'Kids' ISO 14000 Programme' aims to promote environmental awareness among children worldwide

摘要

ISO is increasing its support for promoting and spreading the "Kids' ISO 14000 programme" to develop environmental awareness among children around the world and enable them to take practical steps to improve the environment. The "Kids' ISO 14000 programme", which draws on the organizing principle of the ISO 14000 environmental management system standards, was created and is operated by the Japanese non-profit, non-governmental organization ArTech. More than 50 000 Japanese schoolchildren have participated in the programme, launched in 2000, which is now on its way to becoming an international one. The United Nations University (UNU) is cooperating on the programme and the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) also supports it. On 24 October 2003, ISO Secretary-General Alan Bryden and ArTech Director General Prof. Takaya Kawabe signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Tokyo, Japan, confirming an earlier agreement between the two organizations in October 2002, since when ISO has lent its name and logo to the programme. Under the new MoU, ISO Central Secretariat pledges active support by using its communication media to promote the programme, and by encouraging its dissemination worldwide through ISO's network of national standards institutes in 147 countries.