ISO 14000

ISO 14000 is a series of environmental management standards developed

and published by the International Organization for Standardization ( ISO )
for organizations. The ISO 14000 standards provide a guideline or framework
for organizations that need to systematize and improve their environmental
management efforts.
List of ISO 14000 series standards

ISO 14001 Environmental management systemsRequirements with

guidance for use

ISO 14004 Environmental management systemsGeneral guidelines

on principles, systems and support techniques

ISO 14006 Environmental management systemsGuidelines for

incorporating Eco design

ISO 14015 Environmental assessment of sites and organizations

ISO 14020 series (14020 to 14025) Environmental labels and

declarations

ISO 14030 discusses post-production environmental assessment

ISO 14031 Environmental performance evaluationGuidelines

ISO 14040 series (14040 to 14049), Life Cycle Assessment, LCA,

discusses pre-production planning and environment goal setting.

ISO 14046 sets guidelines and requirements for water footprint

assessments of products, processes, and organizations. Includes only
air and soil emissions that impact water quality in the assessment.

ISO 14001 Environment Management System

(EMS) standard
The ISO 14001 Environment Management System (EMS) standard is an
internationally recognised environmental management standard which was
first published in 1996. It is a systematic framework to manage the
immediate and long term environmental impacts of an organisations
products, services and processes. Certification Europe is accredited to certify
your environmental management system to the ISO 14001 standard. ISO
14001 is part of the ISO 14000 series and forms the cornerstone of the
family of standards. ISO 14001 environmental certification provides a
framework for environmental management best practice to help
organisations:

minimise their environmental footprint

diminish the risk of pollution incidents

provides operational improvements

ensure compliance with relevant environmental legislation, and

develop their business in a sustainable manner

The ISO 14001 standard is based on the typical ISO Plan-Do-Check-Act

cycle.This International Standard is based on the methodology known
as Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA).
PDCA can be briefly described as follows.

Plan: establish the objectives and processes necessary to deliver

results in accordance with the organization's environmental policy.

Do: implement the processes.

Check: monitor and measure processes against environmental policy,

objectives, targets, legal and other requirements, and report the
results.

Act: take actions to continually improve performance of the

environmental management system.

Benefits of the ISO 14001 standard include:

Identify cost savings with greater emphasis on resource, waste and

energy management
Develop the corporate image and credibility
Quantify, monitor and control the impact of operations on the
environment, now and in the future

Ensure legislative awareness and compliance

Improve environmental performance of supply chain

Protect the company, assets, shareholders and directors

Potentially decrease public liability insurance costs for your

organisation
Grow your access to business partners and potential customers