Environmental management toolkit

SEPA has developed an environmental management toolkit for small and medium-sized businesses.

The toolkit will help you manage your environmental performance and comply with your Pollution Prevention and Control (PPC) permit or waste management licence. It may also help you comply with other licences that require you to have environmental management controls in place.

The toolkit is not an environmental management system (EMS), but could help your business to develop its own EMS.

What is the toolkit?

The toolkit contains simple templates you can complete for your site, including a:

  • plan that identifies your environmental impacts and explains how you will control them
  • plan that will help you manage any accidents or pollution incidents at your site
  • checklist for your maintenance regime
  • checklist for your staff’s training
  • form to record any complaints you receive about your site
  • form to record any accidents or incidents at your site.

How will the toolkit help you?

The toolkit will help you:

  • reduce the risk of your business harming the environment
  • use your resources more efficiently
  • comply with the conditions in your environmental permit or exemption
  • improve your legal compliance and reduce your risk of prosecution
  • reduce your operating costs over time
  • improve your reputation
  • increase your competitiveness.

How to use the toolkit

You can download the toolkit that applies to your business in:

  • Microsoft Word and amend the templates in an electronic format
  • Adobe PDF and complete the templates in writing.

Download the toolkit