Introduction

This model Environmental Management Manual has been written to show how to describe the structure and content of an environmental management system and to demonstrate that the organisation has satisfied all the requirements of ISO 14001.

The word 'organisation' has been used throughout to describe your business, firm or company. I suggest you change this to 'company', 'firm', 'practice', etc., as appropriate. This will give a greater sense of identity to the reader. Where '. . . . . . Ltd' is written, I suggest you insert the actual name of your organisation.

As in the other documents in this set, possible alternative text is shown (OR . . . . . .). Optional text is shown in brackets.

All the operative clauses of ISO 14001 are in Section 4 of the published Standard. Some people therefore choose to number the sections of their Manual 4.2, 4.5.1, etc. There is a presentational advantage in keeping the numbering as simple as possible. Therefore in this model Manual the initial 4 has been omitted, e.g. Clause 4.2 of the Standard has been numbered 2, Clause 4.5.1 has been numbered 5.1.

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