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New green management certification standards edge forward
January 29, 2014
New green management certification standards edge forward
Countries have backed a move to publish a revised version of ISO 14001 as a draft international standard (DIS), paving the way for sustainable management best practices to play an even more central role in corporate decision making.
Over 80 percent of ISO members voted in favor of a second committee draft (CD2) of the revised environmental management systems standard, published in October, in a ballot process that ran up to January 23.
The next meeting of the international working group drafting the standard will be held from 25th February to 1st March and will see the group consider the comments submitted during the latest consultation. A final round of consultation with users will then be undertaken before the new standard is officially launched.
The ISO 14001 standard has proven hugely popular globally with the take up of the guidelines soaring nine percent during 2012 to over 285,000 organizations globally.
Read more at Business Green.
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