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Corporate Responsibility Policy
We believe that business is part of the process of achieving
a sustainable future for society as a whole. Business must
practice stewardship of natural resources, recognise its role
as an integral part of the communities within which it
operates, and be accountable for its activities.
Our role as the Severn Trent Group of companies centres
on the delivery of environmental products and services to
industrial, commercial and domestic customers. A vibrant
and healthy environment is fundamental to the well-being
of society.
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Our EMS
• Simple
• Minimal documentation and bureaucracy
• Integral part of ‘the business’
• Transparency
• Encourages innovation
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Severn Trent Board
Corporate Responsibility Advisory Committee
Corporate Affairs
Director
Commitment
Biffa
Policy
Review
Protocols
Severn Trent Water
Aspects
Audits
Severn Trent
Laboratories
Environmental
Management System
Objectives
Targets
Other Group
Companies
Group Corporate
Responsibility Team
Corporate Responsibility
Forum
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Environmental Management Protocols
• Establish the standard to which the business units
should operate
• Allows flexibility to meet the needs of the
businesses
• Implementation of the protocols are audited on a
regular basis
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Protocols
1. Roles and responsibilities
2. Environmental aspects, objectives and targets
3. Legal and other requirements
4. Corporate reporting
5. Audit of operating companies
6. Staff awareness
7. Operations
8. Acquisitions and divestitures
9. Document control
10. Environmental claims
11. Emergency preparedness
12. Reporting of environmental incidents
13. Supply Chain Management
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Severn Trent Group – Significant Aspects
Operation or Activity
Significance
Score
Gaseous emissions to atmosphere
55
Effluent emissions to water
50
Transport of materials and personnel
50
Fuel consumption
50
Generation of all solid waste
40
Generation of liquid waste
36
Purchased electricity consumption
36
Disruption of habitats and ecosystems
32
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Reporting Performance - Stewardship 2004
• 12th year of reporting environmental performance
• Group-wide data and targets
• Key performance indicators covering:
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Environment
Workplace
Community
Marketplace and Economic
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Climate change
Objective
To pursue a group-wide carbon management strategy
that tackles climate change in the longer term
Adaptation - adapting to threats and opportunities
Mitigation - minimising our impacts
Energy management
Transport
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Climate Change – Managing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Biffa
• Increase energy generation capacity to 100 MW by 2005/06
• Continue the programme to reduce fuel consumption
compared to business activity
Laboratories
• Stabilise travel by air and road-based transport at current
levels relative to business activity
STW
• Generate at least 7% of total energy use from renewable
sources by 2005
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Climate change
Total Distance Travelled (thousand Km per £m turnover)
Group Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions
(tonnes CO2 equivalent per £m turnover)
thousand Km / £m turnover
Tonnes CO2e per £m turnover
120
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
100
80
60
40
20
0
0
2000/01
We generate from
renewable sources
the equivalent of
over 40% of our
total electricity
needs
2001/02
2002/03
1999/00
2003/04
2000/01
Total Electricity Purchased, Generated and Exported
(thousand megawatt hours)
2000
thousand MWh
1999/00
1500
1000
500
0
1999/00
2000/01
2001/02
Electricity purchased
Generated and exported
2002/03
Generated and used
2003/04
2001/02
2002/03
2003/04
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EMS Audit Process
• Annual self-assessment questionnaire to all business units.
- Trends in performance monitored
• Independent audit by Severn Trent Plc
- Frequency defined by environmental significance of
activities and previous performance
- Sites audited on a sample basis
- Auditors from other business units support Plc
Auditor
• Reported to Board Corporate Responsibility Committee
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Benefits of Group EMS
• Provides a framework for environmental
management across the group
• Ensures designation of responsibility and
accountability for management of environmental
matters
• Requires measurement of environmental impacts,
hence management information
• Establishes commitment to continual improvement
• Management of environmental risk