subject: ISO 14001 Environment Management System [print this page] . Out of many standards ISO 14001 is accepted globally. Getting your organization ISO 9001 is a good idea. This certification gives 'green' message particularly to your clients and also to the world. This is not just another certification. It will surely increase your reputation in the market. Your customers get confidence when they know that there is an organization that is totally aware of it's environmental responsibilities behind the certificate which does everything to minimise all possible adverse effects.
ISO 14001 Environmental Management System certification requires an organization to have a plan to shell out any emergency accidents and situations.
The plan outlines the classification of possible environmental impacts and the procedure to be executed in the moment of an incident or accident to:
* Reduce or prevent environmental damage caused by accident;
* Resolve any accident or incident;
* Reduce or prevent any injury;
* Reduce or protect the adverse effect on neighboring contractor's workers, businesses, and people both living and working in the area of the company;
All measures are taken to reduce or eliminate the probable causes of emergencies and accidents. In order the plan to be available to the emergency services it is a common practice among certified organizations to make a copy of the plan to make sure that appropriate action can be taken to coordinate a solution to the incident and moderate any accident.
Every organization should test the ground plan to ensure that it must work in any given situation and emergency. Most of the Organizations find that the first biggest accident that happens will point out substantial failures in the plan and they do not carry out the actions which are required by the standard.
Testing of the plan requires:
* Prevention of injury and pollution or reduce and all possible outcomes of the incident
* The organization can make sure that every one knows their task and
* Incase of possible incident or accident getting the organization up and running as soon as possible.
Every Preparation you make will minimize the probability of any incident, accident or disaster.
ISO 14001 Environmental Management System's one of the requirements is that getting certification should have a plan to deal with any accidents and emergency situations.
The four earlier stated plans in this article is a must in identification of potential environmental effects.
Documentation:
ISO 14001 Environmental Management System are a descriptive document which does not define how to do and only itemize what to do. Environment Management System requires documentation and demonstration in the way consistent with the needs of ISO 14001 models. The demonstration in the Environment Management System contains:
* Work Operating or Instruction Procedure Manual
* Environment manual
* Forms and Records
* Environment Manual
There are many documents in Environment System. There must be a way to organize a safety of complex records. There must be a responsible person for keeping and defining how long they will be kept. The authorized person should check each written procedure and sign with the issue number and date.
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