ISO 14001:2004 (EMS)

„Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does”

William James

Organizations of all kinds are increasingly concerned with achieving and demonstrating sound environmental performance by controlling the impact of their activities, products, or services on the environment, taking into account their environmental policy and objectives. They do so in the context of increasingly stringent legislation, the development of economic policies and other measures to foster environmental protection, and a general growth of concern from interested parties about environmental matters including sustainable development.

ISO 14001:2004 is a new (late 1996) standard for Environmental Management Systems. It was based upon the ISO 9000 family of specifications, so if you are family with the terms and structure of ISO9001, you will readily grasp ISO14001. The key aspects of ISO14001 are that it is Voluntary,
- Flexible and non prescriptive;
- Can use existing environmental programs and systems;
- Pushes continual improvement;
- Encourages cost saving by integrating environmental requirements into the overall company systems (design, manufacturing, etc.) and
- Can provide a substantial market advantage.

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