ISO14001: 2015 Self-Assessment Tool for SME/SMI

Fouzi Belmir,Imane Zahri,Nouzha Jebbour

doi:10.11648/j.ijsts.20211001.13

Abstract

In order to improve their overall performance, the establishment of an environmental management system has become a must for businesses. These systems also meet the requirements of external parties interested in environmental management. By modifying their management practices to adapt to a complex economic and competitive environment, companies have evolved this environmental management standard since its creation in 1996. The latest version, published in October 2015, adopts the philosophy of previous versions on the predominant place of the customer and integrates new concepts. The issue addressed in this article is to provide assistance to companies wishing to understand the standard and evaluate their Environmental Management System in relation to the specifications of the standard. In order to assist SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprise) in the deployment of ISO14001 version 2015, and after a detail In order to improve their overall performance, the establishment of an environmental management system has become a must for businesses. This is an important opportunity to reorganize their management of the environment, both internally and vis-à-vis external actors. This reorganization is generally motivated by an evolution of the technical strategy for environmental protection, towards integrated management and towards continuous improvement. These systems also meet the requirements of external parties interested in environmental management. By modifying their management practices to adapt to a complex economic and competitive environment, companies have evolved this environmental management standard since its creation in 1996 which has gained decisive international notoriety and importance. The latest version, published in October 2015, adopts the philosophy of previous versions on the predominant place of the customer and integrates new concepts while contributing to improved transparency, increased performance and new opportunities. The issue addressed in this article is to provide assistance to companies wishing to understand the principle of the standard and evaluate their Environmental Management System in relation to the specifications of the standard. In order to assist SMEs in the deployment of ISO14001 version 2015, and after a detailed analysis of the main requirements of this standard, A self-diagnostic tool is developed. It is aimed at companies of all sizes and all sectors of activity, to accompany them in their implementation of ISO14001, prepare them or facilitate their first certification or transition to the 2015 version. And after a detailed analysis of the main requirements of this standard, A self-diagnostic tool is developed. It is aimed at companies of all sizes and all sectors of activity, to accompany them in their implementation of the ISO14001, prepare them or facilitate their first certification or transition to the 2015 version.

Highlights

Introduction to Environmental Management and SDThe implementation of an environmental management system becomes a necessity for companies of all kinds, first to improve their overall performance and to meet the demands of external parties interested in their environmental management
Several mappings are obtained, including the results of each chapter of ISO14001 as well as mapping which summarizes more fully all the results of the various chapters. These results allow a direct visualization of the strengths and weaknesses of the conformations of the requirements of the environmental management system
The self-diagnostic tool that is the deliverable of our project will have to be tested by environmental managers of some companies who will be used to improve their environmental management systems

Summary

Introduction

Introduction to Environmental Management and SDThe implementation of an environmental management system becomes a necessity for companies of all kinds, first to improve their overall performance and to meet the demands of external parties interested in their environmental management. The purpose of this article is to describe the functioning of the self-diagnostic tool of ISO14001, after having recalled the specificities of the environmental dimension and the norm. The strategy of any company, whatever its sector of activity, is in the perspective of sustainable development; the environment, which is one of the three pillars, must be integrated. Fouzi Belmir et al.: ISO14001: 2015 Self-Assessment Tool for SME/SMI. Note: Sustainable development is based on three pillars: the economic pillar, the social or societal pillar and the environmental pillar. The accession of companies to the ISO14001 environmental management system (EMS) certification is one of the most significant phenomena among all voluntary initiatives by companies in the field of environmental protection and Sustainable development. Between 1996 and the year of publication, ISO14001 was used as a reference for 6,090 certifications in France, 96,196 in Europe and 203,098 in the world. [1, 13]

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