ISO 14000

Dr. Ranjit Prasad Swain

School of Pharmaceutical Sciences

IS0 14000 family of standard related to
environmental management
1. Minimize how their operations/process
negatively affect the environment (cause
adverse effect to air, water and land)
2. Comply with applicable laws,
regulations, environmental oriented
requirements
3. Continuous improvement
ISO 14001 is a integral part of European
Union’s Eco-Management and Audit
Scheme (EMAS)
1992-BSI@ World’s first environmental
management systems standard
BS 7750 supplied the template for the
development of ISO 14000 series in 1996
More than 300,000 certifications to 171
countries
ISO 14000 series
ISO 14001: for designing and
implementing an effective EMS
ISO 14004: additional guidelines for
EMS
ISO 14006: Guidelines for the
incorporating ecodesign
ISO 14015: Environmental assessment of
sites and organizations
ISO14020-14025 : Environmental labels
and declarations
ISO 14030: post production
environmental assessment
ISO 14031: performance evaluation
ISO 14064: green house gases
ISO14000 is known as generic
management system standard
(Relevant to any organization seeking to
improve and manage resource more
effectively)
ISO 14001 includes

Single site to large multifunctional

companies
High risk companies to low risk service
organization
Manufacturing, process and service
industries
All industry sectors
Original equipment manufacturer and
their suppliers
ISO14001:2015
Focus: on the improvement of
environmental performance rather than
the performance of the management
system itself
Basic principles and methodology
(PDCA cycle)
Plan
Do
Check
Act
Plan: Establish objectives and process
required
Do: Implement the process
Check: Measure and monitor the process
and report results
Act: Take action to improve performance
of EMS based on results
Thank you