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ISO 14001

What is ISO 14000?

Iso14000 is the world’s first series of Internationally accepted Standards for Environmental Management Systems (EMS).

Iso14000 elevates Environmental Management to a Strategic Level that can be applied to any organization, from any industry, anywhere in the world.

ISO 14000 is a series of voluntary standards and guideline reference documents.

The part of the overall management system that includes organizational structure, planning activities, responsibilities, practices, procedures, processes and resources for developing, implementing, achieving, reviewing and maintaining the environmental policy.

Purpose of ISO 14000

ISO 14000 is an Environmental Management System (EMS) who's purpose is:
  » A management commitment to pollution prevention.
  » An understanding of the environmental impacts (reducing) of an organization’s activities.
  » A commitment (pollution prevention) to employees, neighbors and customers.

Five key phase

Phase 1:
Establishing the environmental goals (policy).
Phase 2:
Planning the elements of the EMS.
Phase 3:
Implementing the EMS.
Phase 4:
Checking for any problems and correcting them.
Phase 5:
Evaluating the effectiveness of the EMS and improving it, and launching into a new cycle of improvement.

Benefits of implementing ISO 14001

  » Reduce cost of waste management
  » Savings in consumption of energy and materials
  » Improved compliance
  » Reduced regulatory burden
  » Overall Costs Reduced
  » Fewer accidents
  » Competitive advantage
  » Improved use of resources
  » Framework for continuous improvement of your environmental performance
  » Improved corporate image among regulators, customers and the public

Steps for taking ISO 14001

  » Obtain management commitment
  » Develop steering committee
  » Gather environmental aspect - impact data
  » Develop environmental policy/goals
  » Evaluate applicability of legal requirements, its compliance and existing programs against
      ISO 14001
  » Develop action plan
  » Analyze and undertake changes addressing 14001
  » Perform internal audits against 14001
  » Evaluate system performance through management review and correct management system
     deficiencies
  » Achieve accredited third party ISO 14001 certification

How Can We Help?

We can help you every step of the way. We have helped many companies implement ISO 14001:2004 – Environment Management System. We have a proven implementation strategy and process to ensure total satisfaction.

Need more information?

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