Safety in the Process Industry

Francesca Reane M. Ramirez

 International
Organization for
Standardization
Main goal is to facilitate trade,
but its focus is on process
improvement, safety, and
quality in several areas.
 ISO 14000 is a family
of standards
related to environmental management that exists to
help organizations
(a) minimize how their operations (processes, etc.)
negatively affect the environment (i.e. cause
adverse changes to air, water, or land)
(b) comply with applicable laws, regulations, and
other environmentally oriented requirements;
and
(c) continually improve in the above.
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 The purpose is to
help companies manage
processes while
minimizing
environmental effects
 To whom do the
standards apply?
Large and small business industry
Service sectors (hospitals, hotels etc)
Government organizations
All types of organizations, of all sizes in
the world.

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 Objectives:
Reduce waste Improve
generation by management of
recycling Industrial Wastewater
Reduce energy
consumption by using Improve hazard
alternative lighting waste management
Improve chemical through solvent
management system recovery.
software.
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 Here are the key standards
included in ISO 14000:
⊷ ISO 14001: ⊷ ISO 14020 – ISO
Specification of 14024: Environmental
Environmental Labeling
Management
⊷ ISO 14031 and ISO
Systems
14032: Environmental
⊷ ISO 14004: Performance
Guideline Evaluation
Standard
⊷ ISO 14040 – ISO
⊷ ISO 14010 – ISO 14043: Life Cycle
14015: Assessment
Environmental
⊷ ISO 14050: Terms and
Auditing and
Definitions
Related Activities
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 BENEFITS OF ISO 14000.
•Helps organizations meet and maintain
regulatory and legislative requirements.

•Minimizes the environmental impact of

products, activities and resources.

•Promotes environmental awareness.

•Increased levels of safety.
•Increased profits.
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