Environmental Management

System (ISO 14001)

Lecture hour: 3 hour / week
Course code: EVT 472
By: Ahmad Husaini Mohamed
Chapter 2: The
Development of
Environmental
Management
System (ISO
14001)
 Origin of ISO 14000
 Initially released in 1996 and updated in 2004

 A global series of Environmental Management Systems

(EMS) standards

 Continuation from ISO 9000 series, the ISO 14000 series

have been developed so that organizations may incorporate
environmental aspects into operations and product
standards.

 It is a set of voluntary environmental management

standards, guides and technical reports, which specifically
focuses on corporate environmental management systems,
operating practices, products, and services.
 ISO technical committee (ISO/TC) 207 -
Environmental management is responsible for
developing and maintaining the ISO 14000 family of
standards

 The ISO 14000 standards are a response to:

i) 1986 The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

(GATT) negotiations in Uruguay

i) 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment

and Development in Rio de Janeiro
Environmental Management History
Environmental management has existed in some form for
thousands of year but really started in earnest the 1960s.
Significant contamination discovered at that time prompted
the enactment of many laws and regulation in the 1970s
and 1980s.
Standard and Standardisation

What is a standard?
A standard is a document that provides
requirements, specifications, guidelines
or characteristics that can be used
consistently to ensure that materials,
products, processes and services are fit for
their purpose
 Benefit of Standards
help to harmonize Conformity to International
technical specifications breaking down technical Standards helps reassure
of products and services barriers to international consumers that products
making industry more trade (TBT) are safe, efficient and good
efficient for the environment

strategic tools & guidelines

help increase to help companies tackle
reduce negative impacts
productivity and some of the most
on the environment demanding challenges of
competitive
modern business

help improve quality,

vital resource for
enhance customer
governments when
satisfaction and increase
developing public policy
sales
 What is Standardisation?
The process of developing and implementing
technical standards. Standardisation can help to
maximize compatibility, interoperability, safety,
repeatability or quality. It can also facilitate to
breaking down the technical barriers to trade
(TBT)
International Organization for
Standardization (ISO)
• ISO Headquarters is in La
Voie Creuse, Geneva
• Non-governmental
organization made up of
members from the national
standards bodies (NSB) of
162 countries
• the world’s largest
developer of voluntary
International Standards
ISO Member Bodies
ISO Membership Categories
There are three member categories in ISO:

 Full members (or member bodies) - influence ISO standards

development and strategy by participating and voting in ISO
technical and policy meetings. Full members sell and adopt ISO
International Standards nationally.

 Correspondent members - observe the development of ISO

standards and strategy by attending ISO technical and policy
meetings as observers. Correspondent members can sell and adopt
ISO International Standards nationally.

 Subscriber members - keep up to date on ISO’s work but cannot

participate in it. They do not sell or adopt ISO International
Standards nationally. They do not sell or adopt ISO International
Standards nationally.
 KEY PRINCIPLE IN DEVELOPING
STANDARD
Consensus:
The view of all
interests are taken Voluntary
into account - International:
manufacturing, Industry-wide: standardization is
vendors and users, The goal is to draft market-driven and
consumer groups, standards that satisfy therefore based on
testing laboratories, industries and voluntary
governments, consumer worldwide involvement of all
engineering interests in the
professions, and marketplace.
research
organization.
International standards are developed by
ISO technical committee (TC) through a five-
step process:-

i. Proposal stage
ii. Preparatory stage
iii. Committee stage
iv. Approval stage
v. Publication stage
 ISO Structure and Governance
i. The General Assembly (GA) - The General Assembly is the
ultimate authority for the organization. It is an annual meeting
attended by our members and our Principal Officers

ii. The ISO Council - The ISO Council takes care of most
governance issues. It meets twice a year and is made up of 20
member bodies, the ISO Officers and the Chairs of the Policy
Development Committees CASCO, COPOLCO and DEVCO

iii. Technical Management Board (TMB) - The management of the

technical work is taken care of by the Technical Management
Board. This body is also responsible for the technical
committees that lead standard development and any strategic
advisory boards created on technical matters.
ISO Structure and Governance
 Established 28 August1996
under purview Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI)

Develop and promote

Malaysian Standards (MS)
Principals for MS development are based on Annex 3
to WTO/TBT Agreement, ISO/IEC Guide 59 & ISO/IEC
Guide 21
Accredit Conformity Assessment
Bodies
Conformity assessment bodies: testing & calibration
labs, inspection bodies, certification bodies and

Governed by Standards of Malaysia Act 1996

(Act 549)
Amendment gazetted on April 2012 17
 ISO Strategic Advisory
Group on Environment (SAGE)
• Established in August 1991

• Composed of environmental policy experts from 24 countries to

assess the need for international environmental standards and to
recommend an overall strategic plan for their development.

• Recommended the formation of an ISO Technical Committee

(ISO/TC) to develop international environmental standards that
provide for a common approach to environmental management
similar to quality management, improve systems and
techniques and measure improvements in environmental
performance & facilitate trade and remove trade barriers
through their use.
 environmental
environmental environmental
performance
management systems auditing
evaluation

Six (6) Group Under SAGE

guide for environmental
environmental aspects in product
life cycle analysis
labeling standards
 ISO Technical Committee (ISO/TC)
207 - Environmental management
i. Establish in June 1993

ii. Consist of 6 Sub-Committee

iii. Main scope: standardization in the field of

environmental management systems and tools in
support of sustainable development

iv. Global participation:

 P-Member - 84 Countries (including Malaysia)

 O-Member – 16 Countries
 Secrtariat - Canada
ISO/TC 207 Sub-committies
No. Sub- Title
Committee
i. SC 1 Environmental Management Systems
ii. SC 2 Environmental Auditing
iii. SC 3 Environmental Labelling
iv. SC 4 Environmental Performance
Evaluation
v. SC 5 Life Cycle Analysis
vi SC 6 Terms and Definitions
 84 member
countries joined
ISO/TC 207
including
Malaysia through
Department of
Standards
Malaysia
Scope of ISO/TC 207’s work
i. Environmental management systems
ii. Environmental auditing and related
iii. Environmental investigations
iv. Environmental performance evaluation
v. Environmental labelling
vi. Life cycle assessment
vii. Environmental communication
viii.Environmental aspects of product design and
development
ix. Environmental aspects in product standards
x. Terms and definitions
xi. Greenhouse gas management and related activities
xii. Measuring the carbon footprint of products
 Quick Review..
i. List four (4) benefits of using standards?

ii. List five (5) scope of work for ISO/TC 207?

iii. Which department represent Malaysia as

National Standard Body at ISO level?

iv. List six (6) group establish under SAGE?