The first International Standard Organization (ISO) 14001, Environmental Management System (EMS) document was published in 1996 to provide a standard basis for all voluntary EMS’s to be certified as compliant systems by third party auditors. ISO14001 has since been revised twice, in 2004 and 2015, to make it more comprehensive and useful. In the newest revision, organizations and facilities can be certified under the 2004 standard for three years from the publication of the 2015 document. Therefore, organizations that wish to receive certification with ISO14001 have until September 2018 to update their EMS’s to be compliant with the 2015 revision. Continue reading “ISO-14001: Updating Your Environmental Management System”
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The publication of the new ISO 45001 Standard, Occupational Health and Safety Management System, is once again being delayed. While the drafting committee has processed several thousand comments from the first draft already, another meeting is being scheduled for February 2017 to discuss and review the remaining comments. Once all of the comments have been reviewed, the committee is expected to publish the new standard by the end of 2017 or early 2018. With the additional time the finalization of the ISO 45001 standard is being delayed, companies now have more time to prepare and implement any programs and changes for the new requirements. Stay tuned for more information on the finalization of this standard.
The International Standard ISO 14001, the world’s first international environmental standard, has been helping companies throughout the world improve their environmental sustainability and operational efficiency since the early 90’s. This standard on Environmental management Systems is going through some changes to allow it to continue to be relevant in today’s market. Continue reading “Top 7 Things Your Organization Should Know about the 2015 Revision of ISO 14001”