ISO 14001

Environment Management System

ISO 14001 is an internationally recognized standard regarding Environmental Management Systems and provides a guide on how to manage the environmental aspects of organizations' activities, products and services more effectively. or by minimizing these negative effects, it ensures that a reliable company image is created that respects the environment.

ISO 14001:2015 REVISION PROCESS:

  • All ISO standards are reviewed every five years in terms of changing conditions and updated when necessary.
  • The revision studies of the ISO 14001 standard have been continuing since 2012.
  • Studies on the draft standards continued for almost 3 years and the final version of the standard was published by ISO in September 2015.

ISO 14001 HISTORY

iso14001 history

BROUGHT OF ISO 14001:2015

  • Transition to High-Level Structure
  • The concept of improving Environmental performance instead of improving the Management System
  • Leadership Emphasis
  • Increasing importance of environmental management in strategic planning processes
  • Adding environmental protection with preventive initiatives such as sustainable resource use and climate change mitigation
  • Yaşam döngüsü kavramı ile çevre boyutlarının ele alınması
  • Detailing the communication process
  • Management representative requirement removed
  • Risk management approach introduced

COMPARISON OF ISO 14001:2004 AND ISO 14001:2015

20042015
0 - Introduction0 - Introduction
1 - Scope1 - Scope
2 - References Standarts2 - References Standarts
3 - Terms and Recipes3 - Terms and Recipes
4 - Environmental Management System
4 - Context of the Organization
4.1 - Understanding the organization and context
4.2 - Understanding the needs and expectations of interested parties
4.1 - General Conditions
4.3 - Determining the scope of the environmental management system
4.4 - Environmental management system
4.5 - Continuous improvement
4.2 - Environmental policy
5.2 - Environmental policy
4.3 - Planning
6 - Planning
6.1 - Risk and opportunity identification activities
6.1.1 - General
4.3.1 - General Conditions
6.1.2 - Environmental Dimensions
6.1.4 - Planning activities
4.3.2 - Legal and other terms
6.1.3 - Compliance obligations
4.3.3 - Goals, objectives and programs
6.2 - Environmental goals and planning
6.2.1 - Environmental goals
6.2.2 - Planning to achieve environmental goals
4.4 - Implementation activities
7 - Support
8 - Operation
5 - Leadership
4.4.1 - Resources, tasks, responsibility and influence
7.1 - Resources

STANDARD ITEMS

  • Scope
  • Referenced Standards
  • Terms and Recipes
  • Context of the Organization
  • Leadership
  • Planning
  • Support
  • Operation
  • Performance evaluation
  • Improvement

Benefits of ISO 14001

  • Ensuring compliance with national and international environmental conditions and laws
  • Ensuring environmental impact assessment and control
  • Providing competitive advantage by increasing the prestige of the organization
  • Ensuring the trust and loyalty of customers in terms of environmental effects
  • Reducing expenses and increasing efficiency by using resources effectively
  • Preparation of action plans against emergencies (such as earthquake, fire, flood, etc.) and accidents
  • Establishing an environmentally friendly corporate image Ensuring the evaluation of waste
  • By identifying potential danger points, accidents etc. to reduce incidents
  • Transition to a clean, healthy and environmentally sensitive business structure
  • Transition to a clean, healthy and environmentally sensitive business structure
  • Reducing the financial burdens of reactive management strategies such as remediation, clean-up and fines for legal violations
  • Improving the quality of workplaces, worker morale and commitment to organizational values
  • Creating new business opportunities in markets where green production processes are important
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