ISO14001 Environmental Management System

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1. Introduction to ISO14000
Today's manufacturing and service industries are under tremendous pressure to meet and meet increasingly stringent environmental regulations. To effectively solve these environmental problems, organizations can introduce the ISO14000 environmental management system. ISO14000 can not only help organizations to continuously improve their daily operations, but also enhance their ability to identify, reduce, prevent and control environmental impact factors to achieve risk reduction. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) seized this opportunity and came up with the ISO14000 environmental management system series.

    

At present, many domestic and foreign companies have introduced the standard system, and the necessity and urgency of its introduction mainly come from the following two aspects:

1. The need for external pressure: The first pressure comes from direct customers. For a sub-supplier, it is especially important for the supply chain to enter the first-class enterprise. ISO14000 as a voluntary standard, fierce market competition has made it mandatory; the second pressure comes from the government, with the country's emphasis on environmental protection work, will introduce increasingly strict laws and regulations; the third pressure From related parties such as banks and insurance, from the need to reduce environmental risks.

2. The need for internal management: the efficient use of resources, the rational use of raw materials, the recycling control of waste products, and the economic benefits of cost reduction are the development trend of enterprise management.

2. The necessity of implementing the ISO14000 series of standards
1. China faces pressure from non-trade barriers;
2. Current environmental situation in China;
3. China vigorously promotes ISO14000 environmental management system certification
   Protecting the environment is a basic national policy of our country. During the "Ninth Five-Year Plan" period, the Chinese government attached great importance to environmental protection and regarded environmental protection as one of the major issues affecting the overall situation of economic and social development, implementing the "National Major Pollutant Discharge Total Control Plan during the Ninth Five-Year Plan" and "China Cross Measures such as the Century Green Project Planning, comprehensively promote the emission standards of industrial polluting enterprises and meet the environmental quality standards of key cities.
   During the “10th Five-Year Plan” period, in order to promote the establishment and implementation of the ISO 14000 environmental management system, relevant departments of China will increase the implementation of the ISO 14000 environmental management system, formulate an incentive policy for implementing the ISO 14000 environmental management system, and strengthen promotion and guidance. Strive to rapidly expand the scale of ISO 14000 environmental management system certification during the 10th Five-Year Plan period.

3. Benefits from implementing the ISO 14000 series of standards

“Prevention first” is the leading idea that runs through the ISO 14000 series of standards. Organizations implementing the ISO14000 family of standards can achieve the following benefits:
1. Organizing and implementing the ISO 14000 series of standards can eliminate “green barriers” in international trade and enhance the competitiveness of organizations and their products in the international market;
2. Organizing and implementing the ISO 14000 series of standards, it can prove to the outside world that it follows the stated environmental policy and the commitment to improve environmental behavior, indicating that the organization has reached the basic requirements of China's “one control and two standards”, and at the same time establish the public image of the organization and improve Organizational credibility and visibility to expand market share;
3. Organizing the implementation of the ISO 14000 series of standards is conducive to the organization to improve the overall quality and enhance the awareness of environmental management, which is conducive to the transformation of the organization's production methods from extensive management to efficiency management;
4. Organize the implementation of the ISO 14000 series of standards, which can mobilize the initiative to prevent and control pollution, increase investment in environmental protection, and improve environmental performance;
5. Organizing and implementing the ISO 14000 series of standards is conducive to the organization to restrain its own behavior, reduce the risk of accidents, reduce the administrative or economic penalties imposed by the national environmental protection department caused by pollution of the environment, and improve the awareness of compliance with laws and regulations;
6. Organizing the implementation of the ISO 14000 series of standards is conducive to enhancing mutual understanding between the organization and surrounding residents, communities and related parties, improving mutual relations, especially with government agencies and financial institutions, making it easier for organizations to obtain financial support, which is beneficial to The organization obtains various licenses and authorizations to promote the organization's own development;
7. Organizing and implementing the ISO 14000 series of standards is conducive to carrying out technical transformation of the organization, improving process technology and developing new products and other clean production activities, reducing waste and pollutant emissions, reducing energy and resource consumption, reducing waste disposal costs, and reducing products. cost;
8. Organize the implementation of the ISO 14000 series of standards, which can improve the environmental awareness of employees and consciously abide by laws and regulations.
9. Organizing the implementation of the ISO 14000 series of standards will help organizations to recruit employees more easily and attract high-quality personnel to join.

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