ISO 14001: 2004

Overview
ISO 14001: 2004 specifies requirements for a environment management system for any organization that aims to demonstrate its conformance to legal and regulatory requirements and conformance to stated environment policy and objectives,
ISO 14001: 2004 supports environmental protection and prevention of pollution in balance with socio-economic needs. It provides businesses with a structure for managing environmental operations, and applies to all types and sizes of manufacturing and service operations including, single site to large multi-national companies, high risk companies to low risk service organizations manufacturing, process and the service industries; including local governments, all industry sectors including public and private sectors, original equipment manufacturers and their suppliers
It gives you the framework you need to monitor and improve performance of significant impact management, environmental risks management, optimum utilization of resources.
Benefits
· Improved operational efficiency
· Enhanced customer trust/confidence/satisfaction
· Compliance of govt./ regulatory controls.
· Improved operational efficiency
· Improved emergency situation handling preparedness
· Improved staff morale and work environment
· Access to international markets
· Increased safety/ Less accidents/ Optimum utilisation of resources
· Reduction in Cost/wastages
· Improved Company image
· Improved environmental performance
· Customers, employees, stockholders and competitors develop a new level of
sustainable respect for an organization which demonstrates its commitment
to the environment.