The new CD, “ISO 14000, Environmental Management,” includes the latest editions of all 23 standards (plus a draft standard) constituting the ISO 14000 family developed by ISO technical committee ISO/TC 207, “Environmental management.” This collection covers:
- Environmental aspects in product standards
- Product labeling and declarations
- Environmental management systems
- Auditing environmental and/or quality management systems (developed in cooperation with ISO/TC 176, “Quality management and quality assurance”)
- Environmental performance evaluation
- Life-cycle assessment
- Environmental communication
- Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions accounting and verification
The ISO 14000 family provides a holistic approach to addressing the environmental-management needs of organizations of all sizes in the public and private sectors. The most well-known of these standards, ISO 14001, was 10 years old in 2006 and is the international benchmark for environmental-management systems, having been implemented in 138 countries and thoroughly integrated into the global economy.
“Environmental issues and sustainable development are rapidly becoming global priorities affecting all of our activities,” says ISO secretary-general Alan Bryden. “Companies have to respond to government regulations, shareholder concerns, and customer expectations. This new collection of ISO 14000 standards is a great tool to help organizations in both public and private sectors to get abreast of the latest developments in environmental management in a practical, user-friendly way.”
For more information, visit www.iso.org/iso/en/commcentre/pressreleases/2007/Ref1060.html.
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