10 REASONS WHY ORGANIZATIONS NEED ISO 14001:2015 CERTIFICATION

ISO 14001:2015 environmental management system is an advanced quality management system that is applied by many countries. Why should enterprises have ISO 14001:2015 certification? Below are 10 benefits when organizations are assessed and issued certificates to certify that the environmental management system is appropriate to ISO standard.

Currently, awareness of environmental issues has been increased in most countries. They are concerned about protecting the environment and the countries enforced laws of environment protecting. Besides, in business field, all customers require to be provided with environment protecting certificates when they export goods for selling and purchasing. The publication of  ISO 14001:2015 for environmental management system (EMS) was justified to be successful because it was implemented by more than 159 nations and it has supplied organizations with a powerful management tool to improve environmental activities.

There have been more than 340,000 organizations that were issued ISO 14001 certificates since 2016. Thanks to ISO 14001, companies have improved their activities to minimize bad effects on the environment. Benefits of postitively solving environmental problems not only includes protecting the environment but also refer to business performance and profits. A great advantage of implementing ISO 14001 is that it can be carried out in some organiations of any scale or profession since SME’s requirements are  it is equally applied for all – although methods of implementation will be different depending on scale and activities of organizations.

Below are 10 benefits when organizations are evaluated and issued certificates to certify that Environmental management system is appropriate to ISO 14001:2015 international standard.

1. Strengthen emission and waste controls
2. Avoid and safely treat materials that are dangerous and have the possibilities of causing pollution
3. Reduce waste
4. Enhance energy eficiency and save expenses
5. Protect natural resources including water, soil, precious minerals
6. Be an overall approach to meet legal requirements and others
7. Make activities effective and save expenses; Increase the possibility of making profits
8. Follow environmental ideas which are appropriate to business priorities
9. Promote images, Get access to the market better
10. Improve relationships with related parties and those that concern (for example: customers, managers, investors, insurance companies, neighbours, etc.)