What are significant environmental aspects and how did UNU decide on them?
Significant environmental aspects (SEA) are defined as “elements of an organization’s activities, products or services which can interact with the environment and that can have a significant impact (positive or negative).” The following steps were followed to decide the SEAs for the UNU: 1. we prepared the initial environmental review of our environmental impacts and surveyed staff opinions; 2. we drew up some initial SEAs and asked for comments; and 3. we developed a system to determine the significance of the aspects.
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