The environmental aspects shall be evaluated for their significance according to the four criteria listed in Table 1 one by one. A score of “1” or “0” will be assigned. If an environmental aspect scores “1” for a criterion, it is considered as a significant environmental aspect (SEA) and evaluation against the remaining criteria is not necessary (denoted by “-“in the Register of Environmental Aspects). If an environmental aspect scores “0” for a criterion, it shall be evaluated by the remaining criteria one by one. If an environmental aspect scores “0” for all 4 criteria, it is regarded as insignificant.
Significant Environmental Aspects shall be taken into account in establishing, implementing and maintaining the EMS, they shall be managed by operational control procedures or by establishing improvement objectives and targets.