Environmental Safety Culture as a Powerful Driver for Improving Waste Management and Conscious Environmental Safety

Environmental Safety Culture as a Driver of Change

In modern realities, environmental safety is becoming an integral part of a successful business. Webinar speakers Evgeny Parygin and Olga Romanova analyze in detail why environmental safety culture is not just a set of rules, but a powerful tool capable of preventing colossal losses and environmental disasters. Using global experience and the practice of the nuclear industry as examples, they show that ignoring the human factor in environmental issues can lead to fatal consequences.

10 Steps to Developing an Environmental Safety Culture

Evgeny Parygin presents a step-by-step mind map for developing an environmental safety culture, the ultimate goal of which is a closed, environmentally safe economic cycle. The speaker emphasizes the importance of integrating eco-culture principles into existing management systems.

• Awareness and Training: Explaining the concepts of environmental safety and the role of the human factor to personnel. A soulless management system without engaged personnel is ineffective.
• Defining Principles and Goals: Establishing fundamental goals, such as environmental protection and sustainable development, based on international experience (e.g., IAEA).
• Integration into Policy: Incorporating environmental safety culture requirements into corporate procedures at all levels — from policy to the individual.
• Personnel Engagement: Using creative approaches (even rap videos and visual propaganda) to form a conscious attitude in every employee.

Waste Management Practices in Production

Olga Romanova shares the successful experience of the Novovoronezh NPP in engaging contractors in the process of environmentally safe waste management. The presentation details the mechanism by which environmental requirements become a mandatory part of contractual relations.

• Environmental Requirements in Procurement: Including environmental protection measures in technical specifications and contracts. This ensures that the contractor knows their responsibilities in advance and is held accountable for violations.
• Work Execution Plan (WEP): Mandatory development by the contractor of a waste generation and removal schedule, coordinated with environmentalists, specifying hazard classes and accumulation sites.
• Visualization and Diagrams: Using visual waste management diagrams at workplaces, indicating responsible persons and contacts, which eliminates confusion and minimizes the risks of improper handling.
• Optimization and Savings: Implementing practices for reusing containers and compacting waste (e.g., slag wool), which significantly reduces transport costs and negative environmental impact.

What you will learn from this webinar:

• How to integrate environmental safety culture principles into existing management systems?
• What steps must be taken to engage personnel and contractors in environmental initiatives?
• How to properly specify environmental requirements in procurement documentation to avoid fines?
• What practical tools (diagrams, schedules, compaction) help optimize waste management in production?