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ISO 14000 SERIES

Ruchita Bhaiya 09 Geetanjali Johar

International Standard Organisation (iso)


ISO, which is located in Switzerland, is a non-governmental organization established in 1947. This organization mainly function to develop voluntary technical standards that aim in making the development, manufacture and supply of goods and services more efficiently, safe and clean. The ISO took up the responsibility for drawing up a new Environmental Standard series ISO 14000, with the help of Technical committee TC 207. This attempt was approved by European Commission through the recommendation of CEN(Committee European de Normalization), which is European Union Standardization

TC 207 works through subcommittees each on..


Environmental Management System Environmental Auditing Environmental Labeling Environmental Evaluation Life Cycle Assessment Definition & Terminology

Environmental Management System

ISO 14001

1)ISO 14001 is the corner stone standard of the ISO 14000 series. 2)It specifies a framework of control for an Environmental Management System. 3)Other standards in ISO 14000 series are actually guidelines, many to help you achieve registration to ISO 14001

Five components of ISO 14001 :


Environmental Policy Planning Implementation Monitoring and evaluation Review

In an organisation, environmental policy should


a) Be realistic taking into consideration the constrains and resources of the company as well as the extent of impacts that the organization has on the environment. While discussing impact, the document should embody, * life cycle analysis * resource conservation * waste reduction * product design & The concept of sustainable development should be

b) Be documented and available to all the concerned employees and the external parties stakeholders and publics. c) Be clear about commitment for continued improvement of EMS. d) Be in conformity with the laws and rules and regulations and must make a statement in regard to compliance.

PLANNING

Planning of EMS for audit requires that the system should be in the form of written plan or manual giving details of work and procedures. The plan include environmental aspects and impact, and its an important function of an organization in the sense that it takes into consideration a proper schedule, resources, targets, successes as well as likely failures, contingencies and alternatives to migrate the crisis if it occurs. For eg, when the work involves handling of hazardous materials or any other procedure involving safety measures, it has to be

IMPLEMENTATION

The process of implementation implies management skills.


Management of Human, Financial and Natural Resources. Motivation for action. Responsibilities. Documentation. Communication within the organisation. Operational control. Preparedness for emergency.
Implementation for ISO 14001 means :

MONITORING & EVALUATION

EMS demands a mechanism for measuring and evaluation for which a process has to be evolved that involves testing and verification. Such a process must be an ongoing process to identify environmental performance indicators that are verifiable. Also, for regular monitoring, the companies must establish a system and procedure for determining compliance and conformance with law and rules and regulations.

REVIEW

At Review stage, the organisation has to think in terms of continual improvements of environmental performance. Review is very important because it undertakes an in-depth analysis of all the issues of environmental concern. Reviews must go beyond the stage of compliance. It must pay full attention to implementation of objectives set out by the organisation. Issues to be discussed in the process of reviews are: i. Sustainability of environmental policy. ii. Recommendations of audit report. iii.New regulations.

Environmental Auditing

ISO 14010 provides general principles of environmental auditing ISO 14011 provides specific guidance on audit an environmental management ISO 14012 provides guidance on qualification criteria for environmental auditors and lead auditors All are now superseded by, guidelines : quality management systems

ISO 19011

which sets the

Environmental Labeling

ISO 14020
The ISO 14020 family covers three types of labeling schemes: i. Type I is a multi-attribute label developed by a third party; ii. Type II is a single-attribute label developed by the producer; iii.Type III is an eco-label whose awarding is based on a full life-cycle assessment.

Environmental

Evaluation

ISO 14030
Provides guidance on performance targets and monitoring within an Environmental Management System Environmental Performance Evaluation (EPE)
Used for internal and external communication Regular self assessment of performance

Three components
Management Systems Operations Environmental State

Life Cycle Assessment

ISO 14040
ISO 14040:2006 describes the principles and framework for life cycle assessment (LCA) including: a. Definition of the goal and scope of the LCA. b. The life cycle inventory analysis (LCI) phase. c. The life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) phase. d. The life cycle interpretation phase, reporting and critical review of the LCA. e. Limitations of the LCA. f. The relationship between the LCA phases.

Definition & Terminology

ISO 14050
Environmental management : Vocabulary ISO 14050:2009 defines terms of fundamental contains concepts and their definitions related to environmental management, published in the ISO 14000 series of International Standards. This standard is written in the three official ISO languages (English, French

How to adopt ISO 14000 standards..??


This standard is tailored for an organisation of any size. It is applicable to any organisation that would like to: Maintain and implement EMS Be sure that it confirms to stated environmental policy.

Provides guidance on the development & implementation of ISO EMS 14004

ISO 14000Environmental
management : Vocabulary

ISO 14001

ISO 14050

ISO 19011 ISO 14010 (general principles of


environmental auditing )

ISO 14040
Principles and framework for life cycle assessment (LCA)

ISO 14011 (specific guidance on


audit an EMS)

ISO 14012 (guidance on


qualification criteria for environmental auditors and lead auditors)

ISO 14020

Labeling issues

Environmental Performance Evaluation

ISO 14030

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