Why are environmental risk assessments important?
Environmental management is incredibly important because having an understanding of the impact your operations have on the environment can allow for the mitigation of negative effects.
An environmental risk assessment is detrimental to protecting the environment around your business. As well as conforming to regulations and environmental policies, you are protecting ecosystems, natural habitats, living creatures and water sources. This is done through identifying the hazards and risks present through business activities and taking realistic actions to mitigate risks to the surrounding environment.
Risks may include:
- Improper storage and disposal of chemicals or dangerous substances
- A release of harmful substances into the atmosphere causing air pollution
- Uncontrolled industrial noise
Risks such as these can attract large fines and prosecutions.
Whether it is the whole business or individual operations, Bravura inspection can conduct environmental risk assessment to highlight the impact you have on the environment around you.
Environmental risk assessments are not only required for environmental permit applications, compliance wit
What Bravura can do to help
- Identify and consider risks for your site, and the sources of the risks present.
- Identify the receptors at risk. This may include water sources, people, animals, and property at risk from activities on your site.
- Identify the possible pathways from the sources of the risks to the receptors.
- Assess the risks relevant to your specific activity, check that they are acceptable and can be remedied.
- Determine the probability of exposure.
- Determine the consequences.
- Recommend realistic and achievable controls for risks that are too high.
