Monitoring Records

Checks and balances

The management activities within your company need to be measured because they have an effect upon the operational factors discussed within impact measures in the previous units. Thus, such activities can have an impact upon the overall environmental performance of a company.

Techniques for monitoring business components

Techniques for delivering measurement training

Techniques for monitoring management systems (audits and management reviews)

Keeping accurate and concise monitoring data records is not only important for the purposes of regulatory compliance and proof to the enforcing authorities and also for financial reasons for example, in gaining insurance. Such internal data may also be utilised for the purpose of reporting and informing customer's, labelling products and, as has been mentioned previously, to motivate employees and communicate to the local community.

In the case of manufacturing sites, it is important to keep records on site of:

any accidental spillages/releases, the investigations and subsequent action

all waste transfer records (consignment notes (special waste) and waste transfer notes (controlled waste))

all wastes generated on site

waste contractor details such as copies of waste management licences

all results of all analysis undertaken (including that not undertaken by the company themselves)

all licences, authorisations, planning permission and consents

any inspection reports by the enforcing authority

records of monitoring equipment: an inventory including calibration and maintenance details. (an example record form is given in the appendices).