The standard published by the International Standards Organisation specifying the requirements of an environmental management system.
ISO 14000 is a series of international standards on environmental management. It provides a framework for the development of an environmental management system and the supporting audit programme. The main thrust for its development came as a result of the Rio Summit on the Environment held in 1992.
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The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has established the ISO 14001 international standards for environmental management systems. Discussions originally took place at the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992 concerning the need for corporations to have environmental management systems. ISO announced its first international standards for environmental management in 1996. The standards allow all organizations to use them, regardless of size or industrial sector. The ISO is a global network, a network of the national standards institutes of some 150 countries. It publishes international industrial standards, and quality management standards such as the ISO 9000 series. Back to glossary index
A international voluntary standard for environmental management systems. This is one standard in the ISO 14000 series of International Standards on environmental management.
An international environmental management standard developed by the International Standards Organisation.
The International Organisation for Standardisation ISOâ€(tm)s standard for an environmental management system.