Method for assessing the environmental inpacts

Abstract

This paper presents a method for assessing the environmental impacts associated with environmental aspects generated from the activities, products or services of an organization, environmental aspects related to new or planned developments, to new or modified activities products and services. The method takes into account the normal and abnormal operating situations, and the emergency situations. The method proposed for assessing the environmental impacts uses a grid with four evaluation criteria, for each criterion is assigned a rating from 1 to 10. The purpose of assessment of environmental impacts is to identify and then keeping under control the environmental aspects that have or can have a significant impact on the environment. The method is used in INCD ECOIND in the compartment Management Systems for the initial environmental analysis performed into organizations in the purpose to design, develop and implement the environmental management system according to SR EN ISO 14001:2005 standard.