- 110 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Take the first steps to ISO 14001 certification with this practical overview.
This book provides practical advice on how to achieve compliance with ISO 14001: 2015, the international standard for an EMS (environmental management system). With an EMS certified to ISO 14001, you can improve the efficiency of your business operations and fulfil compliance obligations, while reassuring your employees, clients and other stakeholders that you are monitoring your environmental impact.
This easy-to-follow guide takes a step-by-step approach, and provides many sample documents to help you understand how to record and monitor your organisation's EMS processes.
Ideal for compliance managers, IT and general managers, environmental officers, auditors and trainers, this book will provide you with:
- The confidence to plan and design an EMS. Detailed descriptions of the ISO 14001: 2015 requirements will give you a clear understanding of the standard, even if you lack specialist knowledge or previous experience;
- Guidance to build stakeholder support for your EMS. Information on why it is important for an organisation to have an environmental policy, and a sample communications procedure will help you to raise awareness of the benefits of implementing an EMS; and
- Advice on how to become an ISO 14001-certified organisation. The book takes a step-by-step approach to implementing an ISO 14001-compliant EMS.
Key features:
- A concise summary of the ISO 14001: 2015 requirements and how you can meet them.
- An overview of the documentation needed to achieve ISO 14001: 2015 accreditation.
- Sample documents to help you understand how to record and monitor your organisation's environmental management processes.
New for the second edition:
- Updated for ISO 14001: 2015, including terms, definitions and references;
- Revised approach to take into account requirements to address "risks and opportunities".
Your practical guide to implementing an EMS that complies with ISO 14001: 2015 – buy this book today to get the help and guidance you need!
About the authors
Naeem Sadiq is a certified lead auditor and lead trainer for the ISO14001 standard. His work experience in engineering and management includes working as an independent consultant, auditor, and trainer for ISO14001 and ISO9001, as well as for the occupational health and safety standard OHSAS18001. Mr Sadiq has attended various conferences to give papers on standards for management systems, besides providing over 100 organisations with consultancy, training and auditing support. He holds a Masters degree in Manufacturing Engineering and writes regularly for the newspapers on environmental and social issues.
Asif Hayat Khan is a trained lead auditor and a trainer for ISO9001, ISO14001 and OHSAS18001. In addition, he is a hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP) auditor and has DuPont certification as a trainer in behavioural safety. In his various roles as consultant, auditor, trainer and manager, he has long experience of establishing and implementing the ISO9001 and ISO14001 standards across various sectors of industry. Mr Khan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering.
Frequently asked questions
- Essential is ideal for learners and professionals who enjoy exploring a wide range of subjects. Access the Essential Library with 800,000+ trusted titles and best-sellers across business, personal growth, and the humanities. Includes unlimited reading time and Standard Read Aloud voice.
- Complete: Perfect for advanced learners and researchers needing full, unrestricted access. Unlock 1.4M+ books across hundreds of subjects, including academic and specialized titles. The Complete Plan also includes advanced features like Premium Read Aloud and Research Assistant.
Please note we cannot support devices running on iOS 13 and Android 7 or earlier. Learn more about using the app.
Information
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Foreword
- About the Authors
- Acknowledgements
- Disclaimer
- Contents
- Chapter 1: PDCA, environmental policy, objectives and programmes (Clauses 5.1, 5.2 and 6.2)
- Chapter 2: Identifying environmental aspects and determining significant impacts (Clause 6.1.2)
- Chapter 3: Regulatory requirements and evaluating compliance (Clauses 6.1.3 and 9.1.2)
- Chapter 4: Resources, roles, responsibility, authority and communication (Clauses 5.3, 7.1 and 7.4)
- Chapter 5: Competence, training and awareness (Clauses 7.2 and 7.3)
- Chapter 6: Documentation and document control (Clause 7.5)
- Chapter 7: Operational controls (Clause 8.1)
- Chapter 8: Emergency preparedness and response (Clause 8.2)
- Chapter 9: Measuring and monitoring (Clause 9.1)
- Chapter 10: Internal audit (Clause 9.2)
- Chapter 11: Management review and continual improvement (Clauses 9.3 and 10.3)
- Chapter 12: Nonconformity, corrective and preventive action (Clause 10.2)
- Chapter 13: Green initiatives
- Appendix A: Sample procedure for identifying environmental aspects
- Appendix B: Sample procedure for internal and external communication
- Appendix C: Sample procedure for control of documented information
- Appendix D: Documented information required by ISO 14001
- Appendix E: Sample format for a nonconformity report (NCR)
- Appendix F: Sample procedure for internal EMS audit
- Appendix G: Sample input report for EMS management review
- Bibliography
- Further reading