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INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS STANDARDS
Pages 47-51

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From page 47...
... Since its formation, TC 207 has been working in several areas to produce international consensus agreements to publish as voluntary standards. These include EMSs, environmental auditing, environmental labeling, environmental performance evaluation, and life-cycle assessment.
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From page 48...
... In fact, ISO used preexisting standards, regulations, and charters, including ISO 9000 Quality Management Systems, the British Standard BS 7750 (International Organization for Standardization, 1996) , the European Union Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS)
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From page 49...
... Instead, the planning section of the EMS requires minimum components of a planning process and leaves to the enterprise the specification of details for the EMS. ISO 14001 Section 4.3 has been distilled by many to read, "Say what you do...." In this planning stage, ISO set forth the following steps: identify environmental aspects and legal and other requirements, set objectives and targets, and establish a formal environmental management program.
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From page 50...
... Required components of the audit program include its scope, its frequency, the audit methods used, a roster of the audit team, and the audit report. MANAGEMENT REVIEW "Top management," not otherwise defined by ISO 14001, must collect information on the suitability of its EMS and perform a review.
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... provides guidelines for conformity assessment, which help national accreditation bodies and registrars develop programs for assessing conformity to ISO standards. One of the significant issues to be worked out regarding accreditation is the transboundary use of accreditors.
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