Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is an autonomous Indian government backed organisation

that sets industrial standards in India. The BIS covers product quality certification,

consumer affairs and development of technical standards. Its certification is the ISI or IS mark. It

was formed in 1950. It is empowered to cancel the licences of companies

that flout the guidelines imposed by it.Recently it took action against mineral water and cola companies for having pesticides above the prescribed

limits in their products

• Manufacturers– Improvement & consistency in quality.– Customer confidence and wider markets

• Organized Purchasers– Confidence in integrity of a product.– Reduction in costly testing and inspection

• Common Consumer– Brand oriented selection, confidence in the purchase.

• National Level– Protection of consumer and environment– Improved public purchases and optimum overall economy.

• International Level– Facilitation of international trade, mutual recognition and acceptance.

Costly testing and inspection

109 Products

• Food Colours & Food Additives

• Cement

• Gas Cylinders

• Electrical Appliances

• Infant Milk Products

• Pressure Stoves

• Steel Tubes

• Miners’ Safety Equipment

• Packaged Drinking Water and Natural Mineral Water

• Thermometers

ISO 14000

• The ISO 14000 environmental management standards exist to ensure products and services have the lowest possible environmental impact.

• ISO 14000 is similar to ISO 9000 quality management in that both pertain to the process - the comprehensive outcome - of how a product is produced, rather than to the product itself.

• ISO 14001 and ISO 14004: the initial standards, which introduce the idea of environmental management systems. These present a structured approach to setting environmental objectives and targets. Essentially, an organization may apply these broad conceptual tools to their own processes. – These are extended and more or less superseded by

• ISO 14040 discusses pre-production planning and environment goal setting.

• ISO 14020 covers labels and declarations. • ISO 14030 discusses post-production environmental assesment. • ISO 14062 discusses making improvements to environmental

impact goals. • ISO 14063 is an addendum to 14020, discussing further

communications on environmental impact. • ISO 19011 which specifies one audit protocol for both 14000 and

9000 series standards together

WHY COMPANIES ADOPT EMS SYSTEMS ?

• Improve competitiveness & value;

• Reduce risks & liabilities;

• Better manage rapidly increasing environmental costs;

• Spread ‘best management practices’ & experiences through the enterprise;

• Communicate significance of environmental values to employees & customers;

EMS - ISO 14001

Checking & Corrective Action

I mplementation &Operation

Management Review

Define Policy

I d aspects & eff ects

I d objectives & targets

Establish program

PublicParticipation

Senior Leadership Commitment A Knowledgeable & Enthusiastic Champion Training Workforce Buy-In Defined Goals & Metrics Recordation/Documentation Management Reviews Internal Audits Patience

OSHA STANDARDS

• Purpose:-

“….to assure as far as possible every working man and woman in the Nation safe and healthful working conditions and to preserve our human resources”

• Encourage employers and Employees to reduce workplace hazards and to implement new or improve existing safety and health programs

• Provide for research in occupational safety and health and to develop innovative ways of dealing with occupational safety and health problems

• Establish “separate but dependent responsibilities and rights” for employers and employees for achievement of better safety and health conditions

• Maintain a reporting and record-keeping system to monitor job-related injuries and illnesses

• Develop mandatory job safety and health standards and enforce them effectively

• To enforce standards, OSHA is authorized under the Act to conduct workplace inspections.– To enter without delay and at reasonable

times any facility where work is performed by an employee or employer. . .

– Inspect and investigate during regular working hours. .

• Imminent Danger: Any condition where there is reasonable certainty that a danger exists that can be expected to cause death or serious physical immediately

• Catastrophes and Fatal Accidents: Investigation of fatalities and catastrophes resulting in hospitalization of three or more employees. These types of accidents must be reported to OSHA within 8-hours

• Employee Complaints: The Act gives each employee the right to request an OSHA inspection when the employee feel that he/she is in imminent danger from a hazard or when he/she feels that there is a violation of an OSHA standard that threatens physical harm.

• LEP/NEP – High Hazard Workplaces