by Jbs011509 f3 — January 18, 2010—The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published a new brochure that provides a basic introduction to its family of standards on environmental management, ISO 14000, which was first published in 1996 and is now widely implemented around the world.
Environmental management-The ISO 14000 family of International Standards shows how the family has evolved to provide comprehensive solutions to the range of environmental challenges facing business, government and society today. It also lists such tangible economic benefits of the standards as: reduced raw material/resource use; reduced energy consumption; improved process efficiency; reduced waste generation and disposal costs; and utilization of recoverable resources.
The best known standard of the ISO 14000 family is ISO 14001:2004. By end of December 2008, the standard was being used by organizations in 155 countries as a framework for environmental management systems (EMS). Other standards cover environmental performance; environmental labels and declarations; life-cycle assessment; greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting, verification and accreditation; environmental communication; and environmental aspects in product standards.
The ISO 14000 documents are available for download or purchase from ISO or the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
