ISO Management Systems
May-June 2007

The impact of ISO 14001

Special Report

The impact of ISO 14001

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ISO/TC 207 leaders share their perspectives

Launched by ISO in 1996, ISO 14001 has in just over a decade become the international benchmark for environmental management systems. The leaders of ISO technical committee ISO/TC 207 and its subcommittee SC 1 share their perspectives on the road ISO 14001 has traveled so far, as well as on how they see its future.

A decade of ISO 14001

This article provides a round-up of ISO 14001 users illustrating the huge variety of these organizations, which are estimated to employ some 20 million people worldwide.

ISO 14001 in retrospective and perspective

This article examines its impact on different areas such as management and the public sector, and looks at future trends.

View Point

ISO 14001 and ISO’s complete offering for sustainable development

ISO Secretary-General Alan Bryden: “In a decade, ISO 14001 has become a globally relevant tool for managing the environmental impact of human activities. At the same time, ISO International Standards as a whole constitute a toolbox not only for the environmental integrity of the planet, but also for economic growth and social equity”.

ISO Insider

• Launching of ISO 14065 for accrediting greenhouse gas verification bodies
• Future ISO 26000 standard on social responsibility reaches positive turning point
• ISO/TS 22003 aims to build confidence in certification of food safety management systems

International

• ISO 14001’s role in Beijing Olympics 2008

The 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing promises to be the greenest yet with environmental pollution control and eco-development as key objectives of the organizing committee’s Beijing Olympic Action Plan – driven by its ISO 14001:2004-based environmental management system.

• ISO 9004:2000 used for benchmarking by European medicines agencies
• Distance learning programme boosts ISO 22000 in the Ivory Coast
• Sonae Sierra’s shopping centres go green with ISO 14001