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These management system approaches look more complex than their earlier generations, but still embrace Plan–Do– Check–Act thinking, and are designed for integration. Tool 2 is a matrix that provides examples of management systems- influenced actions an organisation can consider to establish, implement, maintain, and continually improve its sustainability initiatives. For each guideline, two or more clauses of the ISO 14001 standard, for example (Table 2), can be selected to help the organisation consider how the guideline applies to them and their project. Sustainability Guideline 1 – Maintain current knowledge of sustainability Borrowing from ISO 14001, top management might commit to this guideline. They could develop and implement a sustainability policy to communicate and guide their

Table 2: Tool 2

APEGBC Guidelines - Sustainability and ISO Management Systems 14001, 9001, 45001, 50001

9. Performance Evaluation

4. Context

6. Planning

10. Improvement

5. Leadership

7. Support

8. Operations

1. Maintain a current knowledge of sustainability

XX

X

XX

X

2. Integrate sustainability into professional practice

XX

XX

X

3. Collaborate with peers and experts from concept to completion

XX

XX

4. Develop and prepare clear justifications to implement sustainable solutions

X

XX

XX

X

5. Assess sustainability performance and identify opportunities from improvement

X

XX

XX

Tool 2 cross-references each guideline to ISO 14001 clauses. Two x’s indicate a strong link, whereas one x indicates a possible benefit.

alternatives to fossil fuels, and select the most energy efficient technologies possible in the construction process. Neither adaptation tools nor mitigation tools are meant to be used in isolation. For example, consideration about a building’s ability to withstand higher temperatures might drive consideration about using alternative building materials with a lower carbon footprint. As well, the project’s entire lifecycle—not just the construction phase—needs to be weighed and factored into decision-making. The project’s lifecycle carbon footprint, for example, could be used to compare alternatives and be one factor in selecting the final technologies, materials or processes to be used during construction and ongoing maintenance. By populating the CCAMM matrix, an organisation gains better understanding of what knowledge base to develop, which experts to partner with, how to manage risks and liabilities, and what they learned from their experience. By following this process, they will have integrated sustainability into their practice, as the APEGBC sustainability guidelines requires. Refining, streamlining and other improvements are made on subsequent projects as users gain expertise in sustainable thinking. Tool 2 – Guideline and Management Systems Tool 2 integrates the five APEGBC sustainability guidelines with guidance from ISO standards to implement and continually improve practice. The following ISO standards are of particular interest: • ISO 14001:2015, the environmental management systems standard • ISO 9001, the quality management systems standard • ISO 45001, the health and safety management systems standards. • ISO 50001, the energy management systems standard

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