ISO 14001 2004

PLAIN ENGLISH OVERVIEW

ISO 14001 2004 in Plain English

OVERVIEW OF ISO 14001 2004

The ISO 14001 2004 standard expects you to:

  • Develop an environmental policy for your organization.
    Your policy should make it clear that your organization supports
    the establishment of an environmental management system.
    It should also make it clear that you are committed to protecting
    the environment and improving your organization’s environmental performance.

  • Establish an environmental management system (EMS).
    An EMS is a network of interrelated elements. These elements
    include responsibilities, authorities, relationships, functions,
    processes, practices, procedures, and resources.

  • Identify the most significant environmental aspects of your
    past, present, and future activities, products, and services.
    An environmental aspect is any feature or characteristic of 
    an activity, product, or service that has or could have
    an impact on the environment.

  • Clarify and respect the legal and other requirements that apply
    to your organization’s environmental aspects. ISO 14001 wants
    you to identify and meet these requirements.

  • Set environmental objectives and targets for all relevant functions
    and levels within your organization. Your objectives and targets
    should address significant environmental aspects and be
    consistent with your environmental policy.

  • Create programs to implement your environmental policy and 
    achieve your environmental objectives and targets. Make sure
    that your programs allocate responsibility for implementing your
    environmental policy and achieving your environmental
    objectives and targets.

  • Evaluate your environmental management system in order
    to identify opportunities for improvement. ISO 14001 expects
    you to monitor, measure, audit, and review your EMS in order
    to identify corrective and preventive actions and to improve
    your overall environmental performance. It also expects you
    to make sure that your environmental policy is appropriate
    and being applied, and that your environmental objectives
    and targets are being achieved.

ISO 14001 2004 in Plain English

ISO 14001 Environmental Management Standard

This page summarizes ISO 14001. It highlights the main points.
It does not present detail.
If you need a detailed and complete
interpretation of ISO 14001, please consider
purchasing our
Title 50
: ISO 14001 2004 Translated into Plain English.

Check out our Title 50 Table of Contents.
Check out a more detailed version of ISO 14001.
Check our PricesPlace an Order.
Check our License Agreement.

 Our Title 50 provides a detailed, accurate, and complete
interpretation of  ISO 14001 2004. It uses language that is
clear, precise, and easy to understand. We guarantee it

ISO 14001 2004 in Plain English by Praxiom

OTHER ISO 14001 WEB PAGES

Introduction to ISO 14001 2004 Environmental Management

ISO 14001 2004 versus ISO 14001 1996 Environmental Standards

ISO 14001 2004 Plain English Environmental Management Definitions

ISO 14001 2004 Environmental Standard Translated into Plain English

How to Develop an Environmental Management System

ISO 14001 2004 Environmental Gap Analysis Tool

ISO 14001 2004 Internal Audit Program

Our Plain English Approach to ISO 14001

OTHER PLAIN ENGLISH STANDARDS

ISO 9001 2008 Quality Management Standard

OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health & Safety Standard

ISO 22000 2005 Food Safety Management Standard

AS9100C Aerospace Quality Management Standard

ISO 13485 2003 Medical Device Management Standard

ISO 27001 Information Security Management Standard

ISO 27002 Information Security Management Standard

ISO 90003 Software Quality Management Standard

NFPA 1600 Business Continuity Management Standard

Home Page Our Libraries A to Z Index Our Customers
How to Order Our Products Our Prices Our Guarantee

PRAXIOM RESEARCH GROUP LIMITED
9619 - 100A Street, Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 0V7, Canada
Telephone: (780)461-4514
info@praxiom.com

Updated on September 10, 2009. On the Web since May 25, 1997.

Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability
The publisher and authors have used their best efforts in designing and
  developing this electronic publication. We make no representation or warranties
  with respect to accuracy or completeness of the contents of this publication and
  specifically disclaim any implied warranties or merchantability or fitness for any
  particular purpose and shall in no event be liable for any loss of profit or any
  other commercial damage, including but not limited to special, incidental,
  consequential, or other damages.

Legal Restrictions on the Use of this Page
Thank you for visiting this page. You are, of course, welcome to view our
 material as often as you wish, free of charge. And as long as you keep intact
 all copyright notices, you are also welcome to print or make one copy of this
 page for your own personal, noncommercial, home use. But, you are not
 legally authorized to print or produce additional copies, or to copy and paste
 any of our material onto another web site.  If you would like to purchase our
 material, please contact our Sales Desk. Our staff would be very pleased to
 take your order or to answer any questions you might have.

Copyright © 2001-2009 by Praxiom Research Group Limited. All Rights Reserved.

ISO 14001 by Praxiom Research