MALAYSIA AIRPORTS HOLDINGS BERHAD

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SAFETY, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN ISO 14001: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
No. SHE_BULLETIN/16082011(SHE)

Whats in ISO 14001?

General requirements Environmental policy Planning implementation and operation Checking and corrective action Management review

Overview
ISO 14001 is an internationally accepted standard that sets out how you can go about putting in place an effective Environmental Management System (EMS). The standard is designed to address the delicate balance between maintaining profitability and reducing environmental impact; with the commitment of your entire organization, it can enable you to achieve both objectives.

This means you can identify aspects of your business that impact on the environment and understand those environmental laws that are relevant to your situation. The next step is to produce objectives for improvement and a management program to achieve them, with regular reviews for continual improvement. We can then periodically assess the system and, if compliant, register your company or site to ISO 14001.

Who is it relevant to?

Environmental impact is becoming an increasingly important issue across the globe, with pressure to minimize that impact coming from a number of sources: local and national governments, regulators, trade associations, customers, employees and shareholders. Social pressures are also building up from the growing array of interested parties, such as consumer, environmental and minority non-

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governmental organizations academia and neighbors.

(NGOs),

LIST OF ISO 14001 CERTIFIED AIRPORTS

Kuala Lumpur International Airport Penang International Airport Langkawi International Airport Kuching International Airport Kota Kinabalu International Airport Miri Airport

So ISO 14001 is relevant to every organization, including: Single site to large multi-national companies High risks companies to low risk service organizations Manufacturing, process and the service industries; including local governments All industry sectors including public and private sectors Original equipment manufacturers and their supplies

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