- identify and control the environmental impact of its activities, products or services (aspects),
- I mprove its environmental performance continually, and to
- I mplement a systematic approach to setting environmental objectives and targets, to achieving these and to demonstrating that they have been achieved.
- provide assurance to management that it is in control of the organizational processes and activities having an impact on the environment
- assure employees that they are working for an environmentally responsible organization.
- provide assurance on environmental issues to external stakeholders such as customers, the community and regulatory bodies.
- comply with environmental regulations
- support the organization's claims and communication about its own environmental policies, plans and actions
- provides a framework for demonstrating conformity through suppliers' declarations of conformity, assessment of conformity by an external stakeholder - such as a business client - and for certification of conformity by an independent certification body.
Though, it is called the Environmental
Management System ( EMS), It contain world's best planning and
management practices distilled and put together for managing business aspects
and their environmental & legal impacts leading to emergency preparedness and
planning response in the form of a standard ISO
14001:2004. Our consulting services assist businesses and busines managers learn and implement
ISO 14001:2004 and help them on the path of being responsible for the environment.
ISO 14000 family addresses various aspects of environmental
management.
ISO 14004:2004
provides guidelines
on the elements of an environmental management
system and its implementation, and discusses principal issues
involved.
ISO 14001:2004 specifies the requirements
for such an
environmental management system.
Fulfilling these requirements demands objective evidence which can
be audited to demonstrate that the environmental management system
is operating effectively in conformity to the standard.
The other
standards and guidelines in the family address specific
environmental aspects, including: labeling, performance evaluation,
life cycle analysis, communication and auditing.
An EMS meeting the
requirements of ISO 14001:2004 is a management tool enabling an
organization of any size or type to:
ISO 14001:2004
gives the generic
requirements for an environmental management system.
ISO 14001:2004
does not specify levels of environmental performance.
If it specified
levels of environmental performance, they would have to be specific
to each business activity and this would require a specific EMS
standard for each business.
That is not the
intention.
ISO has many other
standards dealing with specific environmental issues.
The intention of
ISO 14001:2004 is to provide a
framework for a holistic, strategic approach to the
organization's environmental policy, plans and actions.
The underlying
philosophy is that whatever the organization's activity, the
requirements of an effective EMS are the same.
This has the
effect of establishing a
common reference for communicating about
environmental management issues between organizations and their
customers, regulators, the public and other stakeholders.
Because ISO
14001:2004 does not lay down levels of environmental performance,
the standard can to be implemented by a
wide variety of organizations,
whatever their current level of environmental maturity.
However, a
commitment to compliance with applicable
environmental legislation and regulations is required, along with a
commitment to continual
improvement – for which the EMS provides the
framework.
ISO 14001:2004 is
a tool that can be used to meet
internal objectives:
ISO 14001:2004 can
also be used to meet
external objectives:
The EMS standards
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based EMS
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