ISO 14001 certification

What is ISO14001 environmental management system?
The social and economic development has brought serious environmental pollution and ecological damage. The public has recognized the harms of environmental problems and environmental protection has begun to be incorporated into the agenda of various countries and will inevitably affect the development of international economy and trade. The ISO 14001 system provides the framework for organizations to establish, document and maintain effective environmental management systems to demonstrate that their products or services meet the requirements of customers and relevant environmental legislation.
Organizations are under great pressure to fulfill and meet the increasingly stringent environmental laws and regulations. Organizations can introduce environmental management systems effectively to solve these environmental problems.
ISO 14001 is a global, universal standard for environmental management in any organization that incorporates the concept of corporate environmental protection by shaping the environmental improvement of organizational activities, products and services, shaping the image of an excellent company. ISO14001 provides a systematic analysis of management methods, through the "planning, implementation, evaluation and improvement" management model, to achieve the goal of sustainable development. At the same time, we should pay attention to the assessment and control of major environmental impacts, ensure compliance with laws and regulations, and prevent environmental accidents so as to reduce environmental risks.
At present, all enterprises use the environmental management system standard is ISO14001: 2004 version.
2, the benefits of implementing ISO14001:
Establishing and implementing a good environmental management system will not only ensure that the organization manages its environmental impact more effectively, but also brings considerable business benefits to the enterprise. Management can respond to the impact of environmental protection on its own interests. The company should also operate under a well-established strategy and be able to respond promptly to emergencies.
- Systematically reduce and control waste and hazardous materials, thereby increasing the utilization of raw materials
- Improve product performance and production processes, thereby reducing production costs
- Comply with local environmental regulations and reduce the risk of being penalized for violation of regulations - Enhance public image and credibility in order to increase market share and improve competitiveness
- Improve and enhance internal communications and motivate staff.
- Improve staff's environmental awareness and management quality, enhance the internal management level
How to get ISO14001 certification
Enterprises (or other organizations) to obtain ISO14001 certificate, the first need to help with the advisory body to establish an environmental management system, run this system for three months after the third-party certification bodies to apply for certification, the certification body in accordance with the fair, Reasonable and standard principles, the establishment of its environmental management system audit, if qualified, the certification body will issue a certificate, if not qualified, the certification body will be out of non-compliance, the enterprise to be corrected, and then follow-up audit, If qualified, issue a certificate.

The main content of ISO14001

ISO14001 Chinese name is the environmental management system - specification and use of guidelines, in 1996 September formally promulgated. ISO14001 is the organization of planning, implementation, inspection, reviewing the normative nature of the environmental management system. The system consists of five parts and 17 elements. The five parts are summarized as follows: The five major parts refer to: ① Environmental Policy ② Planning ③ Implementation and Operation ④ Inspection and Corrective Measures ⑤ Management Review
These five basic sections include the establishment of an environmental management system and the cycle of planned reviews and continual improvement after establishment to ensure continuous improvement and enhancement of the organization's internal environmental management system.
17 elements means:
1. Environmental Policy
2. Environmental Factors
3. Laws and other requirements
4 goals and targets
5. Environmental Management Program
6. Institutions and responsibilities
7. Training, awareness and ability
8. Information Exchange
9. Environmental Management System Documentation
10. File Management
11. Operation Control
12. Emergency Preparedness and Response
13. Monitoring
14. Violations, corrective and preventive measures
15. Record
16. Environmental Management System Review
17. Management Review
ISO14001 environmental management system has the following main features:
① emphasize compliance with laws and regulations: ISO14001 standard requires that the top managers of organizations that implement this standard must promise to comply with relevant environmental laws and regulations and other requirements;
② emphasis on pollution prevention: pollution prevention is the basic guiding ideology ISO14001 standard, which should first consider how to prevent and reduce pollution from the source, rather than the end of governance;
③ emphasis on continuous improvement: ISO14001 does not provide an absolute standard of behavior, in line with laws and regulations, based on the enterprise itself and their ratio, continuous improvement, that is, today to do better than yesterday, tomorrow to do better than today; /> ④ emphasis on systematic, programmatic management and the necessary document support;
⑤ voluntary: ISO14001 standard is not a mandatory standard, enterprises can choose according to their own needs are implemented;
⑥Certifiability: ISO14001 standard can be used as the basis for third-party audit certification, so enterprises can obtain third-party audit certificate by establishing and implementing ISO14001 standard;
⑦ wide applicability: ISO14001 standard applies not only to enterprises, but also applicable to institutions, businesses, government agencies, non-governmental organizations and any other types of organizations.