ISO 14001:2004 is a tool that can assure the management that organizational processes and activities having an impact on the environment can be controlled effectively. It can potentially be used to assure internal and external stakeholders such as employees, customers, suppliers, community and regulatory agencies that they are dealing with an environmentally responsible organization. It can help organization to communicate effectively about its environmental issues, policies, plans and actions. The Standard provides a framework for demonstrating conformity via the organization' declarations of conformity, assessment of conformity by an external stakeholder - such as a customer and for certification of conformity by an independent certification body.
AIAB Accreditation requires that Certification Bodies for the Environmental Management Systems conforms to the most recent versions of the following International Standards:
