ISO 14001 2004 is now obsolete. See the NEW ISO 14001 2015 DICTIONARY.
PLAIN ENGLISH ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT DEFINITIONS |
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Continual
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The term Continual improvement refers
to an
Continual improvements
can be achieved by carrying |
Corrective
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Corrective actions
are steps that are taken to
In general, the corrective action
process can |
Document |
When information is placed on a medium it
becomes |
Environment |
The term environment refers to an
organization’s natural |
Environmental
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If an activity, product, or service
interacts with
In order to identify your environmental
aspects |
Environmental
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An environmental impact is a
change to the environment. |
Environmental
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An organization’s environmental
management system
A management
system is a network of interrelated |
Environmental
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An environmental objective is a
specific environmental |
Environmental
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Environmental
performance
is all about how
In order to be able to determine how well
environmental You can
measure your overall
environmental |
Environmental
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An environmental
policy statement expresses
An environmental policy should
also emphasize
In general, an environmental policy
should be |
Environmental
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An environmental target is a
detailed performance |
Interested
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An interested
party is a person or group that has
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Internal audit |
In the context of this standard, an internal
audit
According to section 4.5.5 of this
standard, your
In addition, section 4.5.5 expects you to
determine |
Management
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A management system is a network
of interrelated
A management system uses these elements
to establish |
Preventive
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Preventive actions
are steps that are taken to remove the |
Prevention
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To prevent pollution means to
avoid, reduce, or control
Organizations use a wide variety of
methods, techniques, |
Procedure |
A procedure
is a way of carrying out a process or an A documented
procedure describes and controls A detailed documented
procedure defines and |
Record |
A record is a document that
contains objective evidence |
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