ISO 14001 Standard

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ISO 14000 series standards defined

The designation “ISO 14000” is a general term referring to a family of standards concerned with "environmental management". This refers to what the organization does to:

  • Minimize harmful effects on the environment caused by its activities, and to
  • Achieve continual improvement of its environmental performance.

ISO 14000 is known as a "generic management system family of standards" which means that it can be applied:

  • to any organization, large or small, whatever its product
  • to include business activities whether they are products or services
  • to include all types of businesses
  • to private, public, or governmental organizations

The "Management system" refers to the organization's structure for managing its processes - or activities - that transform inputs of resources into products or services which meet the organization's objectives, such as satisfying the customer's quality requirements, complying with regulations, or meeting environmental objectives.

ISO 14001:2004 Standard Defined

The ISO 14001:2004 standard contains the actual requirements that an organization has to comply with to become certified to the ISO 14000 standard. The “:2004” designation indicates that the standard was last revised in the year 2004.

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