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Environmental Risk Management Services
AES has established a series of environmental standards, based on industry best practices, which set the minimum environmental performance requirements at each AES business over which the company has management control. The Environmental Management System (EMS) framework requires continuous environmental performance monitoring; environmental risk assessment; and periodic integrated environmental, health and safety EMS audit performance. Our EMS framework helps ensure that our businesses achieve environmental compliance, address significant environmental impacts and strive for continuous environmental performance improvement.
Key Environmental Assessment Programs
Internal Integrated Environmental Health and Safety Audits
- Conducted globally every three years at the operating business level and annually at the major construction project level.
- More than 50 audits conducted annually, focused on compliance and EMS improvement issues.
EMS Risk Assessment and Action Plans
- Each business location uses risk assessment to set action plans that address significant environmental risks.
- Since 2008, AES operating businesses and construction projects have proactively created and implemented more than 1500 EMS action plans to reduce environmental risk and/or improve environmental management.
The EMS framework is consistent with the ISO 14001 international Environmental Management System standard, and many of our businesses have adopted these standards even where not required to do so.
Environment Metrics
Key environmental metrics including air pollutant emissions, environmental non conformance events and EMS performance parameters are reported on a set schedule for review by senior management. Material information on environmental performance is reported to AES executive leadership and to the AES Nominating, Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee of the AES Board of Directors prior to each regularly scheduled Board Meeting.