How did the effort to develop ISO 14000 come into being, and who is responsible for the development of ISO 14000?
In order to support the June 1992 U.N. Conference on Environmental Development held in Brazil, ISO made a commitment to determine ways in which it might support the concept of “sustainable business development”. Discussions were initiated by ISO with its members on appropriate roles for ISO toward this end through the formation of the Strategic Advisory Group on the Environment (SAGE). Aware of the strong international desire to improve environmental performance in the business community, SAGE also saw the real potential that diverse national and regional environmental standards may result in unintended technical barriers to international trade and commerce. A critical need was recognized for voluntary international standards for environmental management systems and tools. Therefore, SAGE recommended the formation of ISO Technical Committee 207 in 1993 to develop such standards, the ISO 14000 series, in the areas of environmental management systems, environmental auditing, eco-labellin
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