ISO 14000 Quality system certification
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  International Organization for Standardization (ISO) issued an amendment of the ISO 9000 : 2000 standard becoming valid as of December 15, 2000
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What are the 14001 standard's requirements?
The ISO 14001 standard deals with environmental management, i.e. the management concerning the "living environment". The company that decides to obtain the Certificate confirming compliance with the requirements of this standard has to establish, document, apply and maintain an environment management system and to improve its efficiency continuously.
What are the steps that have to be taken?
- To establish company's environmental policy and to communicate it to employees and to make it accessible by public.
- To identify environmental aspects of the company's activities that might have a significant impact on environment.
- To ensure observance of the existing and newly issued legal and other requirements related to environmental aspects identified by the company and incorporation of these requirements to the environmental management system.
- To derive environmental goals and target values from the environmental policy for all the company's levels and positions.
- To determine and implement environmental management programmes in order to meet these goals and target values.
- To ensure training of employees and both the internal and external communication.
- To monitor and measure the key features of the operation and activities with a possible impact on living environment and to take preventive and remedial measures in order to deal with the deviations and loss found.


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