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ISO 14000

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Content
 ISO 14000
 Why ISO 14000
 Areas of ISO 14000
 Munchee Biscuits Limited
 Forces influence the practice of ISO 14000
 How to Obtain ISO 14000
 Challenges
 Barriers for practicing
 Analysis of the survey results
 Summary
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ISO 14000

 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.

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Why ISO 14001 :

 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:

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 Areas of ISO 14000

Organization Evaluation Standards

 Environmental Management Systems/EMS

(14001,14002, 14004)
 Environmental Auditing/EA (14010, 14011,
14012)
 Evaluation of Environmental
Performance/EEP (14031)

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 Areas of ISO 14000 Con’t

Product Evaluation Standards

 Environmental Labeling/EL (14020, 14021,

14022, 14023, 14024, 14025)
 Life-Cycle Assessment/LCA (14040,
14041,14042, 14043)
 Environment aspects in products standards
(EAPS)(Guide 64)

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Discussion

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Certificates achieved by Munchee
Biscuits Limited :

 Certification, ISO 9001:2000, Quality

Management System

 Certification, ISO 14,001:2004

Environmental Management System

 Certification and HACCP Food Safety

Management Certification

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Forces influence the practice of
ISO 14000
 Product quality image
 Rivalry among the biscuit manufacturers in
the Local market.
 Prevailing business trend
 Legal and other requirements
 Alignment with the environmental policy
(mission and policy).
 Identification of benchmark opportunities
 Need for the continuous improvement
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Steps to be followed to obtain the
ISO 14000 certification

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Steps to be followed to obtain the
ISO 14000 certification Con’t
 Get consultancy from SLIS
– Registration requirements
– Apply for the certification
– Training
– Documentation requirements
 Develop environment policy
– Through management & cross functional team
involvement
– Align with organizational mission

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Steps to be followed to obtain the
ISO 14000 certification Con’t
 Planning
– Develop objectives & standards
– Form teams
– Develop EMS( Environment Management
System)-Major responsibility of quality
assurance department
– Design relevant procedures and activities.
– Analyze the Environment
 External audit (SLIS)
 Internal audit (quality assurance team)

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Steps to be followed to obtain the
ISO 14000 certification Con’t
 Implementation
– Train employees
– Make awareness about EMS
– Give targets to achieve objectives
 Reduce wastage for 2009

 Checking and corrective action

 Renewal audits
 Raise NCR ( Non Conformity Report)

 Take corrective actions

– Water effluent plant 18

– Cylos
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Steps to be followed to obtain the
ISO 14000 certification Con’t

 Management Review

– When achieve one target at once it is required to

set another target
– If something goes wrong , modifications to be
done

 Continuous improvements

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Challenges Confronted in obtaining
certification & the ways of Overcome
 Difficulty in zeroing the environmental
impact
 Reduce flour wastage within the factory
 Refine used water
 Build the sound proof rooms
 High initial cost in establishment &
implementation of EMS
 Difficulty in practicing Eco friendly
wrappers - will higher the cost
 Make notice on the biscuit packets to recycle it or
put them on the dustbin.
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The Barriers for practicing ISO
14000 in Munchee.

 Additional costs occur due to the

administrative costs, increased variable
and fixed operating costs.
 Extensive documentation introduces more
bureaucracy into a company.
 Requires knowledgeable personnel with
expertise in the technical processes.
 Investment in fixed capital for equipments.

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Benefits of ISO 14000 for
Munchee Biscuits

 Competitive requirement for international

business operations.
 It will give a good insight for the
environment caring activities.
 Create good working environment for all
employees.
 A better way to minimize non-value adding
activities.

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Analysis of the survey results

 More than 90% of employees are well aware

about ISO 14000.

 All the employees were trained for practicing

the procedure.

 the organization had a good plan and they

created a procedure in order to get the
certificate.

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Analysis of the survey results
Con’t

 Munchee conduct internal audits and

do renewals to renew certification
from one year to another

 Employees believe EMS is giving them

more benefits.

 Munchee still continuing the process.

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Summary

 ISO 14000

 How to implement it within the Munchee

 Challenges and how to overcome them

 Analysis of the survey results

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Thank you

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