ISO 14001 is the internationally
recognised standard for the certification of Environmental
Management Systems for Organizations of all kinds who are
concerned with achieving and demonstrating sound environmental
performance by controlling their impacts on their activities,
Products or services, taking into their environmental policy
and objectives.
It helps organizations who are in the context
of stringent legislation, development of economic policies,
other measures to foster the environmental protection and
a general growth of concern from interested parties about
environmental matters including sustainable development.
Implementing an Environmental Management System provides
a framework to organization for managing environmental responsibilities
so that they become more efficient and more integrated into
overall business operations. It helps to improve overall
environmental performance and compliance and provides a framework
for using pollution prevention practices to meet EMS objectives.
It also increases efficiency and potential cost savings when
managing environmental obligations. It promotes predictability
and consistency in managing environmental obligations. It
ensures effective targeting of scarce environmental management
resources and enhances public posture with outside stake
holders. New customers will place initial orders with confidence.
This can open up the marketplace to increased opportunities
and company growth.
In almost all cases, companies seek to have their system
independently assessed. This enhances the credibility of
any system.
- Registration to ISO 14001 by an accredited certification
body such as Velosi shows a commitment to Environment to
customers, and a willingness to work towards improving
efficiency levels.
- It demonstrates the existence of an effective environmental
management system that satisfies the rigours of an independent,
external audit.
- An ISO 14001 certificate enhances company image in the
eyes of customers, employees and shareholders alike.
- It also gives a competitive edge to an organisation's
marketing.
The implementation of a system takes time and commitment
from senior management and has several key steps in the process,
which include:
- Identify the requirements of ISO 14001 and how they apply
to the business involved.
- Establish Environment objectives and how they fit in
to the operation of the business.
- Produce a documented Environment policy indicating how
these requirements are satisfied.
- Communicate the Environment objectives throughout the
organisation.
- Evaluate the Environmental policy, its stated objectives
and then prioritise requirements to ensure they are met.
- Identify the boundaries of the management system and
produce documented procedures as required.
- Ensure these procedures are suitable and adhered to.
- Once developed, internal audits are needed to ensure
the system carries on working.
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