ISO 14001 Certification

What is ISO 14001?

As environmental issues take on an ever increasing role both in private and business life, companies are increasingly moving towards ISO 14001 certification as a means of improving their performance, demonstrating their commitment to preserving natural reasource and reaping the benefits of reduced operating costs, lower risk and liability and increased efficiencies.

ISO 14001 is an Environmental Management tool which concentrates on a system that controls the impact a process has on the environment. It has been developed to help an organisation to reduce the effects of environmental contamination; it will also measure consumption of the worlds finite resources. To gain ISO 14001 certification a company must demonstrate a committment to reducing its waste footprint. It is evidence based documentation which will demonstrate a steady improvement within the Environmental management of any company.

ISO 14001 Certification

What are the benefits?

The ISO 14001 covers all sizes of businesses, in all areas, including the charitable sector. It provides practical help to companies who wish to develop a comprehensive Environmental Management system. It will help a company demonstrate how it controls its impact on the environment and has many benefits, such as

  • Cost savings in waste, recycling and consumption
  • Increases competetive advantage in tender situations
  • Better managment of environmental risks
  • Reduces your environmental liability
  • Compliance with individual countries environmental regulations
  • Demonstrates your commitment to improving the environment
  • Increased market credibility
  • Can reduce insurance cover costs

How can Safetynet help?

Our consultants have years of experience implementing ISO systems either from scratch or managing existing systems and liasing with accreditation bodies such as DNV, BSi, Lloyds ISOQAR and others.

Whether you are looking for us to carry internal audits of your existing system or would like to implement a new system, we can provide the necessary support and guidance to ensure this is done with the minimum of fuss and disruption to your business, whilst at the same time implementing a proportionate system for your business that is easy to use and maintain.