ISO 14001 implementation is primarily about identifying organizations aspects that affect the invironment, evaluating its level of impact in the environment and making planned efforts to continually reduce the level of impact.
Identifying the environmental aspects of an organization’s activities, products and services, and determining their relative significance, are important elements of implementing an Environment Management System (EMS) or conducting Environmental Performance Evaluation (EPE) in an organization. ISO 14001, ISO 14004 and ISO 14031 provide guidance on identifying significant environmental aspects.