ISO14001 standard series was prepared by the International Standards Organization since 1993, it states the Environmental Management Systems standard. In 1996, the International Standard Organization has formally published two standards:

  • ISO14001 – Environmental Management System – Standard and Guild
  • ISO14001 – Environmental Management System – Principal, System and Technical Support Common Guild

ISO14001 Environmental Management System is a positive response to the continuous development concept. It is a compulsory trend in the global environmental protection development.

There are more than a hundred countries have enforced ISO14004 standards at the moment. Environmental Management System is a set of systemic, programmatic and strong operational management model. It has high self-limitation, and self-determination of conformance. It results in enable to influence organization's environmental management behavior.

 ISO14001 standard fundamental contents:    

ISO14004 standard emphasis prevention of pollution and continuous improvement, it requires an organization setup a clear responsibility, operation regulations, documentation monitoring management system. The environmental target and index are succeeded by an effective management scheme and operation procedure and lead to the successful of the environmental goal. At the mean time, the environmental goal should evaluate its implementation status and level of completion, and this should maintain.

The management elements related to the Environmental Management System includes organization structure, activities planning, responsibility, program, procedure and resources etc. It could be in four parts, 17 elements and quality; employment health safely etc management system and these are closed integrated. It still follows the traditional PDCA (Plan, Do, Check and Act) model.

 Advantages for organization carry out ISO14001 certification:    
  1. Make environment and economic develop in harmony. Erase trade barrier and push international trade
  2. Convenient for the government monitor and guide the organization, increase the competitively of product in the market
  3. Increase the management level of an organization, improve the environmental protection concept of the employee
  4. Improve the operation structure of the organization, increase the market share and increase the added value of the product
  5. Improve the relationship of the local community and easy to recruit staff
  6. Reduce the risk of dispute and disaster crisis so that lower the cost of insurance
  7. Reduce the cost in cleaning, power consumption and lower the waste disposal processing cost
  8. Promote the product reformation, improve technical level, and increase product characteristic
  9. Establish a good community impression, easy to obtain financial and community support

 

   
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