Why would a company seek Certification to ISO 14001:2004?
Certification to ISO 14001:2004 can: • Improve procedures and record keeping practices necessary to demonstrate regulatory compliance. • Demonstrate a commitment to, pollution prevention, regulatory compliance and continual improvement to governmental bodies. • Lead to preferred government supplier status. • Eliminate or reduce some monitoring and reporting requirements. • Provide organizations with an objective periodic and confidential review of the state of their management systems. • Open international markets. • Open certain industry markets such as automotive and aerospace/defense. • Demonstrate the company’s environmental responsibility to shareholder groups. • Reduce multiple on-site audits by regulatory agencies and customers. • Give a competitive advantage in bidding for contracts in certain industries. • Remove uncertainty, risk and inconsistency in business processes. • Improve overall performance and operational efficiency through waste reduction.
