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ISO 14000, ISO14001 ISO 14004… the myriad of ISO14000 standards and information related to environmental management can sometimes hinder progress and cause confusion. This web site is designed to untangle and simpify these – to make environmental management using the above standards a much easier task.

Each of these standards and items is explained, and a series of simple to use resources and guides identified. Hopefully, these pages will help you ensure that you meet your obligations diligently and professionally, but with the minumum of fuss.

ISO 14001 was first published in 1996 and specifies the actual requirements for an environmental management system. It applies to those environmental aspects which the organization has control and over which it can be expected to have an influence.

The International Standards Organisation (ISO) published the international standard for Environmental Management – ISO 1400; this was revised in 2004. It is designed to be compatible with other management standards, particularly the widely used ISO 9001 Quality Management Standard. Industrial companies, service organisations, utilities and public bodies worldwide have embraced ISO 14001 as the preferred model for environmental management.

An effective environmental management system based on ISO 14001 provides an organisation with a defined structure to allow them to more confidently and effectively manage environmental issues by:

- establishing a policy and awareness that good environmental performance is a strategic objective of the organisation
- focusing on the prevention of waste and pollution and on continual improvement of environmental performance
- systematic analysis, planning, control and monitoring of all activities that may affect environmental performance
- assisting companies to more effectively meet legislative and regulatory requirements
demonstrating to regulators, stakeholders and other interested third parties that a formal environmental management system is operational and effective

ISO 14001 Standard – Environment Management System