ISO 14000: What Does It Mean To You?

摘要

ISO 14000, a set of international Environmental Management Standards for business, stands to have as much, if not more, impact on international and U.S. businesses as the ISO 9000 Quality Management Standards. Once finalized, ISO 14000 will cover every phase of a company's operations, from management audits, to labeling, to life cycle assessments, to environmental performance evaluations, to consideration of the environment in developing product standards. Likely to become a de facto prerequisite for conducting international business, companies must begin now to develop a comprehensive understanding of ISO 14000, including potential inconsistencies with the U.S. legal environment.