*This standard was promulgated in 1996, benefiting from the success enjoyed by the ISO 9000 family of standards. ISO 14001 was based on the model of various national environmental management standards.
*The standard was created in the institutional context of the 1990s, a period characterized by the strengthening of the trend towards seeking a green paradigm for production and consumption.
*Motivated by different stakeholders and the internal improvement of their general and environmental efficiency, an increasing number of companies began to introduce at this time an Environmental Management System (EMS).
*For Haufler (1999), some companies introduced an EMS so as to avoid the introduction of more far-reaching public environmental regulations, while others introduced them to respond to the criticisms made by environmental activists and yet others adopted them so as to enhance the efficiency and sustainability of their businesses.
*The creation of an ISO standards from the ISO 14001 series represented a new feature, albeit one not without controversy, given that for the first time reference was being made to issues of a political and social nature—aspects about which for many the International Standardization Organization had neither legitimacy nor authority.
* ISO 14001:2015 is the global standard certification that enhances the ability of the organization to handle the Environmental management system refers to planning and development of resources, organizational structure and implementation of policy to save the environment. ISO 14001:2015 was released in 2015.
* Environmental regulations are getting stricter, and so is the law enforcement. Customers and shareholders increasingly demand that businesses diminish the environmental impact from their business, demonstrate what they do, and how they improve.
* An Environmental Management System helps your organization to be in control of and successfully manage the most significant environmental aspects, e.g. emissions, waste-handling, utilize natural resources, and energy-efficiency.
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