Information on voluntary Certification - Foodcert India
Information on voluntary Certification - Foodcert India
Information on voluntary Certification - Foodcert India
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Research centres:- FIBL - Switzerlandwww.fibl.org/english/index.phpe-mail: info.suisse@fibl.org Tel.: +41 628 657 272- Organic Research - United Kingdomwww.organic-research.com- Nati<strong>on</strong>al Sustainable Agriculture <str<strong>on</strong>g>Informati<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> Service - United States of Americawww.attra.orgNati<strong>on</strong>al support organizati<strong>on</strong>s and certificati<strong>on</strong> bodies in Asia:www.fao.org/es/esc/en/20953/21020/highlight_35950en.htmlISO 14001 CERTIFICATIONISO 14001 is designed to help the implementati<strong>on</strong> of envir<strong>on</strong>mental managementsystems for organizati<strong>on</strong>s in both the private and public sectors. Itwas created by the Internati<strong>on</strong>al Organizati<strong>on</strong> for Standardizati<strong>on</strong> (ISO)which is a private internati<strong>on</strong>al network of nati<strong>on</strong>al standard institutesworking al<strong>on</strong>g with governments, industry and c<strong>on</strong>sumer representatives.While there are a number of other ISO standards that can be used asenvir<strong>on</strong>mental management tools, <strong>on</strong>ly ISO 14001 can be used for certificati<strong>on</strong>.The group of ISO standards, which c<strong>on</strong>tains various internati<strong>on</strong>al harm<strong>on</strong>ized<strong>voluntary</strong> standards, is widely applied across all industrial sectors.Main requirements?The ISO 14001 standard requires that the enterprise develop an envir<strong>on</strong>mentalmanagement system that includes: envir<strong>on</strong>mental objectives andgoals, policies and procedures for reaching these goals, definiti<strong>on</strong> of resp<strong>on</strong>sibilities,staff training activities, documentati<strong>on</strong> and a system toreview any changes made. The ISO 14001 standard describes the managementprocess that the company must follow and requires that the company respect27