All About ISO

If you are not motivated by the thought of saving thousands of dollars in operating costs, raw material costs and waste disposal costs as a result of obtaining ISO 14001 certification of your environmental management system then you might be interested in some of the other benefits. These include:

• Good public relations - the facility’s image with the public, regulatory agencies, lenders, and investors will be enhanced
• Improvement in environmental performance - the facility will experience fewer notices of violation and transition from reacting to environmental crises to becoming proactive with regard to integrating environmental issues into all business activities
• Creating a system that is self-perpetuating - once the EMS is implemented due to its structure and documentation an orderly process for understanding and meeting regulatory requirements has been created that can continue despite personnel or other changes at a facility.