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Environmental Management System: Monitoring and Indicators

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ENV-469: Systems of environmental management

Le cours décrit les enjeux et les modalités pour la mise en place d'une démarche environnementale systémique en entreprise basée sur la norme ISO 14001 et son l'application à un cas d'étude concret choisi par le participant en collaboration avec l'enseign ...

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This lecture covers the steps to validate, monitor, and certify an Environmental Management System (EMS), including defining monitoring methods, carrying out audits, and setting up an audit program. It also discusses the importance of environmental indicators, dashboards, and performance measurement in assessing and improving environmental performance. The lecture emphasizes the selection of indicators, their characteristics, and the process of setting initial and objective values for performance evaluation. Additionally, it explores the types of indicators, their application fields, and the significance of operational and environmental indicators in managing company performance.

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Performance indicator

A performance indicator or key performance indicator (KPI) is a type of performance measurement. KPIs evaluate the success of an organization or of a particular activity (such as projects, programs, products and other initiatives) in which it engages. KPIs provide a focus for strategic and operational improvement, create an analytical basis for decision making and help focus attention on what matters most. Often success is simply the repeated, periodic achievement of some levels of operational goal (e.g.

Audit

An audit is an "independent examination of financial information of any entity, whether profit oriented or not, irrespective of its size or legal form when such an examination is conducted with a view to express an opinion thereon." Auditing also attempts to ensure that the books of accounts are properly maintained by the concern as required by law. Auditors consider the propositions before them, obtain evidence, and evaluate the propositions in their auditing report.

Internal audit

Internal auditing is an independent, objective assurance and consulting activity designed to add value and improve an organization's operations. It helps an organization accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control and governance processes. Internal auditing might achieve this goal by providing insight and recommendations based on analyses and assessments of data and business processes.

Financial audit

A financial audit is conducted to provide an opinion whether "financial statements" (the information is verified to the extent of reasonable assurance granted) are stated in accordance with specified criteria. Normally, the criteria are international accounting standards, although auditors may conduct audits of financial statements prepared using the cash basis or some other basis of accounting appropriate for the organization.

Engineering

Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to solve problems, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve systems. Modern engineering comprises many subfields which include designing and creating infrastructure, machinery, vehicles, electronics, materials, and energy. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad range of more specialized fields of engineering, each with a more specific emphasis on particular areas of applied mathematics, applied science, and types of application.

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