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ISO 14000 Family of Standards

ISO 14000 is a series of standards developed by International Organization for Standardization
(ISO) to provide businesses with a structure for managing environmental impacts.  This is a
relatively large list (view complete list of ISO 14000 Standards ).

ISO 14000 environmental standards help organizations manage their environmental requirements and tie them into their overall business objectives. They fall into six categories:

1. Environmental management systems
2. Environmental auditing
3. Environmental performance evaluation
4. Environmental labeling
5. Life-cycle assessment
6. Environmental aspects in product standards

NOTE: Organizations do not register to ISO 14000 as a series, but they will help an organization implement an EMS, audit properly, but ONLY register to ISO 14001:2004.

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There are two types of standards in the ISO 14000 family:

1. Requirements Standards - detailing the steps that must be taken to meet the standard. Companies only register to the requirements standards
   • The most common are:
     • ISO 14001:2004 - Environmental Management Systems – Requirements with guidance for use
     • ISO 14065:2007 - Greenhouse Gases -- Requirements for Greenhouse Gas Validation and Verification Bodies
2. Guidance Standards - are descriptive documents intended to provide guidance only.
• All of the ISO 14000 series of generic standards (from ISO 14004 to ISO 14064) are guidance standards.
• These are recommended for organizations interested in ISO 14000:
  • ISO 14004:2004 - Environmental management systems – General guidelines on principles, systems and support techniques.
  • ISO 19011:2002 - Guidelines for quality and/or environmental management systems auditing.

Note: Depending on the nature of the business that organizations are involved in, some of the other standards listed may.

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The brochure reviews the 14000 family of standards which not only provide environmental benefits but also economic advantages, including:

• Reduced raw material/resource use
• Reduced energy consumption
• Improved process efficiency
• Reduced waste generation and disposal costs
• Utilization of recoverable resources

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