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ISO14001
This international standard, published in 1996 and revised in 2004 has been adopted by tens of thousands of companies world-wide to establish their environmental performance at a benchmark level.

The key principles in the standard are commitments to:

- comply with environmental legislation
- prevent pollution
- continually improve environmental performance

It shares common management principles with the ISO 9001:2000 quality standard, but is geared to addressing the evolving needs of society for environmental protection.

Its key elements are policy and plans, implementation, operation, checking and review insofar as all environmental aspects of an organisation are concerned.

BS8555

This British Standard enables small and medium sized businesses to implement an environmental management system with relative ease. It's easier than tackling ISO 14001 in one step, yet enables you to show your customers that you have a solid environmental awareness and an audited system in place to prove your worth as a supplier.

It is managed in the UK by IEMA (Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment) under the Acorn flag. Further information is available at their web site www.iema.net/acorn. The advantages are:

- EMS implementation is broken down into a series of logical, convenient, manageable phases
- There is a clearly defined route plan to ISO14001 certification, with UKAS accredited recognition along the way if required
- You determine the time scale for implementation - how fast and how far you want to progress
- Environmental performance improvement can lead to reduced costs and improved business efficiency at an early stage
- It creates opportunities to engage supply chain partners (both customers and suppliers) in environmental performance improvement
- There is the option of an entry on the IEMA Acorn Register if you choose to obtain external recognition on the way
- You learn the principles of environmental management as you go, so that the company ends up with the in-house skills necessary to continue to develop your EMS

Isostasy can lay the foundations for BS8555 for you, then guide you through the standard so that you can reap the benefits. For more information or a free quotation, contact isostasy at office@isostasy.co.uk