Overview
ISO 14000 is a series of international standards that deal with environmental issues. An environmental management system, as defined in ISO 14001, is the part of an organization's overall management system pertaining to the development, implementation, achievement, review, and maintenance of the organization's environmental policy.
For many industries, environmental concerns are at the forefront of corporate issues today. Having a documented environmental management system ensures that your policies are effectively understood and implemented, and that your environmental management system is an integral part of your overall management system.
The International Standard ISO 14001 for environmental management systems addresses the needs of the organizations worldwide, by providing a common frame for managing the environmental aspects. It leads to the strengthening of the environmental management in its broadest sense, which is resulting into the facilitation of trade and improvement of the environmental performances at global level.
Benefits of Environmental Management Systems certification:
- improvement of the organization’s image
- successful technical and economical management of the environmental aspects
- investment planning
- accident prevention
- access to bank loans
- improvement of the relationships with the insurance companies
- achievement and demonstration to the stakeholders of real environmental performances
- enhancing the competitive position on the global market
- profit by an offer of “green” products
