Understanding and Implementing ISO 14001
Author: Annette Dennis McCully, John V. Kinsella, P.G.
CEU's: 2
Recognized by the American Management Association Communications (AMACOM),this program follows the format of the standard, Understanding and Implementing ISO 14001 shows you how to evaluate the legal and regulatory aspects, benefits, risks, costs, and savings, and apply them strategically to your organization. Numerous real-world cases - featuring actual documents and experiences from major corporations - enhance your learning.
You'll learn how to:
- Integrate environmental liabilities into your business planning process
- Reduce operating costs in materials, pollution abatement, and waste disposal
- Focus resources on environmental risk
- Position your organization to act quickly on future government regulation
Understand the specification standard for an environmental management system. Recognize appropriate techniques to determine environmental risks and impact. Learn how reusing, recycling, and redesigning affect the organization's bottom line.
About This Course:
Understanding and Implementing ISO 14001 is designed as a practical handbook for managers whose organizations are implementing or planning to implement an environmental management system (EMS) to meet the ISO 14001 standard requirements, whether or not their companies plan to become certified to ISO 14001. Our approach is geared to managers and technical staff who have some knowledge of environmental protection practices or work closely with environmental staff. Because implementation of an ISO 14001 EMS must be integrated into business processes, we are also addressing the financial costs and cost savings of proactive environmental management.
The ISO 14001 standard is rapidly being implemented by organizations that recognize the tremendous benefits to be gained from managing environmental liabilities and challenges in a systematic manner.
The adoption of the ISO 9000 series of quality management standards over the last ten years has proven that applying the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle to quality management systems results in more efficient and effective processes, cost savings, improved sales, and satisfied customers. Similarly, companies that have implemented ISO 14001 are realizing comparable results, now just emerging in quantifiable terms.
This dynamic self-study course provides you with a practical understanding of the standard and how to design and implement a functioning EMS. You will learn how to identify the environmental aspects and impacts of your operations, as well as how to develop objectives and targets and supporting programs. Once you have a plan in place, you will learn how to implement the system by establishing a crossfunctional management team, training employees, establishing lines of communication, and documenting your system.
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Note: We strongly recommend that you purchase a copy of the ISO 14001 standard. Information about price and vendors is included in the course.