Application of the ISO 14000 family

! At the organizational level

I MPLEMENTING ISO ISO ISO ISO/TR

ENVIRONMENTAL 14001:1996 14001:1996 14004:1996 14061:1998
M ANAGEMENT Specifies the Provides Contains infor-
ISO
S YSTEMS requirements guidance to mation that
14004:1996
(EMS) for an EMS help an assists in the
Help an that may be organization implementa-
organization objectively establish and tion of ISO
to establish audited for implement an 14001 and
a new or self-declara- EMS, including ISO 14004 by
improve an tion, second guidance forest manage-
existing EMS or third-party that goes ment organiza-
certification/ beyond the tions and the
registration requirements forest products
purposes of ISO 14001 industry

C ONDUCTING ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO

ENVIRONMENTAL 14010:1996 14011:1996 14012:1996 14015:2001 19011:2002
AUDITS AND Provides Provides Provides Helps an (replaces ISO
OTHER RELATED guidance guidance guidance organization to 14010, 14011,
INVESTIGATIONS on the on the on the identify and and 14012)
general procedures qualifications assess the Provides
principles for the of internal environmental guidance on
common to conduct of or external aspects and the principles
the conduct EMS audits, environmental associated of auditing; the
of any including the auditors and business management
environmental criteria for lead auditors consequences of audit
audit selection of sites and programmes;
and organizations the conduct of
composition to support the management
of audit transfer of system audits
teams properties, as well as
responsibilities on the
and obligations competence
from one party of auditors
to another

E VALUATING ISO ISO/TR Communi- ISO/WD Under- ISO

ENVIRONMENTAL 14031:1999 14032:1999 cating 14063 standing 14050:2002
PERFORMANCE Provides Provides results Will provide terms Helps an
guidance on examples guidance on and organization
the selection from real environmental definitons to understand
and use of organizations communica- the terms
indicators to to illustrate tion related used in the
evaluate an the use of to an organ- ISO 14000
organization’s the guidance ization’s series
environmental in ISO 14031 environmental standards
performance aspects and
performance

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! To p r o d u c t s a n d s e r v i c e s

U SING ISO ISO ISO ISO/TR

ENVIRONMENTAL 14020:2000 14021:1999 14024:1999 14025:2000
DECLARATIONS Provides Provides Provides Identifies and
AND CLAIMS general guidance on the guiding describes
principles the terminology, principles and elements and
which serve symbols and procedures issues for
as a basis testing and for third-party consideration
for the verification environmental when making
development methodologies labelling declarations of
of ISO an organization certification quantified
guidelines should use for programs product
and self-declaration (Type I information
standards on of the Environmental based on Life
environmental environmental Labelling) Cycle
claims and aspects Inventory data
declarations of its products (Type III
and services Environmental
(Type II declarations)
Environmental
Labelling)

C ONDUCTING ISO ISO ISO ISO/TR ISO/TS ISO/TR

LIFE CYCLE 14040:1999 14041:1998 14042:2000 14043:2000 14048:2002 14049/14047
ASSESSMENT Provides Provides Provides Provides Provides Provide
(LCA) the general guidance for guidance for guidance information examples
principles, determining conducting for the regarding that illustrate
framework the goal and the life cycle interpretation the formatting how to
and method- scope of an impact of results of data to apply the
ological LCA study, assessment from support life guidance in
requirements and for phase of an an LCA study cycle ISO 14041
for the LCA conducting LCA study assessment and
of products a life cycle ISO 14042
and services inventory

A DDRESSING ISO Guide ISO/TR Under- ISO

ENVIRONMENTAL 64:1997 14062:2002 standing 14050:2002
ASPECTS IN Helps the Provides terms Helps an
PRODUCTS writers of concepts and and organization
AND PRODUCT product current definitons to understand
STANDARDS standards practices the terms
address relating to used in the
environmental integration of ISO 14000
aspects in environmental series
those aspects into standards
standards product
design and
development

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