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Saturday, April 16, 2016

BACKGROUND OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM



There are three pillars of sustainability that can be seen as: (i) Economic, (ii) Environmental, and (iii) Social. Some authors suggest three pillars as: (i) Ecology, (ii) Economy, and (iii) Equity, and they also expand these three pillars by including the fourth pillar as culture, institution or governance. These pillars needs to be balanced in order to achieve the goal of sustainable development. Achieving the balance between these pillars is considered necessary to meet present needs without compromising the needs of future generations.



There are growing pressure on environment from the following:
- Pollution,
- Inefficient use of resources,
- Improper waste management,
- Climate change,
- Degradation of ecosystem,
- Loss of biodiversity

More stringent rules and regulations (legal framework) are required as a societal expectations for transparency, accountability and sustainable development. All these factors have led us to adopt a systematic approach to environmental management by implementing environmental management system so that we may contribute to the environmental pillars of sustainability.

ISO 14001:2015 EMS is a standard that specifies requirements for an environmental management system. An organization can use ISO 14001:2015 EMS standard to enhance organization's environmental performance.

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4 comments:

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Anonymous said...

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vysakhvjseo said...

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Alex said...

ISO 14000 é uma série de normas desenvolvidas pela International Organization for Standardization (ISO) que estabelecem diretrizes sobre a área de gestão ambiental dentro de empresas.

Comitê de criação
No ano de 1993, a ISO reuniu diversos profissionais e criou um comitê, intitulado Comitê Técnico TC 207 que teria como objetivo desenvolver lista atualizada de normas da série ABNT NBR ISO 14000 nas seguintes áreas envolvidas com o meio ambiente. O comitê foi dividido em vários subcomitês, conforme descritos.

Os impactos ambientais gerados pelo desenvolvimento industrial e econômico do mundo atual constituem um grande problema para autoridades e organizações ambientais.

No início da década de 1990, a ISO viu a necessidade de se desenvolverem normas que falassem da questão ambiental e tivessem como intuito a padronização dos processos de empresas que utilizassem recursos tirados da natureza e/ou causassem algum dano ambiental decorrente de suas atividades.

Comitê de criação
No ano de 1993, a ISO reuniu diversos profissionais e criou um comitê, intitulado Comitê Técnico TC 207 que teria como objetivo desenvolver lista atualizada de normas da série ABNT NBR ISO 14000 nas seguintes áreas envolvidas com o meio ambiente. O comitê foi dividido em vários subcomitês, conforme descritos.