The ISO 14000 series provides internationally recognized standards for structuring an organization's environmental management system (EMS) and managing its environmental performance. ISO 14001, in particular, establishes requirements for an EMS that allows an organization to reduce its environmental impacts in a planned, documented manner. Implementing an EMS per ISO 14001 helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, improve efficiency, and build goodwill among stakeholders.

1. ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT STANDARDS
ISO 14000 SERIES

2. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT STANDARDS (EMS)
◼ Formal system with a set of management procedures that allows an organization to identify, evaluate and
reduce the environmental impact of its activities, products and services.
◼ In a Planned, formal, comprehensive, systematic and documented manner.
◼ EMS helps an organization to meet its regulatory demands in systematic manner thereby reducing the risk of
non-compliance
◼ EMS helps address non-regulated issues such as pollution prevention, odour management, and water and energy
conservation
◼ EMS can promote stronger operational control, and as aresult improved efficiency and reduction of waste

3. MAIN OBJECTIVES OF EMS
1. Restrict and regulate overexploitation of natural resources
2. Renew natural resources with suitable devices.
3. Set targets to reduce the use of energy and water and waste going to landfill
4. Set Environment-friendly purchasing procedures
5. Improve management of environmental impacts
6. Define key responsibilities for achieving targets
7. Monitor and measure environmental performance with respect to key indicators
8. Ensure compliance to legal and other environmental requirements
9. Build goodwill among customers, employees and stakeholders.

4. ISO (INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION)
◼ An EMS cannot be implemented in a random manner.
◼ A good EMS requires regular and robust verification to ensure it operates effectively.
◼ For assessing the attainment of various EMS, a set of standards are required. Such standards help organizations to
take a proactive approach to managing environmental issues.
◼ The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) implemented ISO 14001, in 1996, later updated in
2004, to support self regulation measures in contrast to public regulation.
◼ International Standards are becoming increasingly important for organizations to work towards common and
comparable environmental management practices, to support the sustainability of their organizations, products
and services.
◼ Furthermore, governments and regulatory bodies are increasingly looking to ISO standards to provide a
framework to ensure alignment and consistency both nationally and internationally.

5. ISO 14000 SERIES
◼ The ISO 14000 is a series of Internationally recognized standards for
structuring the EMS of an organization and managing the environmental
performance of the system to induce environmental improvement and cost
savings.
◼ The ISO 14000 series includes Standards on Environmental Management
Systems (EMS), as well as standards on Sustainable Forest Management,
Environmental Site Assessment, Waste Management, and Environmental
Technology.
◼ The ISO 14000 family is designed to be implemented according to Deming’s
management cycle - Plan-Do-Check-Act (PCDA) cycle underlying all ISO
management systems standards.
◼ ISO 14000 enables EMS of an organization to:
1. Formulate and define policy and objectives in this regard
2. Formulate a plan to implement the policy and objectives
3. Develop the capabilities and support system to achieve the implementation of policy
objectives
4. Monitor and evaluate environmental performance
5. Review the EMS for continued improvement

6. ORGANIZATION-BASED STANDARDS
Organization-based standards provide comprehensive guidance for establishing, maintaining and evaluating an EMS
◼ ISO 14001 – Environmental Management Systems
◼ ISO 14004 – complements ISO 14001 by providing additional guidance and useful explanations. The standard
helps the selection of suitable performance indicators, so that performance can be assessed against criteria set by
management.
◼ ISO 14001 - the world's EMS standard (International Organization for Standardization),
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7Fak8QI6Ww

7. PRODUCT-BASED STANDARDS
Product-based standards provide comprehensive guidance for determining the environmental impacts of products
and services over their life cycles. It also provides guidance for environmental labels and declarations. These
standards help an organization gather information and to communicate specific environmental information to
consumers and other interested parties.
◼ The ISO 14020 series of standards (ISO 14020, ISO 14021, ISO 14024 and ISO/TR 14025) provide guidance for
environmental labels and declarations (including eco-labels), self- declared environmental claims, and quantified
environmental information about products and services.

8. ISO 14001: 2015 FRAMEWORK
◼ ISO 14001:2015 should be used by any organization that wishes to set up, improve, or maintain an environmental
management system to conform with its established environmental policy and requirements. The requirements of
the standard can be incorporated into any environmental management system, the extent to which is determined
by several factors including the organization’s industry, environmental policy, products and service offerings, and
location.
◼ ISO 14001:2015 is relevant to all organizations, regardless of size, location, sector, or industry.
◼ Watch “Discover the new ISO 14001:2015!” https://youtu.be/_hs54V3x1VQ for more information.

9. WHAT TOPICS DOES ISO 14001:2015 COVER?
At the highest level, ISO 14001:2015 covers the following topics with regard to environmental management systems:
◼ Context of the organization
◼ Leadership
◼ Planning
◼ Support
◼ Operation
◼ Performance evaluation
◼ Improvement
ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems (EMS) Framework

10. WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF ISO 14001:2015?
Using ISO 14001:2015 has many benefits for organizations with environmental management systems. Organizations and
companies find that using the standard helps them:
◼ Improve resource efficiency
◼ Reduce waste
◼ Drive down costs
◼ Provide assurance that environmental impact is being measured
◼ Gain competitive advantage in supply chain design
◼ Increase new business opportunities
◼ Meet legal obligations
◼ Increase stakeholder and customer trust
◼ Improve overall environmental impact
◼ Manage environmental obligations with consistency