Ensuring that environmental objectives are aligned with the organizations strategic direction
One of the main leadership requirements of the ISO 14001 Certification Services in Mumbai standard is the top management’s responsibility for ensuring that environmental policies and objectives are aligned with the strategic direction of the companies. This sounds reasonably straightforward, but what underpins this requirement and what steps must your organization take to ensure that it complies with the terms of the standard? What does this mean and why is it important? It may have been the case that some companies could formulate environmental objectives that were easy to achieve, and while these objectives may have met the criteria set by the ISO 14001 Consultants Services in Australia standard at that time, perhaps they were of less benefit to the greater environment than if approached differently. While the first aspect of transportation costs and environmental impact when travelling to a recycling center is valid and the second reducing packaging...