NEBOSH Diploma in Environmental Management Supplement

(2010 Specification)

NEBOSH Diploma in Environmental Management

Unit ED1 (2010 Specification)
Introduction
This Supplement contains updates to your study material for Unit ED1 of the NEBOSH Diploma in Environmental
Management. Please read it carefully.

Element 2: Environmental Risk Evaluation

Evaluating Risks to The Environment
Life-Cycle Analysis
Principles and Techniques of Life-Cycle Analysis
In the Topic Focus box in this subsection, under the subheading Step 1 – Definition of Goal and Scope, the following new
paragraph has been inserted immediately before the diagram:

“Other elements included within the scope include:

• Data requirements.
• Assumptions.
• Type of critical review.
• Type and format of the study report.”

In the same Topic Focus box, under the subheading Step 2 – Life-Cycle Inventory Analysis, the following new paragraph
has been inserted after the existing third paragraph:

“During data collection it is important that the data is validated so that data quality requirements can be met. This may be
completed in various ways such as mass balances (determining that the input of a substance or energy source is equivalent to
that of its uses). It will then need to be allocated to a part of the life cycle.”

Also in the same Topic Focus box, under the subheading Step 3 – Life-Cycle Impact Assessment, the last paragraph has
been amended to read as follows:

“Normalisation considerably improves insight into the results. However, no final judgment can be made as not all effects are
considered to be of equal importance. Data from the LCA may also need to be placed into broader groupings, depending on
the aims of the LCA. In the evaluation phase the normalised effect scores are multiplied by a weighting factor representing
the relative importance of the effect. Data quality checks then need to be carried out.”

Continuing in the same Topic Focus box, under the subheading Step 4 – Life-Cycle Interpretation, the following new
paragraph has been inserted before the existing ones:

“This step consists of the following parts:

• Identification of key issues based on the results.
• Evaluating the quality of the study by using completeness, sensitivity and consistency checks.
• Developing conclusions, identifying limitations of the study and making recommendations.”

Immediately below the Topic Focus box, the third line of the text has been amended to read:

“ISO 14044:2006+A1:2018 Environmental Management - Life-Cycle Assessment - Requirements and Guidelines”

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Element 3: Control Strategies for Environmental Risk

Systematic Approach to Environmental Risk Management
Management Systems
Quality Management Systems
BS EN ISO 9000 Series
In the first paragraph under this subheading, the last bullet point has been amended to read:
• “BS EN ISO 19011:2018 Guidelines for Auditing Management Systems.”

Element 4: Monitoring, Review and Audit

Monitoring Techniques
Auditing
Scope and Purpose of Auditing Environmental Management Systems
In the second paragraph under this subheading, “ISO 19011:2011” has been changed to “ISO 19011:2018”.

In the Definition box, the text has been amended to read:

“AUDIT

‘Systematic, independent and documented process for obtaining objective evidence and evaluating it objectively to determine
the extent to which the audit criteria are fulfilled.’

(ISO 19011:2018)”
Pre-Audit Preparations, Information Gathering, Notifications and Interviews
In the Topic Focus box in this subsection, under the subheading Information Gathering, the following new bullet point has
been added to the existing last paragraph:
• “Differences of opinion between audit team and auditee which cannot be resolved.”

The following additional paragraph has then been inserted:

“A report may also refer to the following if appropriate:

• The audit plan.
• Confirmation of the achievement of audit objectives.
• Areas within the audit scope not covered (may be due to availability of evidence or confidentiality).
• Agreed action plan follow-up if agreed.
• A statement regarding the confidential nature of the report contents.”

STUDY QUESTIONS
Question 10 has been amended to read:

“Define the term ‘audit’.”

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Unit ED1 – Part 1– Suggested Answers

Element 4: Monitoring, Review and Audit
Question 10
The answer is now:

“An audit can be defined as a:

‘systematic, independent and documented process for obtaining objective evidence and evaluating it objectively to determine
the extent to which the audit criteria are fulfilled’.”

Element 9: Solid and Liquid Wastes

Waste Categories
Classification of Waste – List of Wastes
The paragraph under this subheading has been amended and augmented to read:

“The List of Wastes (LoW) was established by the List of Wastes Decision 2000/532/EC. This list is commonly known as
the European Waste Catalogue (EWC) and is used to identify and classify hazardous and non-hazardous waste. It is divided
into 20 chapters that are numbered from 1 to 20. Chapters are based on the type of business activity or industrial process
from which the waste originates or the type of waste. Most chapters consist of sub-chapters that are based around an
industrial process and business activity or a waste type. Each sub-chapter is given a two-digit number (which creates a four-
digit number when combined with the chapter number). Within each sub-chapter are the classification codes for individual
waste types. These add two numbers to the four that have been identified for the chapter and sub-chapter.”

Element 12: Control of Environmental Nuisance

Control of Environmental Nuisance
Duties in Respect of Construction and Demolition Noise
Planning and Noise
The first paragraph under this subheading has been replaced by the following revised paragraph:

“The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) states the following regarding planning policy and decisions involving noise:
• Contribute to and enhance the natural and local environment by preventing new and existing development from
contributing to, being put at unacceptable risk from, or being adversely affected by, unacceptable levels of noise
pollution.
• Mitigate and reduce to a minimum potential adverse impacts resulting from noise from new development and avoid
noise giving rise to significant adverse impacts on health and the quality of life.
• Identify and protect tranquil areas which have remained relatively undisturbed by noise and are prized for their
recreational and amenity value for this reason.
• When developing noise limits, recognise that some noisy short-term activities, which may otherwise be regarded as
unacceptable, are unavoidable to facilitate minerals extraction.
• Ensure that any unavoidable noise and any blasting vibrations are controlled, mitigated or removed at source, and
establish appropriate noise limits for extraction in proximity to noise-sensitive properties.”

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Element 14: Environmental Implications of Development and Land

Use
Developing and Managing Land
Planning Requirements under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
The Overall Aims of Planning Legislation
National Planning Policy Framework
The first paragraph of the text under this subheading has been amended to read as follows:

“A very important policy document relevant to planning is the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). This was published
in March 2012 and revised in July 2018 and replaced many previously issued documents, such as Planning Policy Statements
(PPSs) and Planning Policy Guidance notes (PPGs). The key aim of the NPPF is to achieve sustainable development. The main
sections of the framework document are:

1. ‘Introduction.

2. Achieving sustainable development.

3. Plan-making.

4. Decision-making.

5. Delivering a sufficient supply of homes.

6. Building a strong, competitive economy.

7. Ensuring the vitality of town centres.

8. Promoting healthy and safe communities.

9. Promoting sustainable transport.

10. Supporting high quality communications.

11. Making effective use of land.

12. Achieving well-designed places.

13. Protecting Green Belt land.

14. Meeting the challenge of climate change, flooding and coastal change.

15. Conserving and enhancing the natural environment.

16. Conserving and enhancing the historic environment.

17. Facilitating the sustainable use of minerals.’

Source: National Planning Policy Framework, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, 2018
(www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-planning-policy-framework--2)”

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Element 15: Energy Use and Efficiency

Reduction of Energy Use and Carbon Emissions
Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme
In the second paragraph under this subheading, “ISO 50001:2011” has been changed to “ISO 50001:2018”.

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