ISO 14001 revision is underway
Katie Bird (Head Communication and Content Strategies) ISO +41 22 749 0431 bird@iso.org ISO 14001, the world’s most popular standard for environmental management, is now under review, with an update version due to be available in early 2015. Over 250,000 organizations are certified to ISO 14001 and while it continues to be as relevant as ever, the revision will take into consideration a number of issues to ensure organizations are able to grow in a sustainable way. ISO 14001, one of ISO’s most successful management system standards, is shortly to undergo its second revision to ensure that it remains relevant over the next two decades. Since it was first published in 1996, ISO 14001:2004, Environmental management systems – Requirements with guidance for use, has been adopted by well over 250 000 certified users in 155 countries worldwide. Recently, over 40 experts from some 25 countries, members of ISO/TC 207, Environmental management, the ISO technical committee that dev