ISO 14001 Certification - Environmental Management Systems

the long version

Soon, customers will have an easy way to evaluate your environmental practices, and you'll have a way to confidently benchmark your own systems. A new set of international standards, ISO 14000, will revolutionize environmental management just as ISO 9000 is revolutionizing product quality. Whether you are an environmental manager or you simply need to know how ISO 14000 will change your business, ISO 14001 Certification-Environmental Management Systems is essential reading. It presents the entire certification process, from initial assessment to external audit, shows how to become certified at minimum cost and disruption, and helps you avoid pitfalls that now result in a high failure rate on new audits. ISO 14000 offers significant business opportunities. Certified companies will spend less time and money demonstrating environmental good faith, because their efforts will have been independently verified. Having these comprehensive systems will reduce exposure to liability. ISO 14000 may even become a contract requirement, especially in international markets. This book will help you start now and achieve those competitive advantages. In addition, this book-disk package includes ready-to-use templates to which users can add their own site-specific details to prepare final ISO 14001 documents. The templates are compatible with WordPerfect for DOS 5.1 and Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0. This resource is so useful, it's like having an expert at your side.