{"id":227,"date":"2019-03-11T09:31:24","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T09:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esp12.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/?post_type=chapter&p=227"},"modified":"2019-04-24T11:00:51","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T11:00:51","slug":"environmental-management-system-iso-14000","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/esp12\/chapter\/environmental-management-system-iso-14000\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Management System (ISO 14000)"},"content":{"raw":"
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\r\n\r\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a01.\u00a0<\/strong>Introduction<\/strong>\r\n\r\n2.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>International Standards Organization (ISO)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\r\n

2.1 Principles of the ISO 14000 series<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

2.2 Emergence of ISO 14000 series<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

2.3 ISO 14000 series focuses on two major areas in the evaluation of environmental management practice<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

2.4 ISO 14001<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

2.5 Difference between ISO 14000 and ISO 14001<\/strong><\/p>\r\n3.\u00a0<\/strong>Benefits of EMS<\/strong>\r\n\r\n4.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Organizations which can adopt ISO 14001<\/strong>\r\n

4.1 First Party, Second Party and Third Party Audits<\/strong><\/p>\r\n5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>ISO in India<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n

\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n1.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Introduction<\/strong>\r\n\r\n \r\n

Till recent years, for the control of industrial pollution, emphasis has been given on discharge points (end-of-the pipe). Pollution Control was reflected as an appendage to the overall production activity and attended in an isolated way. Since this approach has not yielded desired results, then emphasis has now been shifted from pollution control to Environmental<\/strong> Management System (EMS)<\/strong>. Environmental Management System has opened a chapter in abatement of industrial pollution. ISO 14000 is a series of several environmental management standards. In late 1996, the most important of the series, ISO 14001, was released. ISO 14001 helps to industry for identify associated environmental issues and reduce pollution as well as improve environmental performance gradually. ISO 14001 is also popularly known as Environmental Management System (EMS).<\/p>\r\n \r\n

It takes a holistic view of all the activities of an industrial unit includes quantity and quality of raw materials, water & energy usage, production & packaging processes, transportation etc. EMS identifies the activities responsible for environmental degradation and to address these problems in a systematic manner.<\/p>\r\n \r\n

An Environmental Management System (EMS) is a set of policy measures, management actions, operating procedures, documentation and record keeping with defined responsibilities and accountability of personnel within an organization to address its environmental issues. <\/strong>It acts as identification and solving problem tool, which can be implemented in an organization in different ways depending upon the needs and objectives of an organization. It provides a framework through which an organization can minimize the harmful effects of its activities on the environment. So EMS is a programme of continuous environmental improvement following a defined sequence of steps drawn from established project management practice and routinely applied in business management. In simple terms, these steps can be outlined as follows:<\/p>\r\n \r\n