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UNIT 3: ENVIRONMENT LAW, VOLUNTARY INITIATIVES AND PRINCIPLES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
ISO 14000
The major international voluntary environment management standard in operation
today is ISO 14000. A short discussion on ISO 14000 follows. There are also several
regional and national environment management standards such as the European
Union’s Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS), and the US Environment
Protection Agencies Industry Partnerships Program.
The ISO 14000 is a series of environment management standards and guidelines
developed and promoted by the International Organisation for Standardization
(ISO). The idea was conceived during the run-up to the United Nations Conference
on Environment and Development in 1992, after which a new ISO Technical
Committee – ISO/TC207 on environment management – was created, with the
objective of developing standards on environment-related performance. The
complete list of the ISO 14000 series is given below.
The series of most interest to tourism and hospitality is ISO 14001, which provides
standards and certification of corporate environment management systems.
ISO Guidelines
ISO NUMBER
ISO 14001
ISO 14004
ISO 14010
GUIDELINES / STANDARD TITLE
Environment Management Systems – Specification with
Guidance for Use
Environment Management Systems – General Guidelines on
Principles, Systems and Supporting Techniques
Guidelines for Environment Auditing – General Principles
ISO 14011 Guidelines for Environment Auditing – Audit Procedures –
Auditing of Environment Management Systems
ISO 14012
Guidelines for Environment Auditing – Qualification Criteria for
Environment Auditors
ISO 14020
Environment Labelling – General Principles
ISO 14021
Environment Labelling – Self Declaration – Environment Claims/
Terms and Definitions
ISO 14022
Environment Labelling – Symbols
ISO 14023
Environment Labelling – Testing – Verification – Methodologies
for Application in Environment Labelling
ISO 14024
Environment Labelling – Practitioner Programmes – Guiding
Principles, Practices and Certification procedures of Multiple
Criteria Programmes
ISO 14031
Environment Management – Environment Performance
Evaluation
ISO 14040
Life Cycle Assessment – General Principles and Practices
ISO 14041
Life Cycle Assessment – Life Cycle Inventory Analyses
ISO 14042
Life Cycle Assessment – Life Cycle Impact Assessment
ISO 14043
Life Cycle Assessment - Life Cycle Improvement Assessment
ISO 14050
Environment Management – Terms and Definitions
ISO 1460
Guide for the Inclusion of Environment Aspects in Production
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