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The Kids' ISO
14000 Programme teaches children to put into practice
the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA)
cycle which is the operating principle of the ISO
14000 standards on environmental management systems.
The children learn to use the PDCA cycle to establish environmental
baselines (such as domestic water consumption), set targets to reduce
negative impacts and monitor implementation of measures to achieve
the targets.
Co-founder of the programme, Prof. Takaya Kawabe,
commented: "In many cases in Japan, the parents of children
participating in the programme work in business organizations that
are implementing ISO 14001,
and the families live in municipalities certified to ISO
14001, or seeking certification."
"ISO 14001
enjoys recognition on the international scale as a tool for improving
environmental performance. ArTech is therefore happy to incorporate
reference to the ISO 14000 family
in the name of its programme because it aims on the international
scale at educating children to the practical measures they can take
to improve the environment, first in their homes, then in their
communities."
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