ISO 14001:2015 (ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM)
KEY ELEMENTS:
- Environmental policy;
- Planning;
- Implementation and Operation;
- Checking and Corrective Action
- Management review.
INTRODUCTION: ISO 14001 Environmental Management System (EMS) is a systematic framework to manage the immediate and long term environmental impacts of an organization’s products, services and processes. By completing ISO 14001 certification your organization can assure stakeholders that your environmental management system meets international industry specific environmental standards. Every company large and small (industrial, manufacturing, services, or trade related) has an impact on the environment and can therefore benefit from ISO 14001 certification.
BENEFITS: Demonstrate compliance with current and future statutory and regulatory requirements. Improve company reputation and the confidence of stakeholders through strategic communication. Achieve strategic business aims by incorporating environmental issues into business management. Encourage better environmental performance of suppliers by integrating them into the organization’s business systems.
APPLICABLE TO: ISO 14001 can be used by any organization regardless of its activities or sector. Achieving this certificate can provide assurance to company’s management and its employees as well as its external stakeholders that environmental impact is being measured and improved.
