ISO 14001 - Environmental Management Standard)
ISO 14001 is an internationally accepted standard that sets out how we can go about putting in place an effective Environmental Management System (EMS). The standard is designed to address the delicate balance between maintaining profitability and reducing environmental impact; with the commitment of our entire department, it can enable us to achieve both objectives.
What’s in ISO 14001:
· General requirements
· Environmental policy
· Planning implementation and operation
· Checking and corrective action
· Management review
This means we can identify aspects of our business that impact on the environment and understand those environmental laws that are relevant to us.
Environmental impact is becoming an increasingly important issue across the globe, with pressure to minimize that impact coming from a number of sources: local and national governments, regulators, trade associations, customers, employees and shareholders. Social pressures are also building up from the growing array of interested parties, such as consumer, environmental and minority non-governmental organizations (NGOs), academia and neighbours.
So ISO 14001 is relevant to every organisation, including:
· Single site to large multi-national companies
· High risk companies to low risk service organizations
· Manufacturing, process and the service industries; including local governments
· All industry sectors including public and private sectors
· Original equipment manufacturers and their suppliers
To find out more please visit the ISO website.
