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Implemented by organizations around the world, our practical templates have been successfully audited and certified by Registrars and Certification Bodies, for example: UKAS, DNV, Lloyds Register, BSI, DNV, BM Trada, LRQA as well as hundreds of independent external auditors.
Benefits of Getting ISO 14001 Certification
It may seem that the task is daunting, however, data has shown that companies have greatly benefited from getting ISO certified.
To satisfy a customer’s needs, the company must first identify their market and its needs. By having insight regarding the needs of their market, companies are able to continuously deliver products and services that fulfill the needs of their customers.
Collating all Environmental Managements System (EMS) documents and having them certified as ISO compliant helps to streamline the company’s internal processes and procedures. It also helps to interface with other external ISO certified companies.
Getting or even attempting to get ISO 14001:2015 certification is no easy feat. As mentioned earlier, having this certification puts a company in the ranks of other companies from around the world that follow the same quality standards.
Businesses that comply with ISO 14001:2015 have procedures that strive to improve products and services; it also aims to promote the professional development of its employees and the company culture.
Because getting ISO-certified impels that you meet international standards of practice, there are many companies that make ISO certification a requirement to become an accredited partner or supplier of their organization.
Without ISO 14001 often you would not even be able to bid for a contract.
Benefits of Using a Toolkit For Your EMS
Quality Manual Templates are widely available for any and every business that may want a helping hand in getting their system up and running. You may feel that templates are not for you and will not fit your organization — but your really should consider them, they bring plenty of benefits.
Sets expectations of documentation for both Top Management and scope of work for the Project Manager and employees. Top Management will be expected to provide the resources necessary to cover any processes within their departments, as well as planning and assigning responsibilities for ISO certification.
In the beginning, there is a lot of time and attention required in learning all that goes into a EMS. Generally, it takes more than one person to research and figure out what is required of your business and how to get everything started. Using a template gives you a fantastic starting point, allowing you to jump right into the process rather than spending time worrying about how to go about it.
When it comes to implementing ISO, there are requirements which apply to your business and some which do not. Having a template that already spells out the requirements for you will make it that much easier to take away the ones that don't apply.
Documenting your EMS can be a long process that requires a lot of time from any business. Smaller businesses don't always have a lot of extra time as they have fewer employees to dedicate solely to the implementation process. Using templates can jump-start the process and save you a lot of time in putting everything together on your own.
Using templates to set up a management system can save you time but also money. Using fewer hours at the start is a great way to cut costs.
On top of that, you won't have to hire an outside consultant to make sure you are doing everything correctly. Figuring out your QMS in-house is a cheaper option, and a template makes that process faster and easier to get through.
Not every business may have the same resources and kind of manpower that a large scale company boasts. Every employee is crucial to the success of the business and has their own part of everything to focus on. When you use a quality manual template, it takes away some of the load that might be placed on your employees. By already having a framework in place, there is less work for everyone to do.
In the beginning, implementing a EMS can feel like too big of a change to wrap your mind around. This is a big concern for businesses that don't want to rock the boat too hard and risk it capsizing.
Using a template gives you a solid foundation to start building that change on. You don't have to worry so much that everything will topple over when you know what you are building on is already proven to work.
For any business, consistency is key. A template helps to prevent anything from getting out of line by giving you a foundation for everything within your system.
Having this foundation means that no matter who is involved in the management system will follow the same approach. You don't have to worry about everyone doing things their own way when they have a guide to follow.
Although it seems complicated to create the documentation at first, it is quite straightforward to do with the right template in hand.
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The Templates are used by first-timers following our step-by-step, clause-by-clause guidance documents; and experienced Quality Managers wishing to streamline and improve their existing documentation.
Everything You Need To Achieve ISO 14001 Certification
Whether this is your very first EMS implementation, or you are transitioning from 14001:2004 to the 2015 version; our fully-editable, comprehensive EMS manual template contains the documented procedures, forms, reports, process maps, internal audit checklists, and more that you need to achieve certification.
Simply put, this is the only tool you need for all things ISO 14001.
Some companies don’t mind shelling out thousands of dollars to consultants to conduct their reviews for them. Others, like your company, want to bootstrap the experience as much as possible. But all too often, saving money by staying in-house ends up costing much more time.
Sure, you could spend hours scouring the web to piecemeal together everything you need for your EMS implementation project.
Or worse, you could try to create it all from scratch.
But what if instead, you decided to work smarter not harder by using the same all-inclusive quality manual template that small businesses and large corporations have been using since 2004 to get the job done right.
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Our EMS documentation toolkit contains everything you need to create your own company EMS manual and get the certification you desire. However, to take it one step further, we also offer clause-by-clause interpretation (see sample) and guidance on Documented Information, Audits, Management Review and Policy and Environmental objectives; so you can see exactly what you need to do to achieve compliance.
These guides take all the guesswork out when implementing an EMS so that you can get down to business as efficiently and effectively as possible.
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ISO 14001 EMS Manual ~ Everything You Need to Know
In order to address the sustainability concerns of customers, stakeholders, the public, and government regulations; adopting environmental requirements requires the following elements:
An EMS is a structured, organised method of controlling and reducing the environmental impact of company operations.
Most EMSs comprise, an environmental policy, an emergency preparedness procedure, a documented procedure for identifying environmental aspects and to control significant environmental impacts, and a procedure for assessing and reviewing compliance with obligations (legal requirements).
The environmental impact assessment (EIA) process is an interdisciplinary and multistep procedure to ensure that environmental aspects are included in decisions regarding proposals that might impact the environment.
The standard requires that within the defined scope of the EMS, an organization must determine the significant environmental aspects arising from its activities, products and services that it can control, and those that it can influence, and their associated environmental impacts, considering a lifecycle perspective.
The lifecycle is a consecutive and interlinked stages of a product (or service) system, from raw material acquisition or generation from natural resources to final disposal. Small, yet practical changes during the product design stage can have far reaching environmental and economic consequences during the life cycle of any product.
The ISO 14000 family includes 21 other standards that help an organization with specific aspects such as auditing, monitoring and measurement, life cycle analysis.
ISO 14001:2015 is the latest version, and is the only standard in the ISO 14000 family that can be used for certification.
ISO 9001 is a standard for Quality Management, ISO 14001 is the standard for Environmental Management Systems.
ISO 14001:2015 is the standard document that gives the requirements for an environmental management system (EMS) and supersedes the 2004 version. Certification to ISO 14001:2015 will help many organizations to achieve sustainability and demonstrate their EMS is effective, provides value to the environment, and to interested parties.
Adopting environmental requirements can:
The scope of the standard states that the intended outcomes of any EMS are to:
Learn more about ISO 14001 scope here.
In order to ensure compliance, Clause 9; requires us to undertake performance evaluation by monitoring, measuring, analysing and evaluating your environmental performance, reviewing objectives and indicators relating to significant environmental aspects such as; waste production, emissions to the air, the use of natural resources, energy consumption, and water consumption, etc..
The Environmental Management Representative often has the responsibility for:
The EMS Coordinator typically has the responsibility to support the Environmental Manager to deliver the following:
The EMS manual template should be developed to help your employees, customers, suppliers and other stakeholders to navigate their way through your environmental management system (EMS). The manual and acts to indicate how each of the clauses of the standard are addressed.
Th EMS manual should also describe the structure and interactions, authorities, inter relationships and responsibilities of employees who operate within the boundaries of the EMS. Our tools and templates are available to the support implementation of your EMS manual document.
It means that an independent, external certification body has audited an organization's EMS and documentation, and verified that it conforms to the requirements specified in the standard.
The intended outcomes of of the EMS standard include the enhancement of operational control and performance by managing harmful aspects, maintaining the fulfilment of compliance obligations and the achievement of each environmental goal and objective.
The current version of the EMS standard gives the requirements for what an organization must do to manage processes affecting the impact of its activities on the environment. The latest version was revised in 2015.
Updated: 15th March 2022
Author: Richard Keen
Richard is our Compliance Director, responsible for content & product development.
But most importantly he is ISO's biggest fanboy and a true evangelist of the standards.
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