Environmental Management

ISO 14001 is a globally recognised standard designed to help organisations manage their Environmental responsibilities.  It defines the criteria for an environmental management system which any organisation can then be certified to. It provides a framework that the organisation can then follow to create an effective environmental management system.

It can be applied to companies of all sizes in the private sector, but also to universities, charities, and public sector organisations. Achieving UKAS-accredited certification to ISO 14001 provides independent assurance to your existing and potential customers and other stakeholders that you are committed to measuring and improving your impact on the environment. It can also give you that vital edge over your competitors.

• Demonstrably improved management of environmental risk
• A core requirement for ‘doing business’ in both public and private sectors
• Vital for many bids and tender responses
• Perfect for demonstrating to regulators and government a commitment to achieving compliance
• Shows ethical responsibility and an environmental commitment to stakeholders, customers and the public
• Demonstrates a commitment to  high standards and continual improvement
• Improves the resilience and sustainability of organisational resources
• Provides a framework for meeting future regulatory requirements and embracing other industry standards

Siguiente’s ISO 14001 consultants will review your organisation’s current Environmental Management processes against the requirements of the standard, and work with you to develop a plan and implement the necessary controls to achieve compliance. If required, our consultants will then assist you in ultimately achieving a UKAS-accredited ISO 14001 certification.

Are you considering achieving combined certifications for ISO 14001 alongside other Standards such as ISO 9001 (Quality), ISO 45001 (Health & Safety), or ISO 27001 Information Security for example?  Do you already have certification to other ISO Standards and want to integrate ISO 14001 requirements with them?  Our ISO 14001 consultants specialise in this combined approach, that is, implementing Integrated Management Systems.

For organisations that need to achieve two or more ISO standards, there are significant advantages in implementing these standards in parallel rather than taking a phased approach, in particular, the internal and external incremental costs can be significantly reduced. There are also significant resource economies to be achieved with projects addressing multiple ISO standards e.g. one gap analysis, one implementation programme, less potential for duplication and more effective integration of your management systems. Maintenance of an integrated management system is also more efficient in terms of audits, management review, documentation, and continued assessment.

Organisations today can no longer ignore the environmental impact of their operations and are under constant pressure to reduce their carbon footprint. At the same time, investment in new technology continues apace, as companies struggle to meet constantly changing customer and market demands. Environmental certification demonstrates ethical responsibility and commitment to the environment in your everyday operations.

Through compliance, you can make better use of energy and resources and cut long-term costs. Compliance also reduces the risk of penalties and litigation and opens up business opportunities with environmentally-aware customers.

Our ISO 14001 consultants will help you to identify all of the environmental aspects of your business operations and will assess the impacts so that you can develop appropriate policies and controls that will benefit your organisation and the environment in general by being better controlled through monitoring, measurement and targets to improve.

Either find out more about our certification process, or if you already have ISO 14001 certification, find out how our consultants can help you maintain and improve your existing management system.

Alternatively you could take a look at some of our clients for whom we have helped achieve ISO Certification,

Or why not get in touch and we can answer any question you may have.

In addition to our ISO 14001 consultancy services, we also have extensive experience in supporting our clients with Energy Management Compliance and Certification requirements including:

• Energy Saving Opportunities Scheme (ESOS)
• ISO 50001 (Energy Management) Certification
• Streamlined Energy ad Carbon Reporting (SECR)

Since 2007, Siguiente consultants have been instilling absolute quality into the delivery processes of a huge range of organisations, from SMEs to large corporates. Our team of environmental professionals including CISSP, PCI Security Standards Council QSA, MBCI, GDPR, IEMA, ESOS and CMIOSH qualified consultants) have developed and led UKAS accredited ISO and other standards-based service improvement programmes for private and public-sector organisations across the UK, EMEA, US and beyond, from 5 to over 20,000 people businesses.

Our knowledge and experience across a broad base of management and technical Standards make us uniquely equipped to help organisations to develop an environmental management system and integrate with existing management systems to achieve all the associated economies and efficiencies in the system design, implementation and maintenance.

This experience, and the huge success of both the project delivery and maintenance phases of our standards-based practices, has been firmly based on two key principles: the ability of Siguiente consultants to look beyond the standard in question and identify, define and align with the real business drivers of our customers, and our innate ability to become one with our customer’s own management teams.

Our team of experienced environmental consultants have helped an extensive array of organisations achieve ISO 14001 certification as part of a standalone ISO 14001 EMS implementation or alongside other ISO and environmental standards such as SECR, ESOS and ISO 50001. These organisations range from SMEs to large corporates as well as public and charitable organisations. To see some of our ISO 14001 clients, please visit our ‘Clients’ page.