{"id":603,"date":"2018-09-13T17:45:42","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T17:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iso.thatwebdev1.co.uk\/?page_id=603"},"modified":"2024-04-30T15:35:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T15:35:18","slug":"iso-14001","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.episodeltd.com\/iso-14001\/","title":{"rendered":"ISO 14001"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t

ISO 14001<\/h1>\n\t

An ISO 14001 environmental management system is a systematic and process driven approach to controlling those aspects of your business that have a significant impact on the environment.<\/h4>\n\t

How do I get ISO 14001?<\/h2>\n\t
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  1. Identify what you do that affects the environment (or has the potential to do so in the event of an accident or emergency situation)<\/li>\n
  2. Identify what legislation apples to you, why, and what you do to comply with it.<\/li>\n
  3. Establish a system that complies with the standard and the law<\/li>\n
  4. Brief staff<\/li>\n
  5. Operate the system to make sure it is working<\/li>\n
  6. Appoint a \u201ccertification body\u201d to certify the system<\/li>\n
  7. Keep using the system once it has been certified (to keep the certificate)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n 
    \nThere is more detailed information below about the various stages you need to go through.\n\t\t\t\t\"\"\n\t

    Your ISO 14001 certification journey<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\"Group\n\t

    Getting Started<\/h3>\n\t
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    1. Provide a comprehensive briefing of what the standard asks you to do in simple to understand terms<\/li>\n
    2. Begin to understand in detail how you operate<\/li>\n
    3. Set a timetable and stick to it<\/li>\n
    4. Decide what you want covered by the certificate \u2013 which sites, products and services.<\/li>\n
    5. Put the right resources in place<\/li>\n
    6. Collect all existing documentation<\/li>\n
    7. Establish a dedicated client portal on our collaboration and document sharing platform<\/li>\n
    8. Identify your environmental aspects and impacts and emergency situation & put plans in place to manage<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\t\t\t\t\"Group\n\t

      Implementing<\/h3>\n\t
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      1. Establish a detailed project plan in our online project management platform (and stick to it)<\/li>\n
      2. Decide with you what you need operationally<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n
      3. Map out your business processes<\/li>\n
      4. Identify your legal responsibilities and ensure compliance<\/li>\n
      5. Complete a gap analysis between what the standard requires and what you have\/do already<\/li>\n
      6. Implement the system<\/li>\n
      7. Submit the system to Episode Head Office for final QC checks<\/li>\n
      8. We return it to you for your final approval<\/li>\n
      9. Separate consultant internally audits the system<\/li>\n
      10. Carry out a management review<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\t\t\t\t\"Group\n\t

        Certification<\/h3>\n\t
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        1. Work with you to select and appoint a UKAS accredited certification body<\/li>\n
        2. Be onsite throughout the certification process<\/li>\n
        3. Address any issues that arise during the audit<\/li>\n
        4. Brief you on post-certification activity:
          \na. 3 year cycle of annual surveillance audits and
          \nb. what you need to do throughout the year to maintain the system<\/li>\n
        5. Agree where the finished, certified system should be housed<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          <\/h4>\n

          Episode guarantees certification<\/strong><\/h4>\n\t

          FAQ\u2019s<\/h3>\n\t