AbstractThe field of environmental management has evolved from its beginnings as a regulation‐based, compliance‐driven, “command and control” regime into a continuous improvement, voluntary, environmental stewardship process aspiring to protection levels beyond those required by regulations. This change in environmental management philosophies prevalent at many regulated corporations, both in the United States and abroad, has provided a fertile ground for the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in developing environmental management standards that address these corporate aspirations. This task has moved closer to fruition within the ISO through its Technical Committee (TC) 207 on Environmental Management. This article provides background on the environmental management system standards, ISO/TC 207's committees' organization, and influencing factors helping to shape these standards. Equally important, this article focuses on what the standards will mean to the regulated industries in the way business is co
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机译:摘要环境管理领域已经从最初以法规为基础、合规驱动的“命令和控制”制度发展成为一个持续改进的、自愿的环境管理过程,其保护水平超出了法规的要求。在美国和国外的许多受监管公司中普遍存在的这种环境管理理念的变化,为国际标准化组织(ISO)制定环境管理标准以满足这些企业的愿望提供了肥沃的土壤。这项任务已通过其环境管理技术委员会 (TC) 207 在 ISO 内部接近实现。本文介绍了环境管理体系标准的背景、ISO/TC 207 委员会的组织以及有助于制定这些标准的影响因素。同样重要的是,本文重点关注这些标准对受监管行业的业务方式意味着什么
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