amforiBEPI
Data Collection and Management
... encouraged to create an Environmental Management System (EMS) for their businesses to analyse, control, and reduce the negative environmental impacts of their activities. As part of that system, business partners will need an organized way to gather and keep data and records.
... appoint a key contact person for amfori BEPI initiative. amforiBEPI admin: relevant info, maintain company data in sustainability platform, ...
... expected to share data through amfori Sustainability Platform: company profile, site-details, supply chain mapping, risk assessment, ...
amforiBEPI Journey Started
... Once business partners accept the invitation to join members on the platform, they must create their company profile and site details:
- general site info (name, address, contact, etc.) ... ?
- water stress situation ... ? WRI interactive map →
- GICS classification (main activity, mandatory for all sites) ... ? GICS →
- GS1 classification ... ? GS1 →
- NACE classification ... ? EU statistical classification of economic activities →
- amfori process classification ... ?
Correct classification is crucial for next steps...
→ Risk Assessment → Risk Profile → amfori member may assign: Monitoring, Capacity Building, Chemical Management
Rating System
Full Scope Environmental Monitoring
- A: Very good → 86-100%
- B: Good → 71-85%
- C: Acceptable → 51-70%
- D: Insufficient → 30-50%
- E: Unacceptable → 0-29%
... how monitoring questions regarding each of the Environmental Performance Areas impacts the overall rating.
- Verification of Risk Assessment data → 10%
- EPA1 - Environmental Management System (EMS) → 20%
- EPA2 - Energy & Climate → 10%
- EPA3 - Emission to Air → 10%
- EPA4 - Water & Effluents → 10%
- EPA5 - Waste → 10%
- EPA6 - Biodiversity → 10%
- EPA7 - Chemical → 10%
- EPA8 - Nuisances → 10%
Focused Scope Environmental Monitoring: ...
EPA01: Environmental Management System
... should declare whether there is an Environmental Management System established for the site, whether there has been an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) carried out for the site, whether there is a person (team) within organization responsible for EMS and ...
... needs to declare whether has an environmental management policy and, ... related sub-policies, processes, and procedures.
... needs to declare whether has a valid operating permit which covers all buildings, operations and employees. ...
EPA02: Energy and Climate
... needs to indicate what the main energy uses for:
- production machinery and equipment, heating, cooling
- air-conditioning, compressors, lighting, office, others
certification on energy management system, energy consumption reduction, energy management audit ...
... should declare whether their site monitors emissions of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) associated with site processes and activities ... see: https://ghgprotocol.org
... should select the option that best describes the situation on site in regard to targets set to reduce the overall GHG emissions. See: Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) @ https://www.wri.org/initiatives/science-based-targets
EPA03: Emission To Air
... should indicate whether ... monitors/measures emissions to air: particles, vapours, Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) and others
... should select the option that best describes the situation on site in regard to the impact of emissions to air on soil and/or groundwater.
... should state whether they use Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) on site and ...
GRI definition of signification air emission: air emission regulated under international conventions and/or national laws or regulations.
EPA04: Water and Effluents
... should provide a breakdown of the current yearly water consumption on site by the following sources: surface water, groundwater, seawater, produced water, third-party water
... needs select the main water uses on site from the provided list: production processes, cooling, heating, domestic/restroom, kitchen, gardening, others Note: Production-related cooling and heating are to be selected with “production processes”.
... needs to select effluent streams generated on site from the list: production, domestic, kitchen effluent, cooling water, storm water, others, none
EPA05: Waste
... needs to state whether their site has implemented any measures to prevent or reduce waste generation.
... needs to provide the amount of waste generated on site broken down by hazardous and non-hazardous waste ...
... needs to provide information on the amounts of waste generated on site broken down by the type of composition/material: biomass, metals, non-metallic minerals, plastics, textiles, paper and cardboard, others
... needs to specify the form of hazardous waste generated on site. Business partner should select all options: gases, liquids, solids, sludge, others
GRI definition of hazardous waste: ... possesses any of the characteristics contained in Annex III of the Basel Convention, or that is considered to be hazardous by national legislation.
EPA06: Biodiversity
... needs to indicate whether their site has assessed the potential impacts of its operations on biodiversity ...
... needs to declare whether the site implemented any control measures to minimize impacts to biodiversity ...
... needs to indicate whether there are any habitat areas that the site restores and/or protects
EPA07: Chemicals
... needs to state whether their site completed an assessment to check whether polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), asbestos-containing materials are present onsite ... ? https://www.epa.gov/pcbs/learn-about-polychlorinated-biphenyls →
https://www.epa.gov/asbestos/learn-about-asbestos →
... needs to clarify whether their site stores, uses or handles hazardous or potentially hazardous substances.
... should indicate which hazards result from substances mentioned in the section below these substances (select all that apply). Business partner should select all options: corrosive, oxidizing, flammable, explosive, health hazard, hazardous to the Ozone Layer, acute toxicity, hazardous to the environment
↳ https://echa.europa.eu/regulations/clp/clp-pictograms
... an established Chemical Management System ...
EPA07: Chemicals
... needs to state whether the site has an established Chemical Management System, complementary requirements that includes:
- A comprehensive chemical inventory
- A system to manage Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
- An approval process for introducing new chemicals to the site
- On-site chemical management
- Adequate waste disposal.
... should explain whether the site has emergency spill response procedures in place (e.g. spill kits, spill response team, etc.). ...
... state ... established procedures to avoid purchasing chemicals from RSL/MRSL: ↳ https://echa.europa.eu/substances-restricted-under-reach
EPA08: Nuisance
... needs to indicate whether their site performed any assessment of potential nuisances linked to any activity on-site: noise, odour, light, particles, etc.
... needs to specify whether the site received any notification or complaint about nuisances in the last 5 years and ...
Prepare for an Environmental Monitoring
Once all Risk Assessment → Risk Profile → Monitoring
↳ ... to provide evidence to the self-declared data:
- licenses and permits
- correspondences with stakeholders
- policies and procedures
- certificates and related technical documents
- any documentation regarding air emissions, water emissions, noise analysis, wastewater testing,
- energy and water bills or inventory presenting at least volumes consumed,
- Inventories of wastes and related document ...
- inventories of chemicals and MSDS, internal training
- any others