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- ISO 9000 and 14000
- ISO 9000 is a group of standards and guidelines for quality management and quality assurance ISO 9001-2000, the most recent standard, applies to manufacturing and service firms and public agencies. The series evolved from the International Organization for Standardization founded in Geneva, Switzerland in 1946. ISO 9001-2000 has eight sections....
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Pinch Hitting For ISO 14001
- If one understands the theories and knows how to effectively use the tools for implementing a strong quality management system, and likely dealt with the challenges of ISO 9001 registration, the question, which arises, is why should one care about ISO 14001? Any good quality professional, especially a quality manager,...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Rockwell Automation Earns ISO 14001 Registration
- This case study describes and illustrates how Rockwell Automation achieved certification in a short time by blending quality and environmental management together, and by using practical considerations to identify significant environmental aspects and impacts. A practical checklist was used to assess the company's position relative to the standard. This methodology...
- Case studies 2003-01-01
- ISO 14001 Certification: Are You Ready?
- Quality certification enables a company to institutionalize the quality culture among its clients and customers. It becomes a source to leverage the strength of the company along the quality parameter. Some advantages of quality certification to an organization include credibility, ease of trade, reduction of liability/risk, and proliferation of goodwill...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- ISO 14001 Standard Environmental Management System – A Voluntary Mandate and a Bases for Regulatory Relief
- A voluntary mandate such as implementing a proactive environmental management program in a organization will require serious changes in the perception and attitude of the business managers. - from simply addressing environmental compliance requirements to achieving a self-defined environmental excellence. To ensure business continuity and minimize future environmental risks and...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- ISO 14001 - A New Way of Doing Business
- The birth of environmental regulations in the 1970s resulted in costs that prompted businesses to view environmental controls as a necessary expenditure that lowered the bottom line. But the corporate world began to change its perspective as they have embraced and adopted the ISO 14001 international standard for environmental management...
- White papers 2002-05-01
- Case Study: Aggregate Industry
- Aggregate Industries UK began the process of achieving ISO 14001 in 1998, with the aim to have all 150 sites certified by 2001. To achieve this, they realized that a software solution would be the best way forward and Entropy International was approached. Aggregate Industries have integrated the Entropy System...
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- ISO 14001: Sorting the "Aspects" from the "Impacts"
- Representatives from BSI and companies involved in the process say that understanding the concept of ‘aspects' - as in preventive measures woven into a management system - as opposed to focusing on the impact of actions is usually hardest for companies to grasp. "At the front end, learning the intent...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- ISO 14001: On the Threshold
- The article poses a unique perspective to ISO 14000 series of environmental management system EMS standards, as the CEO of the Registrar Accreditation Board RAB, which offers auditor, course provider and registrar programs centered on ISO 14001-the series' cornerstone. Article also brings into focus that the number of auditors with...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- ISO 14001 Where Are We?: Where Are We Going?
- Environmental concerns are nothing new. Waste of resources and pollution of air, water and land have been discussed, debated demonstrated and regulated for years. In the fall of 1996 when the American National Standard (ANSI/ISO 14001) for environmental management systems was finally published, the level and quantity of discussions began...
- White papers 2005-03-01
- Pinch-Hitting For Iso 14001: Although Not The Ideal Substitution, Quality Managers Can Step In For Environmental Efforts
- What happens when you, a quality manager, are asked to attain more than a basic familiarity with ISO 14001--when you're instructed to play environmental expert and spearhead a movement toward ISO 14001 registration or compliance? Suddenly, you find yourself out of your element. What is a quality manager to do?...
- White papers 2002-03-20
- ISO 14001:A New Standard
- ISO 14001 is the environmental cousin of the ISO 9000 quality certificates carried by close to a half-million companies worldwide. The Geneva-based International Organization for Standardization, author of both, wrote ISO 14001 to specify how companies should setup maintain and continually improve an environmental management system EMS. The EMS helps...
- White papers 2002-10-01
- The impact of ISO 14001
- "ISO 14000 is a business issue, not a purely environmental one..." wrote Charles Corbett and co-author David Kirsch in the seminal article, "ISO 14000: an agnostic's report from the front line", which was published in the March-April 2000 issue of ISO 9000 + ISO 14000 News (now relaunched as ISO...
- White papers 2001-12-01
- Linking Risk Management and ISO 14000
- There are significant commonalties between risk management and Environmental Management Systems EMSs. This article tells us about a number of ways in which the requirements of ISO 14001 can establish within an organization. The conditions necessary for effective risk management and the techniques of risk management can contribute to address...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- ISO 14001 Case Studies
- A company's environmental performance can have a significant impact on its success. ISO 14001 is the internationally recognized standard for environmental management systems. This article presents a case study, which discusses how five companies reduced environmental risks and saved money. These companies are Electrolux, Sony, Ericsson, Delphi, and General Motors,...
- Case studies 2003-01-01
- ISO 14001 Certification Mandate Reaches the Automobile Industry
- The goal of this mandate is to guarantee that suppliers have processes and procedures in place aimed at ensuring cleaner operations, continued environmental improvement, assessment of future risks, and commitment to further voluntary initiatives. This commitment to high environmental performance throughout entire business is not new, but this requirement further...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Adding ISO 14001 to ISO 9000 Systems
- Many organizations are choosing to comply or obtain registration to the ISO 14001 Environmental Standard. These organizations often choose to establish these systems because of customer demands, market requirements, risk management, corporate commitment or a combination of these reasons. Many of these organizations often have existing ISO 9000 systems when...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- ISO 14001
- The article emphasizes that International Management System Standard objectively demonstrates that the organization is environmentally responsible, conscious, and improving performance on the basis of sound and effective practices and methods. ISO 14001 may be combined with other International Management Standards such as ISO 9001 etc. Read the article to know...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Rosen Products LLC Implements ISO 14001
- Rosen Products LLC is one of the leading producers of entertainment systems for Automotive, Aircraft and Hospitality industries. Rosen needed a proven methodology or approach that would enable them to efficiently, effectively and systematically implement the ISO 14001 requirements while helping them improve their impact on the environment. Rosen's goal's...
- White papers 2001-12-01
- ISO 14001 Brings Change and Delivers Profits
- Prior to the introduction of ISO 14001 more than four years ago companies developed internal environmental management systems EMSs primarily to increase profitability. Due to the lack of guidance and structure and the added costs of creating an EMS, few companies chose to implement one. Market pressure is now the...
- White papers 2003-01-01
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