Environmental management - Environmental performance evaluation - Guidelines

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Environmental Performance Evaluation

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN RAIL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE: CURRENT PRACTICE AND POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS

2005 ◽  
Vol 07 (03) ◽  
pp. 433-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
KRISTINA LUNDBERG ◽  
BERIT BALFORS ◽  
LENNART FOLKESON
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Current Practice ◽  
Iso 14001 ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Environmental Management Systems ◽  
Environmental Aspects ◽  
Common System ◽  
Environmental Performance Evaluation

Environmental management systems (EMS) require performance evaluation of significant environmental aspects. Much has been published on how to achieve environmental performance evaluation but little information is available on applications in practice. The Swedish National Rail Administration, Banverket, initiated the implementation of EMS in 1998, at about the same time as many other rail administrations. In this paper an overview of the application of EMS at rail administrations in selected countries is presented and systems for environmental performance evaluation within the EMS used by Banverket are analysed. The use of EMS by rail administrations was found to vary from the absence of environmental management to fully implemented EMS, mainly ISO 14001. At Banverket, EMS is widely used but the environmental performance evaluation could be improved by introducing indicators and merging all types of environmental monitoring, currently reported separately, into a common system.

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