ISO 14000

ENVIORNMENT MANAGEMENT STANDARDS

The ISO 14000 EMS exists to help organizations: Minimize their negative effect. Comply with laws ,regulations and other environmental requirements. Continually improve the above. ISO 14001 specifies the requirements of Environmental management system, published by ISO on Sept. 1, 1996. It enables organizations to frame policies taking into the concern of environment.

EMS Components
Environment policy definition. Environment planning. EMS implementation and operational control. Assessing conformity to the standard's requirements and undertaking corrective action in the case of nonconformity. EMS management review.

Major ISO 14000 standards

ISO 14001 - EMS requirements with guidance for use. ISO 14004 - EMS guideline on principle, system & support techniques. ISO 14015 Environment assessment of sites & org. ISO 14020 series Environment labels & declarations. ISO 14031 Environmental performance evaluation-guideline ISO 14040 series Lifecycle assessment & Env. Goal setting. ISO 14050 Terms and definitions. ISO 14064 Measuring and quantifying and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.