ISO Standard for Phased Implementation of Environmental Management Systems - SME's

Sidney Vianna

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ISO has just published a new standard in order to help organizations, and in particular small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) use a phased approach to implement an environmental management system (EMS).

Today, organizations increasingly take into account environmental management requirements in their activities. However, even if they clearly see the benefits they can derive, implementing an EMS is not always an easy task, especially for SMEs.

The job will now be made easier by ISO 14005:2010, Environmental management systems – Guidelines for the phased implementation of an environmental management system, including the use of environmental performance evaluation.

The purpose of this standard is to provide guidance for organizations on the phased development, implementation, maintenance and improvement of an environmental management system in order to meet the requirements of ISO 14001, which provides the requirements for an EMS. ISO 14005 also includes advice on the integration and use of environmental performance evaluation techniques.

This International Standard is applicable to any organization, regardless of its level of development, its activities, or its location.

A phased approach offers several advantages:

Users can readily evaluate how the time and money put into an EMS provides a return
They can see how environmental improvements help to reduce costs, improve their community relations, assist them in demonstrating compliance with legal and other requirements, and help them live up to customer expectations
They can track the benefits of their EMS while they implement their system step by step, adding or expanding elements as they provide value to the organization
They can focus on the issues that are critical for them, their customers or supply chain.
The model outlined in the standard has been developed to help an organization to implement an EMS in a flexible way focusing on the organization's needs, while growing the extent and scope of the system, through time, in line with the objectives of the organization and the resources available.

Dr Anne-Marie Warris, Chair of the ISO subcommittee responsible for ISO 14005, comments: “The working group members that developed the standard are to be congratulated for their hard work in producing guidance related to this important area. During the project, a number of developing countries indicated the importance of this work for their communities.”

An EMS meeting the requirements of ISO 14001:2004 is a management tool enabling an organization of any size or type to:

Identify and control the environmental impact of its activities, products or services
Continually improve its environmental performance
Implement a systematic approach to setting environmental objectives, to achieving these and to demonstrating that they have been achieved
Ensure legal compliance.
Although accredited certification of conformity to ISO 14001 is not a requirement of ISO 14005 or of ISO 14001, many organizations choose to seek accredited certification as an independent confirmation that their EMS meets the requirements of ISO 14001. The ISO Survey of Certifications 2009 revealed that up to the end of December 2009, at least 223149 ISO 14001:2004 accredited certificates had been issued in 159 countries and economies.

ISO 14005:2010 was developed by ISO technical committee ISO/TC 207, Environmental management, subcommittee SC 1, Environmental management systems, and is available from ISO national member institutes (see the complete list with contact details). It may also be obtained directly from the ISO Central Secretariat, price 168 Swiss francs through the ISO Store or by contacting the Marketing, Communication & Information department
 
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Did they use BS8555? I've pointed folkks to it for years
 
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