:: ISO 14001 - 2004 ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS :: |
| Why ISO 14001 ? |
- We are required to comply with environmental laws & regulations and Pollution control board is making it mandatory.
- Our customers expect us to adhere to this standard & sometimes make it a pre-condition for doing business with them.
- Our neighborhood is complaining about our environmental practices and we need to do something about it.
- Competing organizations are already certified or are in the process of certification.
- We want sustainable development to happen and reduce energy consumption/ wastages.
- The internal benefits for an organization are really very impressive.
- In essence, any organization, which has a desire to improve its EMS, is eligible.
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| What is ISO 14001 ? |
- It is the International Organization for Standardization’s (Instituted in 1946 & Headquartered at Geneva) Initiative for Environment Management Systems (EMS).
- It facilitates an organization to formulate and implement Policy and Objectives taking into account the legislative requirements and significant environmental impacts.
- It enables an organization in identifying causes of environmental problems / concerns and their impacts.
- It’s a systematic approach towards meeting your environmental & business goals.
- It’s an evidence of the organizations efforts towards fulfilling their ethical responsibilities to the society and environment.
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| What are the benefits ? |
- Improved competence and better compliance.
- Improved Environmental performance & Reduced accidents.
- Improved image with regulators and enhanced customer trust.
- Increased efficiency / reduced costs and better profits.
- In short you will have fewer worries and fulfill your ethical responsibility to the society and the environment.
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| What is the certification process ? |
- Understanding requirements of ISO-14000 series.
- Fulfilling all the PCB norms and complying with the consent conditions.
- Identification of aspects which have an impact on the environment or are a concern.
- Preparing plans and establishing controls for effective control of such aspects.
- Implementation of the established EMS, internal auditing and continually improving the environmental performance.
- Selecting an appropriate certifying body and undergoing the Certification process.
- Normally it takes a minimum of 6 to 8 month’s time to prepare an organization to reach up to the certification stage.
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| What is certification ? |
- Certification is an independent third party confirmation that your organization’s EMS fulfills the requirements of the ISO 14001 standard.
- The certificate is valid for a 3-year period and includes yearly surveillance audits.
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| The Cost could be broken into three categories. |
- Cost of certification,
- Cost of consulting,
- Cost involved in up-gradation of systems.
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