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Environmental Management System (EMS)

Environmental Management System (EMS) Implementation within the ESH&Q Directorate, the Directors Office (DO), Community, Education, Government & Public Affairs (CEGPA) and Finance (DI).

One of Brookhaven National Laboratory’s highest priorities is ensuring that the Laboratory’s environmental performance measures up to its world class status in science. As part of their commitment to environmentally responsible operations, they have established an Environmental Management System (EMS).

An EMS ensures that environmental issues are systematically identified, controlled, and monitored. Moreover, an EMS provides mechanisms for responding to changing environmental conditions and requirements, reporting on environmental performance, and reinforcing continual improvement. The Laboratory’s EMS was designed to meet the rigorous requirements of the globally recognized International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14001 environmental management standard, with additional emphasis on compliance, pollution prevention, and community involvement.

As part of the Lab-wide EMS, ESH&Q has an EMS that addresses activities occurring within the Directorate. ESH&Q’s EMS also covers organizations outside of the Directorate that have very minor environmental impacts or are administrative in nature including the Directors Office (DO), the Community, Education, Government and Public Affairs Directorate (CEGPA) and the Finance Directorate (DI). These organizations were merged into ESH&Q’s EMS in order to consolidate the Labwide EMS and eliminate redundancy.

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Last Modified: June 29, 2009
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DOE, Office of Science One of ten national laboratories overseen and primarily funded by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Brookhaven National Laboratory conducts research in the physical, biomedical, and environmental sciences, as well as in energy technologies and national security. Brookhaven Lab also builds and operates major scientific facilities available to university, industry and government researchers. Brookhaven is operated and managed for DOE's Office of Science by Brookhaven Science Associates, a limited-liability company founded by the Research Foundation for the State University of New York on behalf of Stony Brook University, the largest academic user of Laboratory facilities, and Battelle, a nonprofit, applied science and technology organization.

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