Environmental compliance and ISO 14000

We continue our conversation with the VP of Operations and the Manufacturing Manager by discussing the environmental management aspects that should conform to ISO 14000. We look at how environmental audit procedures fit into GRC Manager.

Requirements of ISO 14001

ISO 14001 is a voluntary international standard developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), based in Geneva, Switzerland. At its core, it sets the requirements for establishment of an Environmental Management System. The following diagram shows the environmental impacts and sphere of the environmental management system:

The implementation of ISO 14001 is a cyclic process requiring the development of a comprehensive environmental policy statement, a planning process to operationalize the policy, its implementation and operation, checking and implementing corrective action if needed, and management review, which feeds back to rewriting the environmental policy statement...