EMSP personnel have assisted in the assessment/GAP Analysis, implementation and auditing of various sizes and types of organizations. USC Students assisting in the projects below have completed two USC EMS courses, ENVR 725—Environmental Assessment and Implementation, and ENVR 800—EMS Lead Auditor Course.

Square D Corporation—This project encompassed the assessment of the ISO 14001 EMS standard and the integration of the EMS into Square D’s quality management system standard (ISO 9000). Square D has approximately 600 employees and is located in Columbia, SC. Square D manufacturers electrical devices, such as safety switches, cam switches, low, medium, and high switches, and transformers.

Harrell Industries, Inc.—A small organic chemical processor in Rock Hill, SC with 26 employees and two significant customers. Customers, DOW Chemical and E.I. Lilly, required management to establish quality and environmental management systems to demonstrate supplier continual improvement. This project was the first program where a single management systems manual was developed which integrated quality, environmental and health and safety.

BC Components—Manufactures transistors and has approximately 260 employees. Corporate directive required BC Components to implement the ISO 14001 EMS standard. Beginning the 2^nd week in April a USC EMSP student began working with Barnes in the implementation process. Registration to the standard was completed in nine months.

Drexalmaier Automotive of America—Supplier to the automotive industry, which manufactures auto interior parts, with 175 employees. This project included training and auditing of the ISO 14001 EMS. A presentation of the implementation process was provided to the EMSP students. BMW a customer of the company was impressed with the environmental management program implemented and included Drexalmaier in its newsletter with reference to USC and the School of the Environment.

Southeast Millwork Company—Manufactures custom doors for the building industry. This was a waste reduction project initiated by the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control. Students in the EMSP conducted a study implementing waste solutions using elements of the ISO 14001 EMS. The project focused on the environmental cause and impact (ISO 14001—Element 4.3.1) of waste generation.

Charleston Commission of Public Works (CPW)—The management of CPW requested the EMSP director to develop a risk reduction model based on the implementation of ISO 14001 EMS. A student within the EMSP program developed a risk reduction model by modifying a physical protection model. The abstract of the paper was accepted and the completed paper has been submitted for presentation at the International Sustainable Business Conference in Bangkok, Thailand.

South Carolina Sustainable Universities Initiative (SUI)—The University of South Carolina’s EH&S Department received a grant from the SC-SUI to implement an EMS. The EH&S Department worked with faculty and students of the School of the Environment’s EMSP to integrate the ISO 14001 EMS with the department’s health and safety program. EMSP personnel provided training, implementation and auditing assistance.

Ovoko Steel-EMSP personnel developed and conducted EMS awareness training, conducted a compliance evaluation and EMS ISO 14001 implementation and auditing.  All documentation was developed and EMS implementation costs were tracked.

U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)—The DoD Region 4 Pollution Prevention Partnership provided funding to assist military installations in ISO 14001 EMS training, implementation and auditing. Through the EMSP the USC School of the Environment provided training, implementation and auditing assistance to nine military installations in SC.  A GAP Analysis and Gap reports which included a GAP Action plan were provided for each installation

Carolina Filters – Through the structure of their ISO 9001 Quality Management System, EMSP provided a GAP Analysis through the Filters Cleaning Department.  An evaluation of the company’s regulatory compliance requirements were conducted to meet the ISO 14001 Legal and other requirements sub-element.

Naval Hospital Beaufort – The EMSP conducted a GAP Analysis, developed EMS documentation through a website database, provided training based on the Chief of Naval Operations EMS Guide.  Lead Auditor training and internal auditor training were provided.  The Navy EMS is based on the structure of ISO 14001.  However, the Navy EMS has stricter requirements in the area of regulatory compliance and documentation.

Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort – Developed an EMS to support the GIS model developed for ground water modeling.  Provided two Lead Auditor Trainings, internal auditor training, conducted GAP analysis and worked with the air station EMS team in developing the EMS documentation.

Arvin Meritor International – An EMSP team of the SC Auditing Exchange provided a three day internal auditor training, which included an on-site audit using the Arvin Meritor EMS criteria for the Arvin Meritor EMS Implementation and Auditing Team. 

HUSCO International – Provided a two day internal auditor training for quality auditors.  After completing an evaluation of the HUSCO EMS documentation a member of the EMSP provided a report and trained HUSCO environmental and quality personnel in how elements of the EMS and QMS work together.

U.S. Veterans Administration  – Trained VISN Directors in ISO 14001 Lead Auditing and conducted EMS audits on the VA Green Environmental Management System (GEMS) program; developed the Significant Aspects Tracing Technique (SATT) for VA Medical Centers in VISN 7.

National Naval Hospital, Bethesda, MD – Provided internal an external auditor training and conducted EMS conformance audit. 

Hosted the International Environmental Management Education Summer School on Environmental Management Systems, Assessment and Implementation; students conducted EMS reviews with managers from chemical and automotive industry. 

For further information, contact Phillip E. Barnes, Ph.D.

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