After the success of the ISO9000 series

of quality standards, the International

Standards Organization printed a
comprehensive set of standards for
environmental management.
 environmental management systems
environmental auditing
environmental performance evaluation
environmental labeling
life-cycle assessment
environmental aspects in product
standards
 A set of international standards brings a
world-wide focus to the atmosphere,
encouraging a cleaner, safer, healthier
world for US all.

The existence of the standards permits

organizations to focus environmental
efforts against associate degree
internationally accepted criteria
 The standards apply to all or any sorts
and sizes of organizations and area unit
designed to cover numerous
geographical, cultural and social
conditions

The standard doesn't establish absolute

necessities for environmental
performance
Except for committing to continual
improvement and compliance with
applicable legislation and rules
 No limit to the coverage of the environmental
management system in this it will embody the
organization's
products, services, activities, operations,
facilities, transportation, etc.

For environmental impact ensuing from

current practices,
past practices and
future practices
 THE STANDARDS
The standards themselves are now most
commonly procured in the form of downloads,
usually in PDF format. The major two standards,
ISO 14001 and ISO 14004, along with the audit
standard ISO 19011, can be obtained via the
ISO 14000 Download Page at BSI's Standards
Direct outlet
MANUAL, PROCEDURES, TEMPLATES
There are many commercial offerings of
templates and tools
One of the most straight forward and widely
used of these is the
ISO 14000 and ISO 14001 Toolkit at
http://www.14000-toolkit.com/
 Implement associate degree EMS
supported ISO 14001 to a nucleus of
farm farmers and live the effectiveness of
the EMS.

Undertake a provide chain EMS or life

cycle analysis (LCA) study highlight
environmental impacts, wastes and
inefficiencies on the Bega Cheese provide
chain, from cradle to grave
Establish the Bega Cooperative
manufactory EMS, presently ongoing,
and investigate the practicableness of
accrediting their farms and manufactory
EMS to ISO 14001 customary or another
certification theme.
 An LCA was undertaken for a block of Bega
cheese so as to spot environmental
inefficiencies from the pen to the plate.

The LCA showed that increasing productivity

while not essentially increasing inputs
makes a signifi cant and positive
environmental contribution per unit of
product.
For example implementing water potency
measures may end up in additional grass
per megalitre of water used, and ultimately
additional milk.
 A modifi ed EMS, now known as BEMS,
was developed based on a 4 step
process:
hazard analysis
corrective action
monitor
review.
 Bega Cheese is developing Associate in
Nursing ISO 14001 EMS method at
manufactory level to boost current
management systems.

The farm BEMS method are going to

be integrated into the manufactory ISO
14001 environmental programme to
make a whole-of-chain environmental
system.