Overview
ISO 14001 sets the requirements for an environmental management system (EMS). It asks an organisation to identify how its activities, products and services affect the environment, know its legal obligations, control significant impacts and improve over time.
In India, an EMS sits alongside obligations under the Water and Air Acts, the Hazardous and Other Wastes Rules and the EPR rules. A good ISO 14001 system turns those obligations into a register with owners and dates, so nothing lapses.
Who needs it
- Manufacturers with emissions, effluent or hazardous waste.
- Exporters and suppliers to customers with environmental supply-chain requirements.
- Producers with EPR obligations who want their compliance on a managed footing.
- Companies reporting on sustainability to investors or customers.
Process
- Initial environmental review of sites and activities.
- Aspects and impacts register and evaluation of significance.
- Legal register of consents, authorisations and EPR obligations, with compliance checks.
- Objectives, operational controls and emergency preparedness.
- Training, internal audit and management review.
- Certification audit in two stages by an accredited certification body.
How Aaditech helps
We also handle EPR registration for e-waste, batteries, plastic packaging, tyres and used oil, so the EMS legal register and your EPR filings stay in step.
Contact us to start with an ISO 14001 gap analysis.
