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790 Environmental Management Systems (EMS)
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Management Review, Benefits, and EPA Perspectives

Management Review

At some point, generally within the first year of implementation, results of the checking phase are brought to management for review.

Management reviews are one key to continual improvement.

Management reviews are one key to continual improvement and help ensure that the EMS will continue to meet the organization's needs over time.

Management Review requires at least two key elements be examined on a set frequency:

  1. EMS policy, objectives, and targets, to ensure that the system is still effective to the organization's activities; and,
  2. changed conditions under which the previous environmental aspects were evaluated that might require reevaluation and modification of EMS policy, objectives(s) and target(s).

Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.

7-1. What activity is A key to the continual improvement of the EMS?