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Iso 14000
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO), headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, develops international standards for products, services, processes, materials, and systems. These standards carry the ISO logo—the name derived from the Greek word isos, meaning “equal.” Currently, there are 162 member organizations, generally representing countries, involved in the standard-setting process. This organization does not carry out certification of conformity to its own standards.
ISO 14000 is a series of international standards designed to meet the needs of business, industry, governments, and consumers in the environmental field. These standards are developed by ISO Technical Committee 207. They have produced consensus work products such as the basic standard for environmental management systems—ISO 14001. There are a number of other environmental standards in the ISO 14000 family, including ISO 14015 ...
- Business Organizations, Movements, and Planning
- Balanced Scorecard
- Best Available Control Technology
- Best Management Practices
- Ceres Principles
- Certification
- Closed-Loop Supply Chain
- Compliance
- Core Competencies
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Demand-Side Management
- Discounting
- Dow Jones Sustainability Index
- Ecoeffectiveness
- Ecoefficiency
- Ecoindustrial Park
- Ecological Economics
- Economic Value Added
- Emissions Trading
- Energy Performance Contracting
- Energy Service Company
- Environmental Accounting
- Environmental Assessment
- Environmental Audit
- Environmental Economics
- Environmental Impact Statement
- Environmental Indicators
- Environmental Management System
- Environmental Marketing
- Environmental Risk Assessment
- Environmental Services
- Environmentally Preferable Purchasing
- Equator Principles
- Extended Producer Responsibility
- Extended Product Responsibility
- Externalities
- Factor Four and Factor Ten
- Fair Trade
- Genuine Progress Indicator
- Global Reporting Initiative
- Global Sullivan Principles
- Industrial Ecology
- Industrial Metabolism
- Industrial Nutrients
- Informational Regulation
- Integrated Bottom Line
- International Organization for Standardization
- ISO 14000
- ISO 19011
- Leadership in Green Business
- Life Cycle Analysis
- Material Input per Service Unit (MIPS)
- Maximum Achievable Control Technology
- National Priorities List
- Natural Capital
- New Source Review
- Quantitative Risk Assessment
- Recycling, Business of
- Reverse Logistics
- Service Design
- Social Return on Investment
- Steady State Economy
- Stewardship
- Supply Chain Management
- Value Chain
- Business Profiles
- Green Business Challenges
- Green Business Solutions
- Abatement
- Appropriate Technology
- Bio-Based Material
- Biofuels
- Biological Resource Management
- Biomimicry
- Bioremediation
- Biotechnology
- Blended Value
- Brownfield Redevelopment
- Carbon Neutral
- Carbon Sequestration
- Carbon Trading
- Cause-Related Marketing
- Clean Fuels
- Clean Production
- Clean Technology
- Cogeneration
- Conservation
- Coopetition
- Cradle-to-Cradle
- Deposit Systems
- Distributed Energy
- Ecolabels
- Ecosystem Services
- Ecotourism
- Environmental Justice
- Green Building
- Green Chemistry
- Green Design
- Green Retailing
- Green Technology
- Green-Collar Jobs
- Gross National Happiness
- Integrated Pest Management
- Organic
- Pollution Offsets
- Pollution Prevention
- Precautionary Principle
- Remanufacturing
- Resource Management
- Responsible Sourcing
- Restoration
- Right to Know
- Seventh Generation
- Six Sigma
- Smart Energy
- Social Entrepreneurship
- Social Marketing
- Socially Responsible Investing
- Superfund
- Sustainability
- Sustainable Design
- Sustainable Development
- Systems Thinking
- Take Back
- Upcycle
- Voluntary Standards
- Waste Reduction
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