ISO 14000 – Environmental management

ISO and the environment

ISO 14000 family

The ISO 14000 family addresses "Environmental management".  
This means what the organization does to:

• Minimize harmful effects on the environment caused by its activities,
  and to

• Achieve continual improvement of its environmental performance.

This section provides a concise overview of one ISO's best known management system standards and their impact on the world.

ISO 14001: 2004 is implemented by some 200 000 organizations in 155 countries. 

• ISO 14000 essentials