Typical Assignments

Typical client assignments completed by SHEMSI or its associates have included:

 

• • Training Services
    • Providing IEMA certified training in transitioning to ISO 14001:2015 in the public domain.
    • Provided training in ISO 14001:2015 for:
      • the Pacific Accreditation Council (PAC) to accreditation personnel
      • SIS (Swedish Standards Institute) in Jakarta and Colombo to certification auditors and standards bodies from South Asia and Southeast Asian countries.
      • MASCI Thailand
    • Providing health, safety environmental awareness training for client staff.
    • Providing EMS/OHS/QESH internal auditor training based on ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, ISO 9001.
    • Providing GRI Sustainability Reporting Training in the public domain.
    • Conducting workshops in sustainability reporting to practitioners on behalf of Bursa Malaysia.
    • Providing environmental assessment training for client staff to CSA Z768 Phase 1 Environmental Assessment.
    • Providing IEMA recognised EMS Auditor training based on ISO 14001:1996.
    • Providing IRCA recognised QMS auditor training based on ISO 9001:2000

 

• • Consultancy
    • Assisting clients with the development of risk, health and safety, environmental and quality policies.
    • Providing advice to clients implementing health, safety and environmental systems including the development of their Initial Review.
    • Providing assistance to WBCSD in developing its Sustainability Reporting Exchange platform for Malaysia
    • Providing advice on developing sustainability reporting criteria and toolkits to a stock exchange
    • Providing services to facilitate the judging of sustainability reports by ACCA
    • Conducting a post tsunami tourism assessment in Sri Lanka for Chemonics USA.
    • Provided assistance to IFC (Worldbank) in developing agricultural assessment criteria for lending.
    • Acted as a regional representative for Chemonics USA on an IFC (Worldbank) BACP (Biodiversity and Agricultural Commodities Programme) for five years
    • Provided services in developing an international ESH legal requirement database
    • Providing advice, training and assessment services with respect to tourism development through GG21 Asia Pacific.
    • Developing implementation plans for the introduction of sustainable development and Agenda 21 issues.
    • Providing advice in the establishment of accreditation schemes.

 

• • Audit and Review
    • Providing independent assessments of client’s health safety and environmental management system to meet the requirements of client’s customers.
    • Conducting audits of clients’ processes, procedures and practices against the requirements ISO9001/14001 and OHSAS 18001.
    • Conducting witnesses and certification audits to the ISO 14000 and OHSAS 18001 series standards.
    • Provision of contract internal audit services including assistance in the development of the organisations risk management and health safety and environmental policy.
    • Conducted environmental audits of waste management facilities.
    • Reviewing EES/EIA documents for “best practice” requirements.
    • Providing invited responses to several draft international and national publications on various aspects of EMS/EA.
    • Reviewing certification schemes and ecotourism standards.

 

 

• Other
  • Providing speakers and workshop presenters at conferences on EMS/EA and Site Assessment both in Australia and overseas (Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritius, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam).
  • In conjunction with another consultant develop the “Practical Guide for Local Government on Environmental Management Systems and ISO 14001 and prepare a handbook published as Standards Australia HB 97 on integrating QMS and EMS.
  • Providing the specialist EMS advise to the USAID sponsored International Initiative for a Sustainable Environment (IISE) project in the Philippines providing public domain EMS awareness training courses in Manila, Cebu, Daveo and Cagan de Oryo, Initial Environmental Review and EMS Implementation training courses for 40 consultants in Daveo, Cebu and Manila, acting as a mentor to selected consultants.
  • roviding a Member for the Expert Working Group on Ecologically Sustainable Forest Management and conduct of an environmental assessment of NSW Forest management processes.
  • Providing National Representation at ISO meetings for the development of the ISO 14001/4, 14015, 14066, 14069, 19011, 20121, and ISO 45001 series standards.