ISO 14000

The ISO 14000 environmental standard refers to the associated production processes and services issues of environmental management. This includes the identification and control of environmental impact, improving the environmental performance as well as the classification of environmental objectives are to be understood. It is for this purpose does not specify a level system, but sought a holistic and strategic framework, an Environmental Management System, Environment Management System. The standard is to be understood in the context of the ISO 9000 and ISO 26000 and applies to any organization and business enterprises.

ISO 14000 details

The environmental standard is structured as follows:

• ISO 19011 Guidelines for Audits of Qualitätsmanagement-und/oder environmental management systems ( ISO 14010-14012 replaced )

Relation to practice

Whatever moves an organization that is always given the need for an environmental management system (EMS). This should form a common basis for organizations and their customers and partners.

The standard is to take a wide range of organizations in the duty and move to a process of continuous improvement. This should employees be clear that they are working for an environmentally responsible organization.

History of environmental standard

The ISO 14000 was established in the GATT negotiations in the Uruguay Round on the occasion of the Rio Summit in 1992, which also results in the Agenda 21 resulted. There, a binding agreement on environmental issues was reached.