On successfully completing the course, students will be able to familiarise with :
- Environmental issues, their universal importance and complexity;
- Environmental pressures faced by business;
- How businesses have responded;
- Development of environmental management standards
- Fundamental terms in environmental management
- ISO14001 The Standard
- Benefits of adopting ISO14001
This introductory course uses a mixture of taught sessions, and interactive group discussions to achieve its aims.
ISO 14000 series of standards which were first published in 1996 brought a new revolution in the industry across the globe in terms of identifying risks to the environment on a global context from the activities, products and services of the organisations and managing them systematically and in a sustained manner.
ISO Standards, once published are routinely reviewed by technical committee appointed for the task in view of the dynamics of the industry and fast changing requirements of the interested parties.
ISO 14001:2015 standard has been published on 15th Sept 2015 with a number of fundamental changes in the requirements and change in the Structure of the standard in line with ISO’s procedures for standardisation/ harmonisation of Management System Standards..