ISO 14000 is an Environmental Management System (EMS), which requires that an organization consider the environmental aspects of its products and services.

 

ISO 14000 approach forces you to take a hard look at all areas of your business that has an environmental impact.The environment cannot be protected by our convictions or good will alone. Efforts to protect the environment must be planned, coordinated and organized into a system, such as ISO 14001.

 

ISO 14001 is the world’s first series of Internationally accepted Standards for Environmental Management Systems (EMS).ISO 14001 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.

 

ISO 14000 Environmental Management System (EMS); 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.

 

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 PHASES

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.

 

ISO 14001 ACTUAL REQUIREMENTS

4.1 Environmental Policy

4.2 Planning

4.2.1 Environmental Aspects

4.2.2 Legal and Other Requirements

4.2.3 Objectives and Targets

4.2.4 Environmental Management Program(s)

4.3 Implementation and Operation

4.3.1 Structure and Responsibility

4.3.2 Training, Awareness, and Competence

4.3.3 Communication

4.3.4 EMS Documentation

4.3.5 Document Contro

l4.3.6 Operational Contro

l4.3.7 Emergency Preparedness and Response

4.4 Checking and Corrective Action

4.4.1 Monitoring and Measurement

4.4.2 Corrective and Preventative Action

4.4.3 Records

4.4.4 EMS Audit

4.5 Management Review