<h1 style="font-family:Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight:bold; font-size:x-large; color:#009933"><a href="http://aiqmindia.com/" target="_blank">What is the ISO 14001?</a></h1>

The set of ISO certifications is a group of international standards that the organisations are expected to adhere to, to do their business without any restrictions all over the world. The ISO 14001:2004 is one of those set of international standards, followed by organizations all over the world. This standard is set for environment management system. This plays a major role in controlling and managing the environmental systems of the organisation. 

The ISO 14001 certification controls all the factors of environment namely:

•          Use of resources including natural

•         Complete storage

•          Handling, transportation and the treatment of the waste materials and

•         Efficient management of the energy.

Contents of ISO 14001:2004 Certification

The ISO 14001 is a systematic approach to the bigger picture, i.e. environment. The law is internationally based and adherence involves planning, executing, reviewing and editing to improve the actions a company takes for successfully meeting its environmental obligations. The set of rules are followed through the complete documentation of the acts, periodic management review, relevant trainings and internal audits time and again.

Benefits of ISO 14001 certification to the organisations:

There are two sided benefits of the ISO 14001 accreditations. One is the internal benefit and other is the competitive benefit. 

•         The company finds improvements in the overall environmental performance and the compliance. The EMS objectives are successfully met. There is successful promotion of predictability and the consistency in the obligations of managing environment. Also, it provides a good name to the company in a global market.

•       The set of competitive benefits include significant cost cutting of the company in resource consumption. There are improved utilization of the by-products along with conversion of the waste of the company into commercially more valuable forms. There is marked reduction in the use of energy, cost of the emission and cost of waste handling.

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