ISO 14001

All over World, concerns are growing for maintaining and improving the quality of the environment and protecting human health, organizations of all sizes are increasingly turning their attention to the potential environmental impacts of their activities, products or services. The environmental performance of an organization is of increasing importance to internal and external interested parties. Achieving sound environmental performance requires organizational commitment to a systematic approach and to continual improvement of its Environmental Management System (EMS).
ISO 14001 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CERTIFICATION
ISO 14001, established in 1996, is a voluntary international standard focusing on the systemic management of an organization’s environmental impacts. Establishing an Environmental Management System (EMS) can positively influence the effectiveness of a site’s EHS program and provide long-term reduction of pollution.
Environmental Management is a tool designed to assist an organization to remain in touch with the environmental interactions and consequential impacts of its activities and products. It provides the organization with programs and procedures to achieve due diligence in meeting regulatory requirements. It also promotes continual improvement throughout the organization, and consequently, often results in better environmental performance.
BASIC ELEMENTS
The basic elements of an effective environmental management system will enable an organization to:
• Establish an appropriate environmental policy;
• Identify its most significant environmental impacts;
• Identify relevant legislative, regulatory and industry specific requirements;
• Set appropriate environmental objectives and targets;
• Establish programs to implement the environmental policy and achieve objectives and targets, and;
• Continuously improve the environmental performance through improvement of the EMS.