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Environmental Management Systems

ISO 14001

The Plan Do Check Act (PDCA) cycle is the operating principle of ISO's management system standards.

Certified Management Systems

Management system standards provide a model to follow in setting up and operating a management system. This model incorporates the features on which experts in the field have reached a consensus as being the international state of the art.

Management system standards are divided into those which can be used for certification, such as ISO 9001 and ISO 14001, and those which are not certifiable, requirements standards, but provide guidance, such as ISO 26000 and ISO 31000.

Certified Management Systems

What is ISO 14001?

It is an Environmental Management System (EMS) that uses a continual improvement approach in achieving and demonstrating sound environmental performance.

The goal is for organizations to control the impacts that their activities, products and services have on the environment.

ISO 14000 is the standard, and ISO 14001 is the document containing the requirements.

How It Works

ISO 14001:2004 does not specify levels of environmental performance. If it specified levels of environmental performance, they would have to be specific to each business activity and this would require a specific EMS standard for each business.

The intention of ISO 14001:2004 is to provide a framework for a holistic, strategic approach to the organization's environmental policy, plans and actions. ISO 14001:2004 gives the generic requirements for an environmental management system.

Fulfilling these requirements demands objective evidence which can be audited to demonstrate that the environmental management system is operating effectively

in conformity to the standard.

What It Does

provide assurance to management that it is in control of the organizational processes and activities having an impact on the environment

assure employees that they are working for an environmentally responsible organisation.

provide assurance on environmental issues to external stakeholders – such as customers, the community and regulatory agencies

comply with environmental regulations

support the organization's claims and communication about its own environmental policies, plans and actions

provides a framework for demonstrating conformity via suppliers' declarations of conformity, assessment of conformity by an external stakeholder - such as a business client - and for certification of conformity by an independent certification body.

Internally:

Externally:

Requirements: General

The organisation must develop an effective system that meets the requirements of the Standard.

Document, implement and maintain the system.

The EMS documents need to be controlled.

Follow a Plan-Do-Check-Act approach.

17 elements, grouped into five phases that relate to Plan-Do-Check-Act

Plan – Do – Check - Act

Requirements: General

Plan - Establish the objectives and

processes needed to deliver the

results (in line with the EMS).

Do - Implement the needed processes

of the EMS.

Check - Check the processes against

the policy, objectives, targets,

regulations, and report on the

results. (Auditing)

Act - Take actions that will continually improve the EMS.

End Part One Please Review The Following Sample

Documents

The Basic Principles of ISO14001

ISO14004 - Guidelines

The Requirements of ISO14001