The requirement to establish a procedure for periodically evaluating compliance with applicable legal and other requirements falls short of specifically requiring regulatory compliance audits but, in fact, a system of regular regulatory compliance audits may be the most practical means for meeting this requirement of the standard. In the U.S., determination of whether to conduct [...]
Mar
20
ISO 14001 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AUDIT
In order to be in conformance with this provision of ISO 14001 an organization must be able to answer the overall question: “How does the organization conduct environmental audits of the EMS?”. In order to answer that question four specific tasks must be addressed under the Management System Audit section of the standard. First, the organization [...]
Dec
07
Help Solving Global Warming Problem by ISO 14001 Standards
Global Warming! What can be done? Can ISO 14001 Standards – Environmental Management System Help?? One of the front page headlines in the Monday, June 13, 2005 edition of USA Today read: The debates over: Globe is warming. The sub-title paragraph declared: Politicians, corporations and religious groups differ mainly on how to fix the problem. While [...]
Oct
22
Change In ISO 14001:2004 – Documentation
Change In ISO 14001:2004 – Documentation This clause has been updated to align it with ISO 19001:2004, but has not changed in intent. The listed EMS documentation now includes: • the environmental policy, • objectives and targets, • a description of the scope of the EMS, • a description of the main elements of the [...]
Oct
19
Quality Management: understanding Quality Management
Quality Management may be defined as the process through which organizations apply statistical process control mechanisms in order to improve the quality and standards of goods and services that are manufactured. Closely related to Quality Management is tqm, also known as total quality management. This is basically a management strategy that is applied in businesses [...]
Oct
19
ISO 14001 Management Standard
The International Standards Organisation (ISO) published the international standard for Environmental Management – ISO 1400; this was revised in 2004. It is designed to be compatible with other management standards, particularly the widely used ISO 9001 Quality Management Standard. Industrial companies, service organisations, utilities and public bodies worldwide have embraced ISO 14001 as the preferred [...]
Oct
19
ISO 14001 Standard – Document Control System
Documents required by the environmental management system and by this international standard shall be controlled. Records are a special type of document and shall be controlled in accordance with the requirements given in 4.5.4 (Control of Records). The organization shall establish, implement, and maintain a procedure(s) to a) approve documents for adequacy prior to issue; [...]
Oct
18
ISO 14001 STANDARD
ISO 14001 is in fact a series of international standards on environmental management. It provides a framework for the development of an environmental management system and the supporting audit programme. The ISO 14001 series emerged primarily as a result of the Uruguay round of the GATT negotiations and the Rio Summit on the Environment held [...]
Oct
17
ISO 14001 and The Environment
The ISO 14000 family of International Standards on environmental management is a relative newcomer to ISO’s portfolio – but enviroment-related standardization is far from being a new departure for ISO. In fact, ISO has two-pronged approach to meeting the needs of business, industry, governments, non-governmental organizations and consumers in the field of the environment. On [...]
Oct
17
ISO 14001 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AUDIT
In order to be in conformance with this provision of ISO 14001 an organization must be able to answer the overall question: “How does the organization conduct environmental audits of the EMS?”. In order to answer that question four specific tasks must be addressed under the Management System Audit section of the standard. First, the [...]