ISO14001 - Petts Consulting Limited

ISO 14001:2004 Environmental management systems:

An Environmental Management System (EMS) is a set of approaches and processes that an organization can use to minimize its impact on the environment. A successful system will often take advantage of the management systems used to run the organization on a day to day basis. These may include such diverse areas such as how it manages quality issues, training, product development and realization and the how it communicates with its staff, customers and the general public.

It is possible to develop an effective EMS without reference to standards, however it can be appreciably more efficient to adopt internationally accepted standards which have developed over decades and include the distilled experience of a very large number of organizations.

ISO 14001 is an internationally accepted specification for an EMS. It specifies requirements for establishing an environmental policy, determining environmental aspects & impacts of products, activities, services, planning environmental objectives and measurable targets, implementation & operation of programs to meet objectives & targets, checking & corrective action, and management review.

ISO 14001:2004 specifies the requirements for an environmental management system (EMS), which provides a framework for an organization to control the environmental impacts of its activities, products and services, and to continually improve its environmental performance.

This standard is applicable to any organization that wishes to:

implement, maintain and improve an environmental management system
assure itself of its conformance with its stated environmental policy
demonstrate such conformance to others
seek certification/registration of its environmental management system by an external organization
make a self-determination and self-declaration of conformance with this international standard.

We can assist you to implement your environmental management system in the most efficient and cost-effective manner, in addition, our experience and background in continuous improvement will ensure that your system will provide real benefits to your business.