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The EMS also provides a way for Woollam to plan for, and demonstrate that steps have been taken to
reduce or prevent environmental harm from occurring as a result of its operations.
At the very least, the EMS requires Woollam to assess how it meets its legal and other requirements
relating to its environmental aspects.



Terms and definitions
Auditor: Person with the competence to conduct an audit.
Continual Improvement: Recurring process of enhancing the Environmental Management System to
achieve improvements in overall environmental performance consistent with the organization’s Management
Systems Policy.
Corrective Action: Action to eliminate the cause of a detected nonconformity.
Document: Information and its supporting medium.
Environment: Surroundings in which an organisation operates, including air, water, land, natural
resources, flora, fauna, humans, and their interrelation.
Environmental Aspect: Element of an organization’s activities or products or services that can interact
with the environment.
Environmental Impact: Any change to the environment, whether adverse or beneficial, wholly or partially
resulting from an organisation’s environmental aspect.
Environmental Management System (EMS): Part of an organisation’s management system used to
develop and implement its Management Systems Policy and manage its environmental aspects.
Environmental Objective: Overall environmental goal, consistent with the Management Systems Policy,
that an organisation sets itself to achieve.
Environmental Performance: Measurable results of an organisation’s management of its environmental
aspects.
Management Systems Policy: Overall intentions and direction of an organisation related to its
environmental performance as formally expressed by top management.
Environmental Target: Detailed performance requirement, applicable to the organisation or parts
thereof, that arises from the environmental objectives and that needs to be set and met in order to achieve
those objectives.
Interested Party: Person or group concerned with or affected by the environmental performance of an
organisation.
Nonconformity: Non-fulfillment of a requirement.
Organisation: Company, corporation, firm, enterprise, authority or institution, or part or combination
thereof, whether incorporated or not, public or private, that has its own functions and administration.
Preventive Action: Action to eliminate the cause of a potential nonconformity.
Prevention of Pollution: Use of processes, practices, techniques, materials, products, services or
energy to avoid, reduce or control (separately or in combination) the creation, emission or discharge of any
pollutant or waste, in order to reduce adverse environmental impacts.
Procedure: Specified way to carry out an activity or a process.
Record: Document stating results achieved or providing evidence of activities performed.



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