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Environmental Management System Road Map
ISO 14001 is our Road Map:
- International Organization for Standardization
- ISO 14000 Family
- Series of documents and standards to help organizations address environmental issues
- ISO 14001
- Specification standard that is the model for the development of an Environmental Management System (EMS)
ISO 14001 Goals:
- Comply with regulations
- Improve environmental performance
- Integrate environmental, health, and safety programs
- Pollution prevention
- Waste reduction
- Resource conservation
- Employee involvement
- Management accountability
- Continual improvement
Key Components of the ISO 14001 Process:
- Policy commitment
- Significant environmental impacts (aspects) determination
- Objectives/targets formulation
- Environmental Management Plan (EMP) and Operational Controls (OC) development
- Employee training
- Internal and third party reviews (audits)
- Corrective actions
- Senior Management Review