Introduction
ISO 14001 was published in September 1996. It provides guidance to organizations for determining those environmental issues and “aspects” associated with their activities, to manage them most effectively and measure Environmental Management performance. The standard contains no specific performance requirements as benchmarks.
Elements of an effective environmental system can be integrated with other management requirements to assist organizations to achieve their environmental and business-specific goals.
The standard is a tool to assist companies to identify, prioritize and manage their environmental aspects as part of their normal business practices and provides a structure for the company to focus on the issues most important to its particular business.
ISO 14001 requires companies to commit to prevention of pollution and continuous improvement as part of the normal management cycle.
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The
five ISO 14001:1996 Core Standards are:
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14004 | Environmental
Management Systems - General Guidelines On Principles, Systems and
Supporting Techniques | | ISO
14001 | Environmental
Management Systems - Specifications with Guidance for Use | | ISO
14010 | Guidelines
for Environmental Auditing - General Principles | | ISO
14011 | Guidelines
for Environmental Auditing - Audit Procedures - Auditing of
Environmental Management Systems | | ISO
14012 | Guidelines
for Environmental Auditing - Qualification Criteria for Environmental
Auditors | | | |
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Quality