How Does the ISO 14001 Standard Support Environmental Compliance?
ISO 14001 requires an organization to: • develop an environmental policy with a commitment to compliance; • have a procedure for identifying and having access to environmental laws and regulations; • set objectives and targets that are in line with its environmental policy (which includes a commitment to compliance); • establish operational control procedures; • establish procedures for emergency preparedness and response; • establish a procedure for periodically evaluatin compliance … While these requirements relate directly to an organization’s compliance management, each of the seventeen elements of the ISO 14001 Stardard can contribute to enhanced compliance (e.g.,commucation, training, documentation, records, nonconformace and corrective / preventive action, EMS audits, management review, etc.). An EMS based on the ISO 14001 Standard can complement and improve your organization’s compliance management and help your organization to meet objectives and targets that go “beyond comp
