ISM AND ISEG MBA - Développement durable

The ISO 14000 family
ISO14000 comprises a package of standards, the most well known being 14001 gained by
companies adopting acceptable environmental measures in their global strategies.
The standards 14040, 14041, 14042 and 14043 all allow reduction of the normalization processes
throughout the various steps. These steps constitute the life cycle as seen in the following figure:
The different steps illustrated are: input of raw material; processing; transportation between
different areas; the consumer; and finally the recycling step at the end of product life. In order to
satisfy ISO14000, environmental strategies have to integrate all these steps.
These standards lay down the steps to follow in establishing a global strategy.
The first standard, ISO 14040, defines the objectives and the study content, detailing items such
as determination of objectives, choice of the functional unity, etc. The second standard, 14041,
provides means of calculation and analysis, and addresses other related issues such as the means
of data collection and its use. The third standard, ISO 14042, evaluates environmental impact,
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