Main features of ISO14001 environmental management system

What are the main features of ISO14001? The ISO14001 environmental management system standard has the following main features:

① Emphasis on compliance with laws and regulations: ISO14001 standard requires the top management of the organization implementing this standard to commit to comply with relevant environmental laws and regulations and other requirements;

② Emphasis on pollution prevention: Pollution prevention is the basic guiding ideology of ISO14001 standard, that is, we should first consider how to prevent and reduce pollution from the source, rather than end-of-pipe treatment;

③ Emphasis on continuous improvement: ISO14001 does not stipulate absolute behavioral standards. On the basis of complying with laws and regulations, enterprises should compare themselves with themselves and make continuous improvements, that is, what they do today should be better than what they did yesterday;

④ Emphasize systematic and procedural management and necessary document support;

⑤ Voluntariness: ISO14001 standard is not a mandatory standard, and enterprises can choose whether to implement it according to their own needs;

⑥ Certification: ISO14001 standard can be used as the basis for third-party audit and certification, so enterprises can obtain third-party audit and certification certificates by establishing and implementing ISO14001 standard;

⑦ Wide applicability: ISO14001 standard is not only applicable to enterprises, but also to any type of organization such as institutions, businesses, government agencies, private institutions, etc.

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