Environmental Management BS EN ISO 14001:2004


We are all aware of the Global environmental issues and the underlying cause is Human Impact of which a Key contributor is Business related activities.

People are becoming more Environmentally aware and there are now many Pressures on Business:

Legal Pressure – EPA ’90, WIA’91 etc
Financial Pressures – Banks Insurers, Legal Prosecutions, Waste etc.
Social Pressures – General Public, Pressure Groups
Market/Supply Chain Pressures.

An environmental Management systems looks at:
Managing environmental impacts
Cost Savings
Legal Compliance
Improving Stakeholder relations

A Standardised process:
Reinforces the Pursuit of Best Practice
Stakeholder Confidence
Environmental Reporting
Recognised by Legislators
Demonstrates continual improvement

The definition of ISO 14001 is:
“The part of the overall management system that includes organisational structure, planning activities, responsibilities, practices, procedures, processes and resources for developing, implementing, achieving, reviewing and maintaining the environmental policy”

 

An integrated Management System

Processes can be applied to, and used by, any industry, service or Company.

PLAN what you want to do, DO the changes necessary, CHECK the effectiveness of the changes and ACT on the results and continually improve.  When things are changed or improved Management systems should help in bringing the information together to evaluate the effectiveness of the changes made.

The ISO14001 standard is aligned with ISO9001 Quality Management system to enable companies to develop total integrated systems.