International Organisation for Standardization(ISO)14000
The International Organisation for Standardization (ISO)14000 is a series of environmental management standards developed and published by the International Organization for Standardization ( ISO ) for organizations.The ISO 14000 standards provide a guideline or framework for organizations that need to systematize and improve their environmental management efforts.The ISO 14000 standards are not designed to aid the enforcement of environmental laws and do not regulate the environmental activities of organizations.
- The ISO 14000 series of environmental management standards are intended to assist organizations manage the environmental effect of their business practices. The ISO 14000 series is similar to the ISO 9000 series published in 1987. The purpose of the ISO 9000 series is to encourage organizations to institute quality assurance management programs. Although ISO 9000 deals with the overall management of an organization and ISO 14000 deals with the management of the environmental effects of an organization, both standards are concerned with processes, and there is talk of combining the two series into one.
Here are the key standards included in ISO 14000:
- ISO 14001: Specification of Environmental Management Systems
- ISO 14004: Guideline Standard
- ISO 14010 - ISO 14015: Environmental Auditing and Related Activities
- ISO 14020 - ISO 14024: Environmental Labeling
- ISO 14031 - ISO 14032: Environmental Performance Evaluation
- ISO 14040 - ISO 14043: Life Cycle Assessment
- ISO 14050: Terms and Definitions
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