How do I make the Environmental Policy for ISO 14001 public ?

[joe098]

Friends,

After reviewing requirments for reaching 14001 certifcation I have notice my company has not made our enviromental policy public. Cove members could to inform me how you made your policy public knowledge?

 

[Ajit Basrur]

Refer Public Access to Environmental Policy - Means and Methods - there are some great ideas

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[Randy]

You can do anything you want up to and including nailing it on a tree in Town Square, placing it on Craigslist, Facebook or Twitter.

Just make sure the "general public" can freely access it or gain access to it, the easiest is on a web page in bold letters "ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY" (I hate playing hunt-and-find for those things.

 

[Steve Prevette]

Generally speaking, most companies require some form of review with the company's legal counsel or some equivalent review prior to releasing information to the public.

I work in a US government contracting environment, and there are definite rules and provisions prior to releasing info to the public.

 

[Randy]

All well and good, but an EMS Policy and its public disclosure is not debatable...No unfettered public availability, no recommendation for registration...

 

[Steve Prevette]

Circumstances vary - but if I was the one on the hook if I inadvertently released proprietary information - I'd want the lawyers to back me up.

 

[Randy]

Nothing proprietary about an Environmental Policy required by clause 4.2 of ISO 14001:2004 unless you know something I don't

 

[Liger]

Simply have the EMS policy posted somewhere on your company/corporate website. Like Randy said, there is nothing proprietary in the policy.

 

[LRE67]

Along with posting it on our website, we placed it in a nice frame and hung it in the front lobby. Anyone coming in off the street has access to it.

 

[Randy]

There ya go, simple as that.