Feature 6 | SUBMARINES
Guiding Principles commit the MOD to
comply with all legislation which extends to
the UK (including legislation giving eff ect
to the UK’s international obligations).
For submarines, this commitment
is further reinforced by the Navy
Management Plan which states that the
Navy Board intends that positive actions
will be taken to ensure the continued
improvement of current practices
and adherence to both national and
international legislation. Legislative
compliance is to be verified through
routine inspections and audits.
It is anticipated that the proposed IMO
Convention and UK Government Strategy
would be implemented within the MOD
through a number of existing policy
commitment, as detailed below:
•
Joint Service Publications (JSPs):
the relevant JSPs providing the
authoritative set of high level policies or
guidelines with pan-MOD application
are: JSP 815 (Defence Environment
& Safety) describing a high level
corporate system for the management
of environmental protection and safety;
JSP 418 (Sustainable Development
and Environment Manual) providing
a framework for the protection of
the environment in the MOD, having
regard for globally accepted general
principles of environmental protection
and sustainable development; JSP 430
(Ship Safety Management) Provision
of high level guidance primarily in
ship safety issues.
These high level policies mandate
the application of Project Oriented
Environmental Management System
(POEMS) as described below.
•
POEMS is an Environmental
Management System (EMS) mandated Figure 1: Discharge and management of the proposed IMO requirements within the
on, and designed to assist, the MOD’s POEMS framework
Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S)
organisation (as well as their contractors,
suppliers and advisers) in the through
•
Sustainability Appraisal: Sustainability by the MOD, its agencies or partners.
life management of environmental Appraisal (SA) [7] is a process to Applied in this context, SA can assist
performance and environmental ensure that sustainable development in the identifi cation of other statutory
liabilities of equipment, platforms and considerations and policy requirements assessments and enable appropriate
services. It provides a useful framework are integrated into all plans, programmes environmental, social and economic
and structure upon which a systematic, and policies that have the potential to mitigation to be identifi ed and managed
documented and auditable system for aff ect the environment, society and/or through the MOD or site-based
discharging and managing the proposed the economy particularly on, over or (recycling facility) EMS.
IMO requirements can be developed. around areas owned, occupied or used
•
Sustainable Procurement: Sustainable
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