The ISO 14001: 2015 Edition standard is an environmental management standard developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Environmental Management (TC207). The ISO 14001 standard is designed to support environmental protection and prevent pollution as a starting point for the organization to provide institutional frameworks to coordinate environmental protection and Social and economic needs of the balance between the better to help enterprises improve market competitiveness; strengthen management, reduce costs and reduce environmental liability accidents.

Revision of ISO 14001: 2015

The latest version of ISO 14001: 2015 is expected to be released around June 2015. Draft Commission Draft ISO / CD 14001.2 dated 28 January 2014 has been approved as an international draft standard but needs to be addressed. For those who want to be certified or to be certified enterprises, as soon as possible to understand the new standard of conception and change in the enterprise management to adjust accordingly to become a business should pay attention to the link. Then ISO14001: 2015CD2 version of the standard update, in terms of content similarities and differences? What are the operational differences for the business? The new standards increase the organization's environmental and leadership requirements; the management object increases the compliance obligations, the organization's risks and opportunities in addition to the important environmental factors, and considers the objects that the organization needs to manage throughout the product's life cycle; In addition to operational control and emergency preparedness and response, the control measures are controlled by the organization to manage the environmental impact of the value chain. Such as when applicable, to consider information about important environmental impacts that may arise during the delivery of the goods or services and during the disposal of the product and the end of its life.

ISO14000 standard overview

Following the ISO9000 series of standards after the International Organization for Standardization has introduced ISO14000 series of environmental management standards. ISO14001 environmental management system standards as the core of ISO14000 series of standards, enterprises to establish environmental management system and carry out audit and certification of the fundamental criteria. ISO14001 standard by the environmental policy, planning, implementation and operation, inspection and correction, management review and other five parts of the 17 elements, the organic combination of elements, close contact, the formation of PDCA cycle management system, and to ensure that the enterprise environment Behavior continues to improve.

ISO14000 to bring the benefits of the enterprise

With the increasing trend of economic globalization, more and more enterprises will implement a global economic strategy. The environmental performance of the enterprise has become one of the key factors in the selection of services by the government, enterprises and other organizations. At present, some well-known multinational companies have started to develop ISO14000 internal plan and use ISO14000 as the environmental management of their suppliers Assessment criteria. ISO14000 is an effective means for Chinese enterprises to break through trade barriers and enhance market competitiveness. Implementation of ISO14000 certification will bring significant performance to the enterprise.