what is ISO 14001?

The ISO 14001 standard belongs to the ISO 14000 series, a family of environmental management standards developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) designed to provide an internationally recognized framework for environmental management, measurement, evaluation and auditing.

The ISO 14001 standard serves as a framework to assist organizations in developing their own environmental management system and is based on the continuous Plan-Check-Do-Review-Improve cycle.