All About ISO

There is no getting around the fact that obtaining ISO 14001 certification of your environmental management system will require a commitment of financial and personnel resources. Financial resources will be required for items such as external training classes, consulting support, retaining a registrar to perform the registration audit and periodic surveillance audits to maintain the certification, and miscellaneous support items including signage, communication devices, office supplies, etc. With regard to personnel resources, a team of individuals at the facility will be needed to develop the program which will take time away from their other responsibilities. In addition, an internal audit team will need to be established and trained which will require a commitment of man-hours in addition to the time required for members of the audit team to conduct internal audits of all of the elements of the facility’s ISO 14001 EMS initially and on an ongoing basis.