What is ISO 14001 Certification?
Environmental issues have come to the forefront in recent years with greater awareness amongst legislators, insurers, financiers, shareholders, customers, employees and neighbours. An EMS provides a framework for obtaining ISO 14001 Certification and managing environmental responsibilities so that business operations are more efficient.
ISO 14001 allows an organisation to understand, describe and control its significant impacts on the environment, reduce the risk of potentially costly pollution incidents, ensure compliance with environmental legislation and continually improve its business operations.
What are the benefits?
There are a range of benefits associated with operating an effective EMS:
Financial
- Provide cost savings through the reduction of waste and more efficient use of natural resources (electricity, water, gas and fuels.)
- Ensure that the organization is better placed to avoid future fines and penalties for not meeting environmental legislation by identifying environmental risks and addressing the weaknesses.
- Reduce insurance costs by demonstrating better risk management
Operational/ Internal
- Improve overall performance and efficiency.
- Tighten production processes, yielding better efficiency and reduction in the risk of incidents.
- Remove uncertainty and consistency by managing disruption and waste.
- Help clarify staff responsibility
- Improve internal communications and morale – often leading to sound environmental solutions suggested by staff, who are the ultimate owners of the business processes
External
- Lead to a better public perception of the organization and a competitive advantage, leading to improved sale opportunities
- Lead to better community awareness of the impact of your activities on the local residents (noise, smell, dust, vibration, etc.)
- Demonstrate commitment to the environment and provide confidence to your customers, trade partners, stakeholders, regulators and local authority
- Demonstrate an innovative and forward-thinking approach
In addition, achieving ISO 14001 certification helps to
Blackmores specialise in helping you to implement and maintain your ISO 14001 Environmental Management System across London, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, and UK-wide. We can also assist with international locations, having experience of working in 27 other countries.
- Conduct an ISO 14001 Gap Analysis – To help establish your strengths and weaknesses.
- ISO 14001 E-learning – Learn at your own pace with our online courses via the isologyhub
- ISO 14001 isologists® – We have a skilled team of consultants to help you implement an Environmental Management System. From London to the UAE, we have experience working internationally across many sectors.
- Internal Audits – We can help you to plan and conduct Internal Audits to verify your compliance with ISO 14001.
- On-Site Support – We can provide support during External Audits carried out by Certification Bodies.
- Request a quote for Certification – We can send a request for a quote to 3 UKAS certified Certification Bodies on your behalf. This is done free of charge on request.
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How can ISO 14001 Certification help win more Tenders?
In a variety of industries, ISO 14001 certification is now a very common demand during the PQQ (Pre-Qualifying Questionnaire) stage of the tendering process.
It can be challenging to successfully structure, format, and communicate in your tendering application document how your company manages its environmental performance.
Achieving ISO 14001 Certification means your business will now have a well-documented management system that has been implemented and executed. Having these policies and procedures in place now means that the majority of the responses to tendering questions will be easily accessible.
ISO 14001 and the Sustainable Development Goals
The world is facing a crisis: poverty, hunger, inequality and climate change are just some of the issues we need to address.
In 2015, world leaders came together to create 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) which aim to tackle these issues, to build a better world by 2030.
ISO 14001 can be used to meet the following goals

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