Environment Policy

ISO 14001:2004 EMS -A Summary

October 15, 2010

Just as ISO 9001 made product quality everyone’s responsibility, ISO 14001 brings the issue of environmental performance and facility efficiency out of the environmental office and makes the environment everyone’s business. ISO 14001 is a valuable business model platform, that when effectively implemented, can bring a company enormous savings through reductions in energy costs, waste disposal ... »

ISO 14064 GHG Inventorization – An Overview

September 20, 2010

The standard ISO 14064 is an international standard that addresses the quantification and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions and the verification of this information. The development of ISO 14064, an addition to the ISO 14000 environmental management standard series, began in 2002. It will provide an overview of the structure of the standard and present key aspects of its design and application... »

How to implement ISO 14001:2004 EMS

September 14, 2010

Implementation of ISO 14001 is a cyclical process as described below: Step 1: Environmental Policy The first step required to install EMS is development of a comprehensive environmental policy. The environmental policy spells out the requirements to be met under this policy via objectives, targets, and environmental programs. Three key commitments are required under this component: First, a commit... »

ISO 14001 Essentials

September 3, 2010

The ISO 14001 family of International Standards addresses various aspects of environmental management. The two standards, ISO 14001:2004 and ISO 14004:2004 deal with environmental management systems (EMS). ISO 14001:2004 provides the requirements for an EMS and ISO 14004:2004 gives general EMS guidelines. The other standards and guidelines in the family address specific environmental aspects, incl... »

Outline of an Environment Policy

May 31, 2010

An environmental policy is the foundation of an organization’s environmental management system. As per ISO 14001, all decisions and actions taken by the organization must be consistent with, and designed to accomplish the commitments made in, the environmental policy. An environmental policy should reflect the vision, intentions, philosophy, values, and beliefs of the organization with respect t... »