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What is ISO 14001
Certification and
its requirement?

ISO 14000 refers to a family of standards for the design, implementation, and optimization of an environmental management system (EMS) for businesses and organizations. The ISO 14000 family was first developed due to a rising need for standard operating procedures and policies for businesses to use to build their own EMS..

The entire environmental issues of an organization can be identified and controlled by the ISO 14001 certification. The objective of ISO 14001 certification is to decrease the number of wastages produced by the company and to reduce the environmental pollution to the least amount.

Here are the six core elements of an EMS, according to the ISO 14001 standard:

  • Environmental policy
  • Planning
  • Implementation
  • Study & correct
  • Management review
  • Continuous improvement

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Why ISO 14000 is important?

In today’s global economy, ISO 14000 is crucial for tackling economic, environmental and social aspects, or the so-called “triple-bottom line” of how they function. Utilizing ISO 14000 can help to gain advantages in finance, insurance, marketing, regulation, and a wide range of interdisciplinary areas.

The standards help organizations prepare with a proactive approach, as opposed to a reactive one, and totally assess their environmental impact, even addressing certain factors that may be unregulated, such as energy or resource allocation.

Benefits of achieving ISO 14001
certification

- Organizations benefit from the implementation of an environmental management system based on ISO 14001:2015 by improving their environmental performance, and saving resources, energy, and money.

- A certified environmental management system is a good preventive tool and helps to be in compliance with legal and other requirements.

- Environmental Management System (EMS) certification provides an assurance to the administration, employees, and customers that environmental impacts are being measured and improved.

- Nowadays, it is becoming more and more significant to exhibit that organizations are thinking about their environmental impact and providing a system in place that will not only benefit the environment but also reduce the cost and improve efficiency within the organization.

- It is Cost savings in waste, recycling, and consumption

- Develop Company reputation and the confidence of Stakeholders through planned communication.

- Provide competitive and financial benefits through improved efficiencies and reduced costs. promote the better environmental performance of suppliers by integrating them into the organization’s business systems

- The implementation of ISO 14001:2015 helps to strengthen the competitive advantage. You will easily increase the trust of stakeholders and also you are able to create a positive impact on your commercial performances.

- ISO 14001 Certification means improved compliance with the current regulatory requirement and maintaining a company reputation

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Principles of environmental management

Standards outlined in the ISO 14000 family are designed with key principles of environmental management in mind:

1. To encompass environmental management systems and the environmental aspects of products

2. To not be restricted by country or region

3. To uphold and promote public interest as well as the interests of those who use and be affected by the standards

4. To be cost-efficient, robust, and adapt to many different needs, requirements, and circumstances, at any scale, globally

5. As part of their flexibility, to be suitable for internal and/or external verification

6. To utilize scientific evidence and principles

7. To continuously improve upon existing principles of environmental management

8. To be actionable, practical, and useful for organizations using them

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