• Enhancing competitiveness to avoid international trade barriers
• Improving process efficiency
• Preventing uncertainties and risks
• Reducing cost by reducing raw material use, energy consumption and disposal costs etc.
• Demonstrating current status of compliance with legal requirements

ISO 14000 standards and practices can be applied to any organization, regardless of size or industry.

ISO 14001: is the most popular standard of the ISO 14000 family, which also includes the following standards:

ISO 14002-1: – Environmental management systems — Guidelines for using ISO 14001 to address environmental aspects and conditions within an environmental topic area — Part 1: General

ISO 14002-2 – Environmental management systems — Guidelines for using ISO 14001 to address environmental aspects and conditions within an environmental topic area — Part 2: Water

ISO 14004: Environmental Management Systems – General Guidelines On Implementation

ISO 14005: Environmental management systems — Guidelines for a flexible approach to phased implementation

ISO 14006: Environmental Management Systems – Guidelines For Incorporating Ecodesign

ISO 14007: Environmental management — Guidelines for determining environmental costs and benefits

ISO 14008: Monetary valuation of environmental impacts and related environmental aspects

ISO 14009: Environmental management systems — Guidelines for incorporating material circulation in design and development

ISO 14015: Environmental Management – Environmental Assessment Of Sites And Organizations (EASO)

ISO 14016: Environmental management — Guidelines on the assurance of environmental reports.

ISO 14017: Environmental management — Requirements with guidance for verification and validation of water statements

ISO 14020: Environmental Labels And Declarations – General Principles

ISO 14021: Environmental labels and declarations — Self-declared environmental claims (Type II environmental labelling) — Amendment 1: Carbon footprint, carbon neutral

ISO 14024: Environmental labels and declarations — Type I environmental labelling — Principles and procedures

ANSI/ISO 14025:  Environmental Labels And Declarations – Type III Environmental Declarations – Principles And Procedures

ISO/TS 14027: Environmental labels and declarations — Development of product category rules

ISO/TS 14029:  Mutual recognition agreements between Type III Environmental Declaration (EPD) Programme Operators — Principles and procedures

ISO 14030-1: Environmental performance evaluation — Green debt instruments — Part 1: Process for green bonds

ISO 14030-2: Environmental performance evaluation — Green debt instruments — Part 2: Process for green loans

ISO 14030-3 Environmental performance evaluation — Green debt instruments — Part 3: Taxonomy.

ISO 14030-4:  Environmental performance evaluation — Green debt instruments — Part 4: Verification programme requirements

ISO 14031: Environmental Management – Environmental Performance Evaluation – Guidelines

ISO 14033: Environmental management — Quantitative environmental information — Guidelines and examples

ISO 14034: Environmental management — Environmental technology verification (ETV)

ISO 14040: Environmental Management – Life Cycle Assessment – Principles And Framework

ASQ/ANSI/ISO 14044: Environmental Management – Life Cycle Assessment – Requirements And Guidelines

ISO 14045:2012: Environmental management — Eco-efficiency assessment of product systems — Principles, requirements and guidelines

ISO 14046:2014: Environmental management — Water footprint — Principles, requirements and guidelines

ISO/TR 14047:2012: Environmental Management – Life Cycle Assessment – Illustrative Examples on How To Apply ISO 14044 To Impact Assessment Situations

ISO/TS 14048:2002: Environmental management — Life cycle assessment — Data documentation format

ISO/TR 14049:2012: Environmental Management – Life Cycle Assessment – Illustrative Examples On How To Apply ISO 14044 To Goal And Scope Definition And Inventory Analysis

ISO 14050:   Environmental Management – Vocabulary

ISO 14051: Environmental management — Material flow cost accounting — General framework

ISO 14052: Environmental management — Material flow cost accounting — Guidance for practical implementation in a supply chain

ISO 14053: Environmental management — Material flow cost accounting — Guidance for phased implementation in organizations

ISO 14055-1: Environmental management — Guidelines for establishing good practices for combatting land degradation and desertification — Part 1: Good practices framework

ISO 14063: Environmental Management – Environmental Communication – Guidelines and Examples

ISO 14064-1: Greenhouse Gases –  Part 1: Specification With Guidance At The Organization Level For Quantification And Reporting Of Greenhouse Gas Emissions And Removals

ISO 14064-2: Greenhouse Gases – Part 2: Specification With Guidance At The Project Level For Quantification, Monitoring And Reporting Of Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions Or Removal Enhancements

ISO 14064-3: Greenhouse Gases – Part 3: Specification With Guidance For The Verification And Validation Of Greenhouse Gas Statements

ISO 14065: General principles and requirements for bodies validating and verifying environmental information

ISO 14067: Greenhouse Gases – Carbon Footprint Of Products – Requirements And Guidelines For Quantification

ISO/TR 14069: Greenhouse Gases – Quantification And Reporting Of Greenhouse Gas Emissions For Organizations

ISO/TS 14071: Environmental Management – Life Cycle Assessment – Critical Review Processes And Reviewer Competencies: Additional Requirements And Guidelines To ISO 14044:2006

ISO/TS 14072: Environmental Management – Life Cycle Assessment – Requirements And Guidelines For Organizational Life Cycle Assessment

ISO/TR 14073: Environmental management — Water footprint — Illustrative examples on how to apply ISO 14046

ISO 14080: Greenhouse gas management and related activities — Framework and principles for methodologies on climate actions

ISO 14090: Adaptation to climate change — Principles, requirements and guidelines

ISO 14091: Adaptation to climate change — Guidelines on vulnerability, impacts and risk assessment

ISO/TS 14092: Adaptation to climate change — Requirements and guidance on adaptation planning for local governments and communities

ISO 14097: Greenhouse gas management and related activities — Framework including principles and requirements for assessing and reporting investments and financing activities related to climate change