This document outlines the 9 step process for obtaining ISO 14001 certification for environmental management. It begins with preparing the company by learning about ISO 14001 and performing a gap analysis. It then involves developing documentation, training staff, improving environmental management systems, conducting internal audits, registering with an ISO certification body, and undergoing surveillance audits after certification is obtained. The purpose of ISO 14001 certification is to help organizations implement effective environmental management to minimize environmental impacts.

1. ISO 14001
Certification
By:
Sayed Mohammad Naim KHALID
Technical Advisor
AARDO
April 2013

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Contents
1. ISO 14001 in brief
2. EMS
3. Why is ISO 14001
4. Process, not product
5. Certification process
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ISO 14001 in brief
 ISO 14001 is among ISO's most well known
standards ever.
 Itis implemented by more than a million
organizations in some 175 countries.
 ISO14001 helps organizations to
implement environmental management.
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Environnemental management
 ISO
14001 is for EMS. This means what the
organization does to:
1. minimize harmful effects on the
environment caused by its activities,
2. to conform to applicable regulatory
requirements, and to
3. achieve continual improvement of its
environmental performance.
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Why have ISO 14001?
 satisfying
the customer's quality
requirements,
 complying to regulations, or
 meeting environmental objectives
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Processes, not products
 ISO 14001 concersn the way an
organization goes about its work.
 It is not product standards.
 It is not service standards.
 It is process standards.
 It can be used by product manufacturers
and service providers.
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Certification & Accreditation
 Itmeans that an independent, external
body has audited an organization's
management system and verified that it
conforms to the requirements specified in
the standard (ISO 14001).
 Accreditation is like certification of the
certification body.
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Certification process
9 steps
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Prepare your company (1/9)
 Buy ISO 14000 family standards
 Learn about the standard
 What is ISO 14001?
 What is EMS?
 Learn about the requirements?
 Buy training materials (
ppt, implementation of ISO standards…)
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Perform the Gap Analysis (2/9)
 Perform preliminary environmental review
and gap analysis in the company
 Prepare list of all operations
 Use specific checklist
 Review previous environmental issues
 Consider current regulations
 Determine gaps that needs to be
changed
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Prepare the Project Plan (3/9)
 Create the plan to determine tasks, timelines
and needed resources
 Consider a step-by-step method
 Use MS Project or others for planning
 Or prepare a checklist to not miss anything
 Prepare instructions of how to prepare the ISO
14001 docs
 Orient each person who is involved in the
preparation of the documents
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Train your staff (4/9)
 Train the staff to understand ISO
 Train the staff on the process of
certification
 Train the staff with ISO 14000 family
 Train the staff with needs and
requirements of ISO 14001
 Train the staff with EMS
 Train them with concept of PDCA and
process approach
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Develop documentation
system (5/9)
 Understand the scope of your company
operations
 Prepare the list of all documents needed
 Use advocacy from EMS certification
organization
 Use standard documents formats
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Improve the gaps of EMS (6/9)
 Implement the docs and process
prepared
 Redesign and develop the current ones
 Use PDCA
 Fill the gaps
 Collect and record all the files
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Conduct internal audit (7/9)
 See the system if it is working
 Give corrective actions
 Propose preventive actions
 Use standard checklist for the internal
audit
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Register with ISO 14001 (8/9)
 when all requirements were met
 Declare to the certification organization
and ask for audit
 Provide all docs, records and procedures
 If this 3rd party audit verified
Bravo !
 You are ISO 14001 certified
 Your certificate is valid for 3 years
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Surveillance audit (9/9)
 After certification the company will be
audited each
 6 months or
 1 year
 The purpose of this audit is to see if
requirement are followed up and maintained.
 Audit findings:
1. A major non conformity
2. A minor non conformity
3. An observation or opportunity to improve
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Thank you!
Safety of environment is your safety!
“S. Naim KHALID”
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