ISO 14001-Environment Management System Certification
ISO 14000 family
ISO 14000 family is the standards from ISO 14000 to 14100 obligated by ISO for TC 207.
Issued Standard:
ISO 14001 Environment Management Systems-Requirements with guidance for use
ISO 14004 Environment Management Systems-General guidelines on principles, systems and supporting techniques
ISO 14001 Environment management system model
ISO 14001 comprises five parting including 17 elements: environment policy, planning, implementation and operation, check and corrective action, management review. All various elements jointed together and has formed PDCA cycle management system to ensure continuous improvement in enterprise environmental behavior.
ISO 14000 standard basic requirements
Establish the documented environment management system
Define the environment policy, committed the environment protection
Identify the organization environment factor, set up objectives to improve environment
Pollution prevention first, continual improvement; comply with the regulatory.
Establish working instruction for important position.
Notice the communication with the related parties
Set up plan for emergency event.
Characteristic of ISO 14000 Standard
Be integrality to establish a scientific environment management software.
Shall be conformity with the regulatory, but no specific rule is defined.
Shall be controlled in all processes.
Applied for all types of organization.
Have a good compatibility with ISO 9000
Benefit bought from ISO 14000
Prevent pollution, protect environment
Increase the environmental awareness, and conserve the resource.
Establish a good corporate image, increase market share.
Eliminate the trade barriers, and be available to access international markets.
Improve product performance.
Create "green products" to reform process to achieve energy saving;
Avoid the environmental problems caused by the economic loss;
Improve enterprise management level of the Ministry;
Reduce environmental risk and achieve business continuity