Tuesday, December 23, 2008

What are the principles behind the ISO 14001 Standards?

The ISO14000 standards are being developed with the following key principles in mind:

  • They must result in better environmental management
  • They must be applicable in all nations
  • They should promote the broad interests of the public and the users of the standards
  • They should be cost effective, non-prescriptive, and flexible, to allow them to meet the differing needs of organizations of any size worldwide
  • As part of their flexibility, they should be suitable for internal or external verification
  • They should be scientifically based
  • And above all, they should be practical, useful and useable

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