Environmental Management System

To ensure the environmental management process is continuous, YES also offers training courses on various subjects related to the environment to enhance skills and competency. Delivered by a team of trainers with vast experiences in environmental matters, group or specialized  courses are  customized  to suit the raining needs of the industrial, developmental or government sectors to

enhance skills as well as capacity building of these sectors in the field of environment. Training courses are conducted at YES Center for Environmental Education or at the customers premises depending on the size of participants. Famous for their flexible and friendly training style, trainers from YES simplifies highly technical topics on the environment in an inter active method – all to stimulate and enhance environmental awareness and the need for environmental management for any activity that has an environmental impact.

Aside specialized training, YES is also in the forefront of environmental education. As a recognized Center for Environmental Education, YES provides tertiary education and intensive courses to cater for the growing need of education in the field of environment.

Research and development (R&D) is another area that YES emphasize on. R & D projects are undertaken at YES center for environmental education.  Environmental partnership between private organisations, local and international institutions and governments   are   developed   for  R  &  D project. Areas of R & D covers topics such as environmental nformation, environmental technology, environmental education and others.

Information management is another area of specialization at YES. YES develops and provides valuable environmental information systems that registers environment related data in a systematic manner that could assist planners, environmentalist, developmental agencies, public and private sector alike to be use as a quick guiding tool for decision making or for use as mere knowledge per say. The information system provided by YES is user friendly, uses the state-of-the art open system, client-server, computer network which can stand alone or be linked and integrated within the Geographic Information System (GIS) and any other information system in relevant use. The system can be adapted to solve specific problems depending on the customer’s needs. Training on the environmental information system is also provided and handled by YES team of experts at the center for environmental information technology.

As a result of the huge services available at YES is able to compile numerous works, studies and experiences in the field of environment and convert these valuable information into publications on the environment. These publications in the form of manuals, guidelines, technical and management books will be made available at the YES center for environmental education.

In the field of environmental management, services provided by YES are complete and holistic covering the following major areas :-

• Environmental Database Management / Environmental  Information System
• Environmental Management Systems
• Environmental Training

ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems
Currently, the most effective approach to manage environment for any organization is to implement a sound EMS. With the ISO 14001 International Standards on EMS already implemented, establishments will need to set up an effective EMS. YES is  therefore give a complete and complete consultancy service and training on the  EMS implementation and will focus on the requirements in establishing an EMS. Realising the need to maintain well the EMS, the services provided also be emphasized on tools required in sustaining the system implementation covering LCA, EPE and EL.

ISO 14010, ISO 14011 and ISO 14012 Environmental Auditing
YES provides service to conduct assist organizations on EMS auditing base on guidelines document of ISO to meet the ISO 14001 requirements.

The services also include helping the organizations to evaluate the system is complete in working, whether all required processes including cost of compliance are properly exercise and whether the management review are capable of exercising the continuous, adequacy, suitability and effectiveness of the EMS implemented

ISO14020, ISO14021, ISO 14022, ISO 14023, and ISO 14024 Environmental Labeling
YES is in line with the requirements of ISO 14001 in making products which are environmentally preferable. The consultancy services offered by YES is to develop technical assistance to communicate these environmental characteristics as well as the procedures required to develop which set of attribute will produce superior environmental performance cycle in the product.

ISO 14031 and ISO 14032 Environmental Performance Evaluation
YES provide services in developing the level performance marker according to the ISO guidelines that help organizations purpose in a fashioned sub-system for evaluating environmental performance on systems implemented in achieving the policy, goals as well as objectives and targets. YES also provide assistance in establishing consequences throughout the lifestyle.

ISO 14040, ISO14041, ISO14043, ISO14047, ISO14048 and ISO14049 Life Cycle Assessment
YES is equiped with both experience and know how in carrying out life cycle assessment (LCA). IASM has conducted life cycle impact assessment, life cycle inventory study and life cycle inventory modeling in meeting the ISO 14000 standards.

ISO 14062 Environmental Aspects in Products Standards (EAPS)
In tandem with the ISO 14000, YES can assist organizations by suggesting and identifying standards on specific specifications in products, standards that would be environmentally detrimental and to help those that will be beneficial. YES takes a pragmatic approach in advising organizations to avoid listing envronmentally questionable material or elaborating on design-for-environment techniques.