ISO 14001 International Standard continue advancing acceptability globally.

With the acceptance and industry sectors such as the automotive through OEMs invoking ISO 14001, the standard moves forward. This charge leaded by the Automotive Industry in pursue of business sustainability concurrent with protection of the environment, prevention of pollution, addressing regulatory compliance, reducing their own risks and liabilities and improving its performance entice better market positioning of organizations. 

Whilst Environmental Management is by no means new, the advancement through ISO 14000 it is... Implementation of ISO 14000 like requirements have since 1975 implemented... and maintaining effectiveness of the EMS through addressing issues for prevention, environmental social responsibility, conservation, sustainability and prevention of pollution. However, organizations supplying in the supply-chain bringing opportunities for improvement, cost reduction, and reduction of risk concurrent with supporting "Sustainability - Agenda 21" and ISO 14001 in filling this gap.

The following presents a chronological overview of ISO 14000 coming to age:

1996 - ISO 14000 is officially published in Autumn

1996 through 1998 - European and Asian based organizations in the USA embrace, implement and register to ISO 14001... and 2001 advancing to IMS...

1996 - Ford facility reduces consumption of resources and changing to more efficient alternatives for lighting... with savings in excess of $66,000.00 per year for one facility... ISO 14001 moves on to become a requirement to suppliers...

1996 - Recycling and managing sludge as solid waste efficiently establish at Ford facilities

1998 - Ford invokes to their supply chain to be registered ISO 14001 by year 2003

1998 - The "domino effect" follows with GM and DaimlerChrysler invoking their suppliers to implement or register to ISO 14001 by year end 2002

1998 - IBM requires implementation of an EMS (ISO 14001) to their supplier base

1998 - Xerox invokes to their suppliers to implement and encourages registration to ISO 14001

1999 - Honda Corporation invokes all its 1^st Tier suppliers (construed as major suppliers) to register ISO 14001 by year end 2001

1999 - Toyota encourages their key suppliers to implement ISO 14001, after implementing ISO 14001 in each of their global facilities completed in 1998...

1999 - Ford announces ISO 14001 requirements to their supplier base...

(Planned 2003) - First post publication review of the ISO 14000 series (ISO 14001...).

2000 - 2003: Organization supplying to the automotive sector must register to ISO 14001.

ISO 14000 and Other Management protocols

Competent auditors may conduct auditing to ISO 14001 and Occupational Health and Safety OSHMS  as integrated management systems. These combine management's commitment to operations, environments, product and safety aspects to include:

1. Environmental Responsibility,
2. Health,
3. Safety

... to continuously improve, whilst responsive to the concern of the public and stakeholders. The combined scheme leads to a special certification. Combining schemes can save resources to organizations. 

It is important to recognize that the scope of integrated ISO 14001 with other managenet protocols that encompass occupational health and safety (OSHMS), community involvement, environmental reporting and product stewardship.

Verify with an international accredited registration body for application and authority of who can provide the combining of ISO 14001 with other management systems, as well as others such as ISO 22000, HACCP MS, OSHMS, ISO 9001, ISO/IEC 27001...

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