By William C. Culley
International festival, company downsizing and company restructuring have pressured many organisations to reevaluate their working equipment. this present day, companies needs to do extra with much less whereas nonetheless looking at the base line and enhancing profitability. ISO 14000 and ISO 9000, as a result of their related administration method requisites and auditing techniques, are solid applicants for integration. this is often the motive force in the back of Environmental and caliber structures Integration.This finished consultant offers step by step guideline for corporations wishing to chop bills and combine their Environmental future health and safeguard process (ISO 14000) into an present caliber administration procedure (ISO9000). Environmental and caliber structures Integration serves to ease this transition and gives businesses the way to meet caliber coverage criteria.
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As a much more rigorous standard, however, registration to ISO 14001 may incur very little extra cost. British Standard 7750 was issued in 1994 as a United Kingdom environmental management standard and is considered the “father” of ISO 14001. 1 MEXICO With the introduction of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), a great deal of attention on the environmental problems in Mexico, as well as in Latin America in general, has raised concerns. S. border communities. Thus, there has been pressure on Mexican industries to implement ISO 14001 from firms in the United States who worry that their images may be damaged if they continue to conduct business with “environmentally irresponsible” firms in Mexico, especially those along the border.
In North America, immediate concerns stem from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) which has turned the United States, Canada, and Mexico into a large free trade area with a principal objective of stimulating economic growth through equal access to each others’ markets. A major requirement under NAFTA, however, is that Mexico must come up to speed on environmental issues as part of its participation (see Chapter 2). 1 General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) Founded in 1948, the General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade was initially an interim secretariat for the International Trade Organization (ITO).
It was this group in fact which also developed and implemented the concept of Total Quality Environmental Management (TQEM) which was discussed in Chapter 2. The ICC Charter is supported by more than 2000 companies worldwide and has provided the foundation for industrial and national development of sustainable policies, environmental policies, and codes of business practice as it impacts the environment. The Charter contains 16 Principles for Environmental Management which are listed in Appendix D.
