EMS standards ISO 14001

1. ISO 14001

2.  ISO develops International Standards but does not
operate any schemes for assessing conformity with
them.
 ISO is not an auditor, assessor, registrar, or certifier of
management systems, products, services, materials or
personnel, nor does it endorse or control any such
activities performed by other parties.
A Brief About ISO

3.  ISO 14001 is known as a generic management
system standard, meaning that it is relevant to any
organization seeking to improve and manage
resources more effectively.
 ISO 14001 is one of the ISO's most well known
standards.
 All standards are periodically reviewed by ISO to
ensure they still meet market requirements. The
current version of ISO 14001 – ISO 14001:2004 is
under review as of April 2012
Introduction

4. Overview of ISO 9000, ISO
14000 and 14001
 ISO 9000, the quality standard is considered to be a
precedent for ISO 14001. ISO 9000 is well established
quality standard and has a fairly good acceptability.
 The Asian countries which did not adopt ISO 9000 found
themselves at a disadvantage for European market.
 ISO 14000 is a family of standards related
to environmental management that exists to help
organizations (a) minimize how their operations .
negatively affect the environment (i.e. cause adverse
changes to air, water, or land); (b) comply with applicable
laws, regulations, and other environmentally oriented
requirements, and (c) continually improve in the above.

5.  ISO 14000 is similar to ISO 9000 quality management in
that both pertain to the process of how a product is
produced, rather than to the product itself. As with ISO
9000, certification is performed by third-party
organizations rather than being awarded by ISO directly.
The ISO 19011 audit standard applies when auditing for
both 9000 and 14000 compliance at once.
 First version finalized and issued in 1996, revised every
five years (2004 current version).
 Market sector created and driven; governments
participate but it is not legislative or regulatory.
 Each participating nation has a committee that develops
consensus and contributes (one vote each, for US it is
ANSI).

6.  14001 is one of the standards in the 14000 series.
 ISO 14001 helps organizations to implement
environmental management.
 Provides the company with a guideline on how
to manage environmental aspects.
 Requires management commitments and
involvement from all employees.

7. An Example
of ISO14001
Certificate

8. List of ISO 14000 series
standards
 ISO 14001 Environmental management systems—
Requirements with guidance for use.
 ISO 14004 Environmental management systems—
General guidelines on principles, systems and
support techniques.
 ISO 14015 Environmental assessment of sites and
organizations.
 ISO 14020 series (14020 to 14025) Environmental
labels and declarations.
 ISO 14030 discusses post production environmental
assessment.

9.  ISO 14031 Environmental performance
evaluation—Guidelines.
 ISO 14040 series (14040 to 14049), Life Cycle
Assessment, LCA, discusses pre-production
planning and environment goal setting.
 ISO 14050 terms and definitions.
 ISO 14062 discusses making improvements to
environmental impact goals.
 ISO 14063 Environmental communication—
Guidelines and examples.
 ISO 14064 Measuring, quantifying, and
reducing Greenhouse Gas emissions.
 ISO 19011 which specifies one audit protocol for
both 14000 and 9000 series standards together.

10. ISO 14000(Series) – The
Basic Principles
Environmental Policy
Planning
Implementation
Monitoring and Evaluation
Review

11. Environmental policy :
A sound environmental policy
reflects the commitment of management in matters
relating to environmental issue.
Planning :
Planning of EMS for audit requires that the
system should be in the form of written plan or mannual
giving detail of work and procedure.
Implementation :
Management of human,financial and natural resources,
Motivation for action, Responsibilities,Documentation,
Operational control, Records and management of
information.

12. Cont.….
Monitoring and evaluation :
EMS demands a mechanism for
measuring performance and evaluation for which a process
has to be evolved that involves testing and verification.
Review :
At Review stage, the organization has to think in
terms of continual improvements of environmental
performance.
Issue to be discussed in the process of review are:
 Suitability of environmental policy;
 Recommendations of audit report;
 New regulations;
 Interest of stakeholders;
 Public awareness and pressures;

14. Benefits of ISO 14001
 Common language for dealing with customers
and suppliers worldwide in B2B.
 Increase efficiency and effectiveness.
 Model for continual improvement.
 Integate with global economy.
 Uniform base for industry sectors.
 Quality suppliers for global supply chains.

15. Transfer of good practice to developing countries
Tools for new economic players
Regional integration
Facilitate rise of services
Sustainable Business
Technical support for regulations
Benefits (cont.)

16. References
 www.iso 14000.com
 www.iso.org
 Book- Environmental Management,
Uberoi