The ISO 14000 is a family of standards for businesses and recyclers offering tools for tackling all aspects of environmental management, including pollution and climate change. One of the main focal points of the European environmental system management, ISO 14001:2015 is a way of setting up criteria for the environmentally responsible production of items from cups to cars. This will vary from organisation to organisation in terms of how much change will be needed. There will be a three-year transition period for certified organisations which will start when the standard is published. However, the standard writers and certification bodies are already encouraging organisations to make a start. The revised standard aims to align environmental management systems more closely with organisational strategy and for senior management to play a more active role in their company�s environmental management system

The ISO 14000 is a family of standards for businesses and recyclers offering tools for tackling all aspects of environmental management, including pollution and climate change. One of the main focal points of the European environmental system management, ISO 14001:2015 is a way of setting up criteria for the environmentally responsible production of items from cups to cars. This will vary from organisation to organisation in terms of how much change will be needed. There will be a three-year transition period for certified organisations which will start when the standard is published. However, the standard writers and certification bodies are already encouraging organisations to make a start. The revised standard aims to align environmental management systems more closely with organisational strategy and for senior management to play a more active role in their company�s environmental management system