ISO 14000

The definition of ISO 14000 that related to environmental management that exist to help organization to minimize:

1. Their operation, their negatively affects of environment such as cause adverse change to air, water, and land.
2. comply with the applicable laws and regulations.
3. continually improve that the above.

ISO 14000 is similar to ISO 9000 quality management in that both certain to process of how a products is produced, rather than to the product itself. As with ISO 9000, the certification is performed by the third-party organizations rather than being awarded by ISO directly.


The benefits that implementing on ISO 14000:

Operational benefits
    - Efficiency, discipline and operational integration with ISO 9000
    - Also helps reduce pollution.
    - Saving from safer workplace conditions.
    - Reduction of cost that discharges, waste handling, transport,disposal

Environmental benefits
    - Minimize hazardous and non-hazardous waste.
    - Prevents pollution and reduce wastage.
    - conserves natural resources such as electricity, gas, space, water with resultant, cost savings.

Marketing benefits
    - Demonstrate to customer that the firm met environmental expectation.
    - Improves international competitiveness
    - Provides a competitive marketing tool.
    - Delivers profits from marketing "Green" products.

Financial benefits
    - Improves organizations relationship with insurance companies.
    - Eliminations of cost associated with conformance to conflicting national.
    - Although helps to reduce risk and liable.
    - Improves access to capital.

ISO 14000 series:

• Environmental Management System (EMS)
• Environmental Auditing and Related Investigations (EA&RI)
• Environmental Labels and Declarations (EL)
• Environmental Performance Evaluation (EPE)
• Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
• Terms and Definition (T&D)

The conclusion of ISO 14000 family consists of standards relating to environmental management systems (EMS) and others which are tools to help the organisation realize its environmental policy, objectives and targets, and classify them by application:

• At the organizational level (implementing EMS, conducting the environmental auditing and related investigations, and evaluating environmental performance). 
•  For products and services (using environmental declarations and claims, conducting life cycle assessment), addressing environmental aspects in product standards, and understanding terms and definitions). 

ISO 14001:2004 ensures that organisations are aware of environmental aspects of their work in order to minimize negative impacts and improve environmental performance. ISO suggests that the Standard can provide significant tangible benefits, including:

•  Reduced raw material/resource use. 
•  Reduced energy consumption. 
• Improved process efficiency. 
• Reduced waste generation ad disposal costs. 
•  Utilization of recoverable resources. 

        The Standard can be implemented by a wide variety of organisations, whatever their current level of environmental maturity. However, a commitment to compliance with applicable environmental legislation and regulations is required, along with a commitment to continuous improvement. The standard has the aim of making it easier for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME's) to understand, set up and benefit from such systems.