Australia a world leader in environmental certification

摘要

A dramatic 34 per cent year-on-year increase in the number of world wide certifications to the ISO 14001 Standard for Environmental management systems is the major feature in the latest ISO Annual Survey of ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 Certification In a world focused on minimising environmental impacts, this is great news. It augers well for long-term uptake of this important management Standard, and the benefits it delivers to the health of companies and the long term health of the world we want to pass on to future generations. But from a purely Australian point of view the most exciting feature of the Annual ISO Survey is just how well Australia rates in responsible environmental management. Too often our local doomsayers have us believe that we're the pariahs of the environmental world. These hard statistics show a different and much more optimistic picture, one in which Australian business leads the world in contemporary environmental practices.