ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (PROTECTION-MONITORING-AUDITING)

General Consultancy Services for the Necessary Measures in Accordance with Turkish Environmental Legislation
Turkish Environmental Legislation regulates the measures, systems and facilities to be established, rules to be followed, monitoring/auditing methods and penalties regarding environmental protection and protection of environmental pollution, for the facilities and institutions, which has activities within Turkish boundaries, taking also into account the provisions of international agreements.

ICC, with its extended knowledge of legislation and its experienced staff, provides consultancy services for industry and trade institutions dependent on the regulations in Environmental Legislation in both private and public sectors, about the legislation applications and the applications of the Municipality legislations:

Required permissions
Required facilities (treatment plant etc.)
Periodical measurements, follow-up and evaluation
Assessment reports
Corrective actions.


ICC also provides consultancy services for the establishment of Environmental Management Systems (ISO 14001 or others) in institutions for the applications of required measures and monitoring.

Consultancy Services for The Regulation of Environmental Audits
The aim of the Regulation, which is in the comprise of Turkish Environmental legislation, is to regulate ways methods of environmental audits for environmental protection from the stages of establishment, start of production and production of the institutions, to the final disposal of the wastes. The institutions, which are Liable for accordance with The Environmental Legislation, are liable for environmental audits in the frame of Regulation of Environmental Audits.

Responsibilities of Institutions Which Are Liable For Audits:

• To send the Activity-Facility Information Form to the Ministry of Environment,
• To prepare internal environmental audit programs for the facility and provision of continuous application of the programs with the hand of a facility audit official or a facility audit unit appropriate to the institution’s field of activity,
• To provide measurements and analysis required for the internal audits, in the institutions which have laboratories accredited by Turkish Accreditation Institute,
• To provide necessary personnel, vehicles and all equipments required for the audit and the safety of Ministry’s Auditor,
• To cover the expenses of the measurements and analysis, in case Ministry’s Auditor finds necessary,
• To present information and documents required for the audit, timely and completely.

Consultancy Services ICC Provides:
To The Institutions and Facilities Liable for the Regulation of Environmental Audits

• Documentation: Preparation, follow-up and management of Activity-Facility Information Form and all other documents required in accordance with the legislation,
• Internal Audits: To act as facility audit official or facility audit unit or providing Consultancy to appointed officials and units,
• Measurements and Analysis: Provide measurement and analysis by the accredited institutes, follow-up and evaluation and necessary measures where necessary.
• Accompanying the Audits By the Ministry or Other Organizations: Preparation of necessary documents for the audits and accompanying the audits. Recommendations and arrangements for the measures required in accordance with the results of the audits.

ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITS

For Municipalities:
Municipalities perform environmental audits/inspections to the institutions within their boundaries and make measurements and analysis, in accordance with the Turkish Municipalities Legislation and Environmental Legislation.

ICC provides consultancy services regarding these audits as:
Audit Plans: Review and evaluation of the institutions liable for the legislation within the boundaries of the Municipality, preparation of Annual Audit Plans,

Measurements and Analysis: Determination of audit methods, necessary measurements and analysis on institution basis,

Audits: Performance of audits, measurements and analysis on behalf of the Municipality, follow-up and evaluation of the results.

For Private and Public Sector Institutions :
Institutions may establish Environmental Management Systems (other than ISO 14001 Standard Management System) in order to monitor and manage the measures and applications for environmental protection, within the frame of a certain system.

ICC provides, for internal purposes and within the frame of those established management systems, preparation of audit plans and performance of audits for:

The units of the institution,
Partnerships,
Suppliers



ENVIRONMENTAL DUE-DILIGENCE and RISK ANALYSIS

Environmental Site Assessment and Due-Diligence:
A detailed cost analysis for the investment is an important guide for decision-making for the industry and trade organizations planning new investments.

Environmental due-diligence is an important element of that analysis. The increase in environmental liabilities and sanctions brought by national and international legislation, with the development of environmental protection awareness and sustainable development concept, directs the investors to the requirement of taking into account the environmental costs of the planned investments.

Current environmental situation and pollution analysis at the site of the planned investment; all wastes and environmental impacts to be produced by the investment and the applications for reduction of them to minimum; additional investments in accordance with the liabilities by national and international legislation; and the cost of all these, became an important parameter for the investment decision.

ICC, with its extended knowledge of legislation and its experienced staff, provides services of environmental site analysis, pollution analysis and due diligence works for existing and newly planned units for industry and trade institutions both in private and public sector.

Environmental Risk Analysis
The results of the Environmental Risk Analysis play an important role in decision making for the investments and the measures to be required.
Environmental Risk Analysis is the determination and evaluation of, all the events which may occur in the environment, the probable frequencies of them and the impacts they could cause; in the case of natural disasters, diffusion of dangerous chemicals, risky technological applications and investments and the investments which may result in important changes in the environment
ICC, provides risk analysis services comprising determination of current situation, analysis, determination of probable risks and frequencies and the evaluation of results

ECO-LABELS What is “EcoLabel”? According to the definition of Global Ecolabelling Network, "ecolabelling" is a voluntary method of environmental performance certification and labelling that is practised around the world. An "ecolabel" is a label which identifies overall environmental preference of a product or service within a specific product/service category. In contrast to "green" symbols or claim statements developed by manufacturers and service providers, an ecolabel is awarded by an impartial third-party in relation to certain products or services that are independently determined to meet environmental leadership criteria. There exist more than 20 ecolabel programs applied by different countries and units throughout the world. “The Flower – The European Ecolabel” : It is Europe’s official environmental label. It was established in 1992 by the European Commission by an EU Regulation, as a voluntary “green label” award. Criteria for each product are defined on the basis of life cycle considerations (LCC) of all environmental impacts of a product group generated at all stages of a product’s life cycle, i.e. extraction of raw materials, production, distribution, use and disposal. In the case of services, the acquisition of goods for service performance, the service performance and the waste management are the key environmental aspects. A manufacturer, retailer or service provider who meets the criteria for a product group and who applies for the award of the Eco-label, can market his eco-labelled product throughout the 15 Member States of the European Union and in Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein (more than 375 million consumers). Links to Candidate and non-EU Countries are being built up. The Ecolabel can apply to goods and services (not food, drink or pharmaceuticals or some medical products). So far, technical criteria have been agreed for twenty-one categories of products: washing machines, dishwashers, refrigerators, lightbulbs, vacuum cleaners, televisions, personal computers, laptops, tissue paper products, copying and graphic paper, textiles, footwear, mattresses, laundry detergents, dishwasher detergents, all-purpose cleaners and cleaners for sanitary facilities, hand dishwashing detergents, hard floor coverings, indoor paints and varnishes, soil improvers and growing media, tourist accommodation services. Criteria for these product groups are being developed: furniture, printed paper ICC’s Services for Ecolabels: Executing relations with the Competent Bodies Determination of necessary operations for Ecolabelling in production stages Performance of required tests Preparation of necessary documents and application procedure Monitoring of awarding by competent body Required monitoring of EcoLabelled products by Competent Bodies

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT

With the progress of sustainable development concept, pre-determination and evaluation of all possible impacts of the investments gained importance, from the point of implementation of the investments with reduction of negative impacts into minimum level.

Environmental Impact Assessment is a study for that aim. The comprise of the Environmental Impact Assessment and the investments for which this study is required, are determined with national and international legislations.

Turkish Environment Law and The Regulation for Environmental Impact Assessment related, direct the requirements for the preparation of EIA Reports and the liabilities in that frame. According to the type, characteristics and size of the planned investment and to the characteristics of the site at which the investment is to be constructed, either Environmental Impact Assessment Report or Project Identification Report, to decide whether EIA is necessary, should be prepared.

ICC, provides services of preparation of EIA Reports and Project Identification Reports in accordance with the requirements of national and international legislation and follow-up actions.

The studies in this regard include:

Physical, biological and socio-economical data collection and current    situation analysis,

Determination of the probable impacts of the project on physical,     biological and socio-economical environments,

Development of necessary measures to minimize the probable negative    impacts and preparation of monitoring plans,

Preparation of EIA Report or Project Identification Report,

Follow-up of reports