Environmental Management System (ISO 14001) Lecture hour: 3 hour / week Course code: EVT 472 By: Ahmad Husaini Husain i Mohamed
Chapter 2: The Development of Environmental Management System (ISO 14001)
Origin of ISO 14000
Initially released in 1996 and updated in 2004
A global series of Environmental Management Systems (EMS) standards
Continuation from ISO 9000 series, the ISO 14000 series have been developed so that organizations may incorporate environmental aspects into operations and product standards.
It is a set of voluntary environmental management standards, guides and technical reports, which specifically focuses on corporate environmental management systems, operating practices, products, and services.
ISO technical committee (ISO/TC) 207 Environmental management is responsible for developing and maintaining the ISO 14000 family of standards
The ISO 14000 standards are a response to: i)
1986 The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) negotiations in Uruguay
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1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro
Environmental Management History
Environmental management has existed in some form for thousands of year but really started in earnest the 1960s. Significant contamination discovered at that time prompted the enactment of many laws and regulation in the 1970s and 1980s.
Standard and Standardisation
A standard is a document that provides requirements, specifications, guidelines or characteristics that can be used consistently to ensure that materials, products, processes and services are fit for their purpose
Benefit of Standards help to harmonize technical specifications of products and services making industry more efficient help increase productivity and competitive
breaking down technical barriers to international trade (TBT)
Conformity to International Standards helps reassure consumers that products are safe, efficient and good for the environment
reduce negative impacts on the environment
strategic tools & guidelines to help companies tackle some of the most demanding challenges of modern business
help improve quality, enhance customer satisfaction and increase sales
vital resource for governments when developing public policy
What is Standardisation? The process of developing and implementing technical standards. Standardisation can help to maximize compatibility, interoperability, safety, repeatability or quality. It can also facilitate to breaking down the technical barriers to trade (TBT)
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) •
ISO Headquarters is in La Voie Creuse, Geneva
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Non-governmental organization made up of members from the national standards bodies (NSB) of 162 countries
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world’s the largest developer of voluntary International Standards
ISO Member Bodies
ISO Membership Categories There are three member categories in ISO:
Full members (or member bodies) - influence ISO standards development and strategy by participating and voting in ISO technical and policy meetings. Full members sell and adopt ISO International Standards nationally.
Correspondent members - observe the development of ISO standards and strategy by attending ISO technical and policy meetings as observers. Correspondent members can sell and adopt ISO International Standards nationally.
Subscriber members - keep up to date on ISO’s work but cannot participate in it. They do not sell or adopt ISO International Standards nationally. They do not sell or adopt ISO International Standards nationally
KEY PRINCIPLE IN DEVELOPING STANDARD Consensus: The view of all interests are taken into account manufacturing, vendors and users, consumer groups, testing laboratories, governments, engineering professions, and research organization.
Industry-wide: The goal is to draft standards that satisfy industries and consumer worldwide
Voluntary International: standardization is market-driven and therefore based on voluntary involvement of all interests in the marketplace.
International standards are developed by ISO technical committee (TC) through a fivestep process:i.
Proposal stage
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Preparatory stage
iii. Committee stage iv. Approval stage v.
Publication stage
ISO Structure and Governance i.
The General Assembly (GA) - The General Assembly is the ultimate authority for the organization. It is an annual meeting attended by our members and our Principal Officers
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The ISO Council - The ISO Council takes care of most governance issues. It meets twice a year and is made up of 20 member bodies, the ISO Officers and the Chairs of the Policy Development Committees CASCO, COPOLCO and DEVCO
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Technical Management Board (TMB) - The management of the technical work is taken care of by the Technical Management Board. This body is also responsible for the technical committees that lead standard development and any strategic advisory boards created on technical matters .
ISO Structure and Governance
Established 28 August1996 under purview Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI)
Develop and promote Malaysian Standards (MS) Principals for MS development are based on Annex 3 to WTO/TBT Agreement, ISO/IEC Guide 59 & ISO/IEC Guide 21
Accredit Conformity Assessment Bodies C o n f o r m i t y a s s e s s m e n t b o d i e s : t e s t i n g & c a l i b r at i o n l a b s , i n s p e c t i o n b o d i e s , c er t i f i c at i o n b o d i e s a n d
Governed by Standards of Malaysia Act 1996 (Act 549) Amendment gazetted on April 2012
ISO Strategic Advisory Group on Environment (SAGE) •
Established in August 1991
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Composed of environmental policy experts from 24 countries to assess the need for international environmental standards and to recommend an overall strategic plan for their development.
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Recommended the formation of an ISO Technical Committee (ISO/TC) to develop international environmental standards that provide for a common approach to environmental management similar to quality management, improve systems and techniques and measure improvements in environmental performance & facilitate trade and remove trade barriers through their use.
environmental management systems
environmental labeling
environmental auditing
environmental performance evaluation
life cycle analysis
guide for environmental aspects in product standards
ISO Technical Committee (ISO/TC) 207 - Environmental management i.
Establish in June 1993
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Consist of 6 Sub-Committee
iii. Main scope: standardization in the field of environmental management systems and tools in support of sustainable development iv. Global participation:
P-Member - 84 Countries (including Malaysia)
O-Member – 16 Countries
Secrtariat - Canada
ISO/TC 207 Sub-committies No.
SubCommittee
Title
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SC 1
Environmental Management Systems
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SC 2
Environmental Auditing
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SC 3
Environmental Labelling
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SC 4
Environmental Performance Evaluation
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SC 5
Life Cycle Analysis
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SC 6
Terms and Definitions
84 member countries joined ISO/TC 207 including Malaysia through Department of Standards Malaysia
Scope of ISO/TC 207’s work i.
Environmental management systems
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Environmental auditing and related
iii. Environmental investigations iv. Environmental performance evaluation v.
Environmental labelling
vi. Life cycle assessment vii. Environmental communication viii. Environmental aspects of product design and development ix. Environmental aspects in product standards x.
Terms and definitions
xi. Greenhouse gas management and related activities xii. Measuring the carbon footprint of products
Quick Review.. i.
List four (4) benefits of using standards?
ii. List five (5) scope of work for ISO/TC 207? iii. Which department represent Malaysia National Standard Body at ISO level? iv. List six (6) group establish under SAGE?
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