ISO 14001 Certification
Introduction
Environmental regulations are getting stricter day by day. Concern for the environment has forced the international community to look at ways of reducing the impact on the environment to ensure it is protected for society and future generations. By implementing ISO 14001 in your organization the, you can address management concerns towards environmental issues which contributes to economic gain and increase in the competitiveness of the company
To day all interested parties whether they are customers, stakeholders, employees or to a greater extent society prefer to do business with like-minded companies, i.e. those who demonstrate their commitment towards environmental concerns through internationally recognized standards such as the ISO 14000 series, as well as other related standards.
ISO 14001 certification helps your organization to be in control of complex key processes and helps significantly in managing these few examples are waste-handlings, energy use, other emissions and waste by products.
Environmental Management Systems are based on standards, which specify a process of achieving continuously improved environmental performance and complying with legislation.
However an organization will be more benefited if this certification is being clubbed and adopted as integrated management systems with one or more standards like ISO 9001, SA 8000. The implementation of integrated management systems helps in maintenance of less documents, less audits (may be from customers/ customer representatives/ certification bodies), and helps tremendously in addressing needs and interests of organisation.
Benefits of Implementing ISO 14001 in your organisation
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Helps significantly in demonstration of management responsibilities and commitments to environmental concerns towards employees, stake holders and society.
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Helps in identifying, control and monitoring of the environmental concerns of organization.
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Give competitive advantage over international trade barriers.
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Help companies stay in compliance with concerned statutory & regulatory requirements .
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Considerably minimizes the business impact on environment and leads to lesser the risk of financial penalities.
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Improvements in overall environmental performance and compliance.
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Managing environmental obligations and simultaneously increases efficiency and increases cost saving.
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Helps in tremendous increase in process yields.
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Helps in measuring even smallest parameters which can make a significant differences such as use of by products, reduction in wastes, optimum utilization of resources, better environment throughout organisation etc.
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Helps in converting by products and other waste into commercially valuable forms.
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Reduced energy consumption significantly.
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Reduction of costs associated with emissions, discharges, waste handling, transport & disposal.
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Improvements in the product by maintaining control on key processes.
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Reduces hazards and accidents through out organization.
Role of QMS International Certifications
Certification of your Environmental Management System, gives a message to interested parties that your system has been audited and assessed by an independent third party like QMS International Certifications Pty Ltd which assess how your organization handles environmental risks. Auditors, experts in believes in continual improvement and value addition in your system by using their vast experience and expertise, which helps you in maintaining your system and in due course of time you achieve financial benefits along with other benefits.