Process of implementing ISO 14000
Process of implementing ISO 14000
Step 1: Top management commitment
Top management need to clearly identify purpose of ISO 14000. Then, they must commit to supply resources for implementing this system.
Step 2: Establish implementation team
This team also called: ISO 14000 committee. And CEO need appoint a Management Representative (MR) as its coordinator to plan and oversee implementation. Its members should include representatives of all functions of the organization – Marketing, Design and development, Planning, Production, Quality control, etc.
In the context of the standard, the MR is the person within the Organization who acts as interface between organization management and the ISO 9001 registrar.
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Step 3. Start ISO 14000 awareness programs
ISO 14000 awareness programs should be conducted to communicate to the employees the aim of the ISO 14000 management system; the advantage it offers to employees, customers and the organization; how it will work; and their roles and responsibilities within the system.
Step 4: Provide ISO 14000 Training
Training programs should be structured for different categories of employees – senior managers, middle-level managers, supervisors and workers. The ISO 14000 implementation plan should make provision for this training. The training should cover the basic concepts of environmental management systems and the standard and their overall impact on the strategic goals of the organization, the changed processes, and the likely work culture implications of the system.
Step 5. Conduct initial status survey
In the next step in the implementation process is to compare the organization’s existing environmental management system, if there is one — with the requirements of the standard.
Step 6: Create a documented implementation plan
Step 7. Develop quality management system documentation
Step 8: Document control
Once the necessary quality management system documentation has been generated, a documented system must be created to control it. Control is simply a means of managing the creation, approval, distribution, revision, storage, and disposal of the various types of documentation.
Step 9. Implementation
Step 10. Internal quality audit
As the system is being installed, its effectiveness should be checked by regular internal environmental audits
Step 11. Management review
When the installed quality management system has been operating for three to six months, an internal audit and management review should be conducted and corrective actions implemented. The management reviews are conducted to ensure the continuing suitability, adequacy and effectiveness of the environmental management system.
Step 12. Pre-assessment audit
When system deficiencies are no longer visible, it is normally time to apply for certification. However, before doing so, a pre-assessment audit should be arranged with an independent and qualified auditor.
Step 13. Certification and registration
Once the environmental management system has been in operation for a few months and has stabilized, a formal application for certification could be made to a selected certification agency. The certification agency first carries out an audit of the documents.
Step 14: Continual Improvement
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