What is ISO 14001:2015?
Environmental management systems - Requirements with guidance for use It is the international standard that specifies requirements for an effective environmental management system (EMS). It provides a framework that an organization can follow, rather than establishing environmental performance requirements.
Need of ISO 14001:2015
- The certification helps companies to create a structure for managing environmental operations
- It specifies environmental requirements that the organization identifies as those which it can control and influence.
- The certification is flexible - it is as applicable to both the small business and the multinational organization
Benefits of ISO 14001:2015
- Improved corporate image; strategic investment; improved regulatory relations.
- Sharing environmental solutions and improving industry and government relationship
- Conserve natural resources and energy and help in getting the required legal consent
- Evaluates system performance through management review and correct management system deficiencies
- Compliance with concerned statutory & regulatory requirements
- Help in converting by products and other waste into commercially valuable forms
Is it complex to implement?
No it is not, you can achieve by Following these Steps
- Get the support of management.
- Know your legal requirements.
- Define the scope of your OH&S management system.
- Define the processes and procedures
- Implement the OH&S processes and procedures
- Train your employees and make them aware
- Choose your certification body
- Use the OH&S management system and keep records
- Do your internal audits
- Do a management review
- Corrective actions
- Certification audits
