INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (ISO 14001)
World over, the Industries are becoming increasingly concerned about achieving and demonstrating their environmental performance because of the growing compulsions from tough legislations and mounting public pressures.
Environmental disasters such as Bhopal tragedy, Rhine pollution, Chernobyl disaster, acid rain damage etc. has led to growing public pressures on governments all over the world which started imposing stringent legislations with severe penalties in environmental issues.
Business leaders whose initial response was defensive are now convinced of the need for a more proactive approach towards environmental issues. However to respond effectively to the public pressures and government regulations, industry faces numerous difficulties in understanding their obligations, responsibilities and rights while setting up and operating an industrial unit.
Environmental Management Systems (EMS) certification is an opportunity that can enable companies acquire the label of environmentally conscious enterprise. With a systematic approach, the environment challenges can be converted into opportunities. Increasingly companies are discovering that good environmental performance is also good business. ISO 14001 is the standard against which companies can set the EMS certification to demonstrate their sound environment systems. It is worth while to clear at this stage itself that these standards do not lay down specific environmental performance criteria, but these are system standards, like ISO 9000 series, which describes the management of environment based on company�s environmental policy, objectives and targets defined on the basis of their significant environmental effects.
BENEFITS OF IMPLEMENTING ISO 14001
Most of the companies feel that implementation of ISO 14001 leads to only meeting the pollution control board requirements, but the same is not true.
ISO 14001 is based on sustainable development, which means that the Natural Resources like Energy, Water, Paper have to be conserved, keeping in mind the needs of our future generations. Therefore, implementation of ISO 14001 helps in the reduction in the consumption of various Natural Resources leading to tangible benefits to the organization and the society.
Implementation of ISO 14001 enhances the image of the company of being Environmentally conscious so that any new projects can be set up without any hassles from non-governmental pressure groups.
This standard also helps in the prevention of Environmental Accidents, thus creating an Environmentally safe working condition.
Environmental Management Systems gives an opportunity for first analyzing the status of the organization for the following requirements after conducting the Initial Review:
a) The legislative requirements as stated by Ministry of Science, Technology & Environment.
b) The situations, which can lead to create pollution for example, spillage of oil, fire in electric circuits, discharge of oil contaminated water into drains etc.
c) Storage and use of hazardous and toxic chemicals including their interface with the environment.
d) Excessive usage of energy, paper and water
e) Wastes / Scrap, Segregation and their disposal
After the initial review, as per EMS, the action plans to be made for continuous improvement, thereby, reducing rejections, conserving natural resources, satisfying the society for the environmental interfaces and meeting legislative requirements. This is an ongoing continuous exercise, which demands the improvements from the earlier objectives / limits decided by the company, hence, provide an assurance to management towards improvements.
By implementing EMS, the image of the company gets enhanced since the cost of the services get reduced, profits gets increased and the surroundings also admire for taking steps in helping the society towards pollution free environment.

INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (ISO 14001)
World over, the Industries are becoming increasingly concerned about achieving and demonstrating their environmental performance because of the growing compulsions from tough legislations and mounting public pressures.
Environmental disasters such as Bhopal tragedy, Rhine pollution, Chernobyl disaster, acid rain damage etc. has led to growing public pressures on governments all over the world which started imposing stringent legislations with severe penalties in environmental issues.
Business leaders whose initial response was defensive are now convinced of the need for a more proactive approach towards environmental issues. However to respond effectively to the public pressures and government regulations, industry faces numerous difficulties in understanding their obligations, responsibilities and rights while setting up and operating an industrial unit.
Environmental Management Systems (EMS) certification is an opportunity that can enable companies acquire the label of environmentally conscious enterprise. With a systematic approach, the environment challenges can be converted into opportunities. Increasingly companies are discovering that good environmental performance is also good business. ISO 14001 is the standard against which companies can set the EMS certification to demonstrate their sound environment systems. It is worth while to clear at this stage itself that these standards do not lay down specific environmental performance criteria, but these are system standards, like ISO 9000 series, which describes the management of environment based on company�s environmental policy, objectives and targets defined on the basis of their significant environmental effects.
BENEFITS OF IMPLEMENTING ISO 14001
Most of the companies feel that implementation of ISO 14001 leads to only meeting the pollution control board requirements, but the same is not true.
ISO 14001 is based on sustainable development, which means that the Natural Resources like Energy, Water, Paper have to be conserved, keeping in mind the needs of our future generations. Therefore, implementation of ISO 14001 helps in the reduction in the consumption of various Natural Resources leading to tangible benefits to the organization and the society.
Implementation of ISO 14001 enhances the image of the company of being Environmentally conscious so that any new projects can be set up without any hassles from non-governmental pressure groups.
This standard also helps in the prevention of Environmental Accidents, thus creating an Environmentally safe working condition.
Environmental Management Systems gives an opportunity for first analyzing the status of the organization for the following requirements after conducting the Initial Review:
a) The legislative requirements as stated by Ministry of Science, Technology & Environment.
b) The situations, which can lead to create pollution for example, spillage of oil, fire in electric circuits, discharge of oil contaminated water into drains etc.
c) Storage and use of hazardous and toxic chemicals including their interface with the environment.
d) Excessive usage of energy, paper and water
e) Wastes / Scrap, Segregation and their disposal
After the initial review, as per EMS, the action plans to be made for continuous improvement, thereby, reducing rejections, conserving natural resources, satisfying the society for the environmental interfaces and meeting legislative requirements. This is an ongoing continuous exercise, which demands the improvements from the earlier objectives / limits decided by the company, hence, provide an assurance to management towards improvements.
By implementing EMS, the image of the company gets enhanced since the cost of the services get reduced, profits gets increased and the surroundings also admire for taking steps in helping the society towards pollution free environment.