This document defines key concepts related to ISO 14001 environmental management systems. It provides definitions for 16 terms in 2 sentences or less: (1) continuous improvement, (2) pollution prevention, (3) stakeholders, and so on relating to aspects, objectives, policies, impacts, and requirements of an environmental management system. The concepts cover an organization's interactions with its environment and approaches for improving its environmental performance.
This document defines key concepts related to ISO 14001 environmental management systems. It provides definitions for 16 terms in 2 sentences or less: (1) continuous improvement, (2) pollution prevention, (3) stakeholders, and so on relating to aspects, objectives, policies, impacts, and requirements of an environmental management system. The concepts cover an organization's interactions with its environment and approaches for improving its environmental performance.
This document defines key concepts related to ISO 14001 environmental management systems. It provides definitions for 16 terms in 2 sentences or less: (1) continuous improvement, (2) pollution prevention, (3) stakeholders, and so on relating to aspects, objectives, policies, impacts, and requirements of an environmental management system. The concepts cover an organization's interactions with its environment and approaches for improving its environmental performance.
Use of processes, practices, Alteration of the environment with
techniques, materials, products, substances or forms of energy put into services or energy, for avoid, reduce or it, at levels capable of interfere with control (in the form separately or in the well-being and health of people, combination) the generation, emission Action taken to eliminate the cause of attack the flora and the fauna, and Established need or expectation, or discharge of any type of one potential nonconformity or degrade the quality of resources of another potentially undesirable generally implicit or mandatory contaminant or residue, in order to the Nation or of the individuals. reduce impacts adverse environmental situation. conditions. (2) (11) (16) (7)
Recurring process of optimization of Action taken to eliminate the cause of authority or institution, or part or a applicable to the organization or parties SGA to achieve improvements in the one or detected conformity combination of them, be they or not of it, which is necessary to fulfill to overall environmental performance in a companies, public or private, that has achieve environmental goals way consistent with the environmental its own functions and administration. policy of (14) (10) the organization. (4) (8)
Environment in which an organization Element of activities, products and
General environmental purpose Part of the management system of a operates, including air, water, soil, services of an organization that can consistent with environmental policy, organization, used for develop and natural resources, flora, fauna, humans interact with the médium environment. which an organization is established implement your policy and manage and their interrelations. (13) (5) (12) your environmental aspects. (1) Measurable results of the Person or group that has an interest or Any change in the middle environment, General tensions and direction of an management that makes an organization related to its is affected by performance be it adverse or beneficial, as a total or organization of its aspects environmental performance, as it has environmental of an organization. partial result of the environmental Environmental. aspects of a formally expressed high address. (3) organization. (9) (15) (6)