iso14000-digest Wednesday, June 10 1998 Volume 02 : Number 034
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Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 13:49:25 +0200
From: Thierry Gidel
Subject: Call for papers - Third International Congress in Quality and Reliability
Subject: Call for papers - Third International Congress in Quality and
Reliability .
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Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 15:37:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Bill Casti (System Admin)"
Subject: Submission from [Fran Martin ] (fwd)
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Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 15:03:23 -0400 (EDT)
To: iso14000-digest@quality.org
From: Fran Martin
Subject: Community-Right-To-Know Reporting
List members involved with Community-Right-To-Know / OSHA / environmental
issues may find this useful:
A new CD-ROM integrates the updated Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA)
Chemical Inventory of 62,000 chemicals with the complete SARA Title III
RCRA reporting requirements. It also has selected U.S. Code chapters,
Chemicals on Reporting Rules (CORR), EPA PreManufacturing Notices (PMN),
Canadian Domestic/Non-Domestic Substances Lists (DSL/NDSL), European ELINCS.
See http://www.env-sol.com/solutions/TSCASARA.HTML for more information.
Fran Martin
FM Research & Consulting
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Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 17:19:32 +1000
From: Greg Loftus
Subject: Australian ISO14001 Certifications
Dear All,
As I have recently moved to Australia and work as a consultant in EMS, I am attempting to get some idea of the market here. Does anyone have an figures on the total number of organisations certified to ISO 14001 in Australia (not just under JAS-ANZ)? I h
eard that it was about 30 as of March last year. Any idea on number of worldwide certifications ?.
Thanks in Advance
Greg Loftus - GregLoftus@ermsydney.erm.com.au
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Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 15:14:30 -0400
From: "Robert Clifford, Jr."
Subject: Upstate New York Seminar
* About the seminar:
- - "Environmental Management Systems & ISO 14001 Certification - Tools for
Decision Makers"
- - Sponsored by The Center for Economic Growth, the Business Council of New
York, and the Environmental Business Association of NYS
- - Wednesday May 27, 1998 from 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m
- - Center for Environmental Science & Technology Management near the campus
of the State University of New York, Fuller Road and Washington Avenue
Extension, Albany, New York.
* What you will learn:
- - Trends in regulatory policy related to ISO 14001 certification
- - How ISO 14000 relates to ISO 9000
- - Strategies for integrating an EMS with other key business objectives
- - How other companies have evaluated the costs and benefits of registration
- - Practical advice for implementing an EMS
* About the speakers:
- - Robert Clifford, Jr., Vice President of ISO Environmental Consultancy
- - Richard M. Cogen, Esq., partner at Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle LLP
- - John Iannotti, P.E., Director of the Pollution Prevention Unit of the NYS
Department of Environmental Conservation
- - Christopher R. Kolarz, Director of NM Environmental, Niagara Mohawk Power
Corporation
- - John Tomich, Director of the Albany Regional Office of OSHA
* Reservations:
- - $35 for members of CEG, $45 for non-members
- - RSVP by Friday May 22, 1998 to Ms. Anne Dillenbeck, 518-465-8975x231
(anned@cep.org)
- - For more information, feel free to contact Mr. Robert Clifford,
518-393-3392 (clifford@quality.org)
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Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 14:01:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Bill Casti (System Admin)"
Subject: Submission from ["Allan Harris" ] (fwd)
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Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 12:42:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Allan Harris"
To: 102712.167@compuserve.com, Allan.Harris@fernald.gov, apshsh1@aol.com,
BCORNETT@GREENLINK.ORG, Beverly.Head@cinmsd.rcc.org,
Cheryll.Dunn@uc.edu, EBrown@IAMS.org, ehburtt@cc.owu.edu,
environmental_priorities@pol.com, ggreenly@pantex.com,
grayman@fuse.net, ISO14000@QUALITY.ORG, John_Rego@Jonesday.com,
john_schierberl@central.epa.ohio.gov, JSWANEY@DESIRE.WRIGHT.EDU,
jtaft@lafargecorp.com, Kathleen_S_Moroney@rl.gov, killins.r@pg.com,
Knox.Robert@epamail.epa.gov, Michele.Morrone@epa.state.oh.us,
ohchem@infinet.com, probasco@ohioalliance.org, scovey@odod.ohio.gov,
SWOHIOBIG@aol.com, vlasta@tso.cin.ix.net, Walter.Handy@chdburn.rcc.org
Subject: ISO-14001 - DOE ORDER 490 For-Your-Information
DOE Takes Lead on International Environmental Standard
http://tis-hq.eh.doe.gov/docs/synergy/95sum/sec12.html
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DOE Takes Lead on International
Environmental Standard
New DOE 490, General Environmental Protection Program, transforms the
basic approach to
ensure environmental protection by incorporating a site-wide systems
approach with international
environmental standard ISO 14001. DOE 490 replaces the DOE 5400
environmental protection
series.
The new Order has only six requirements - - one of them is to adopt an
International Organization
for Standardization's (ISO) 14001 approach, the ISO Environmental
Management System (EMS)
Standard. This standard, which emphasizes the processes used to ensure
cost-effective
environmental protection,
1.identifies and implements applicable requirements,
2.monitors changes in applicable requirements,
3.analyzes the effect of new requirements, and
4.integrates change into each part of the operation.
Likewise, DOE 490 applies a systems approach to basic environmental
management. It also
requires development of environmental and EMS performance indicators
to track progress toward
DOE environmental and DOE-wide strategic goals. Under DOE EMS policy,
an organization
commits itself to continual improvement of its EMS. While ISO 14001
does not set specific
performance goals, DOE 490 requires the establishment of and
compliance with such goals. For
details on DOE 490, contact Larry Stirling (EH-41) at (202) 586-2147.
[Synergy Index] [Next Section] [Previous Section]
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Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 08:28:08 -0400
From: Michael Snider
Subject: Re: Submission from Allan Harris, ISO-14001 - DOE ORDER 490
For list members information: DOE uses supplemental quasi-regulations called Orders to direct their contractors actions across the nuclear weapons complex. As far as I'm aware, the referenced Order was proposed in summer of 1995, and never put in force.
DOE does NOT require their contractors to implement ISO14001, although a few contractors have done so voluntarily. The three I'm aware of, including mine, all happen to be Westinghouse[CBS] sites [future buyers take note]. The two sites that have been
certified [or nearly so] include:
1. Westinghouse Savannah River Company, which among other things manages plutonium and manufactures tritium, and
2. Waste Isolation Pilot Project in Carlsbad, New Mexico, which is the chosen site for disposal of transuranic waste. WIPP has recently received approval from EPA to begine accepting waste, and hopes to do so as early as June. A number of interest grou
ps have indicated they will take legal action to halt shipment of waste.
Michael Snider
e-mail: sniderm@wv.doe.gov
Tel: 716-942-2024
Fax: 716-942-2000
West Valley Nuclear Services
MS-AOC-16
10282 Rock Springs Road
West Valley, NY 14171-0191
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Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 13:08:58 +0200
From: "Pedro Gonçalves"
Subject: Info on ISO 14000 trainning courses
Dear all,
I am looking for ISO 14000/Environmental Management short-term trainning
courses (maximum 1 month) to be held this year (with preference in the
second half). Doe anyone can direct me to courses available so i can ask for
information or preferably tell me your experiences in one of them? I'm
looking for courses in Europe (England, France) and any information would be
very useful.
Thanking you in advance,
Pedro Gonçalves
catarinos@mail.telepac.pt
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Date: Mon, 18 May 98 16:55:24 -0500
From: aives@pccii.com
Subject: ism/9000/14000 accreditation
To the list,
Has there been recent discussion about a single, combined ISM / ISO 9000 / ISO
14000 accreditation?
And if so, who offers it?
Thank you in advance.
Austin Ives
Project Analyst
PCCI, Inc.
aives@pccii.com
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Date: Tue, 19 May 98 09:45:37 +1000
From: genevieve.carruthers@smtpgwy.agric.nsw.gov.au
Subject: iso 14000 in grains
Dear all,
I've been asked to identify potential collaborators overseas (ie. not
Australia) to work on the use of EMS/ISO 14000 in the grains industry.
This work may/may not involve a scholarship for a master/PhD project,
depending on interest. It will probably also involve a visit by three
Australian scientists (myself included) to the region of the
collaborators.
We are interested in finding people who have either developed or are
developing an EMS, preferably based on ISO 14000, but we will accept
similar approaches such as EMAS etc. for use in grain growing. We
hope to contribute through work we are doing in Australia, and to
benefit from collective wisdom and experience.
Would any of you have suggestions for potential collaborators? If so,
would you be able to pass on their or my name and contact so that we
could link up?
Thanks in anticipation,
Genevieve Carruthers
Environmental Systems Specialist
NSW Agriculture
Bruxner Highway
Wollongbar
Australia 2477
genevieve.carruthers@agric.nsw.gov.au
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Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 20:11:31 +0200
From: Francisco Serrano
Subject: Pedro Gonçalves question
Dear Pedro :
The next 8, 9 and 10 June will be celebrated in A Coruña
(Galicia-Spain) a course about ISO 14001. It is organized by Bureau
Veritas. The prize is 75000 pesetas (VAT and 2 meals included). Nearly
50% of the course is practical.
You can contact to ask more information by phone: 34-981252550, or by
fax: 34-981253091.
Saúdos.
Francisco L. Serrano
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Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 17:59:57 EDT
From: Dmhunterjr
Subject: Re: Pedro Gonçalves question
In a message dated 98-05-24 14:43:30 EDT, b200243303@abonados.cplus.es writes:
<< Dear Pedro :
The next 8, 9 and 10 June will be celebrated in A Coruña
(Galicia-Spain) a course about ISO 14001. It is organized by Bureau
Veritas. The prize is 75000 pesetas (VAT and 2 meals included). Nearly
50% of the course is practical.
You can contact to ask more information by phone: 34-981252550, or by
fax: 34-981253091.
>>
Did I get the full text of this message? I must be missing something.
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Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 15:55:20 -0400
From: "Robert Clifford, Jr."
Subject: ISO 14001 for Airports
What is the status of ISO implementation at municipal airports ?
We have airport facility managers here in upstate New York who are
considering an EMS.
Thanx in advance.
Robert Clifford, Jr., Vice President
ISO Environmental Consultancy, Inc.
1103 Glenwood Blvd.
Schenectady NY 12308-2503
518-393-3392
clifford@quality.org
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Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 17:55:19 -0400
From: HY BRAVERMAN
Subject: Re: ISO 14001 for Airports
Mr. Robert Clifford, Jr.
My two cents worth:
EMS's at Airports, or any place that has pollution potential, needs to
have their environmental management practices reviewed and acted upon.
You will need to have an information system also, because you must know
all sources and destinations of environmental data to be able to
effectively implement an envuironmental management system. Get the top
Data Processing or Information Systems management involved. They can
help with the information architecture for an EMS. Nothing ruins a good
project than bad data, old data or no data. Proper Information
Management of environmental data is the key to success.
Some organizations are designing integrated WEB based information
systems with promising results. Others rely upon local area network
applications to move data. Identifying all the data points is a good
start.
If an organization is serious they will have an EMIS planned.
Hy Braverman
Email: braveman@ziplink.net
> What is the status of ISO implementation at municipal airports ?
>
> We have airport facility managers here in upstate New York who are
> considering an EMS.
> Thanx in advance.
>
> Robert Clifford, Jr., Vice President
> ISO Environmental Consultancy, Inc.
> 1103 Glenwood Blvd.
> Schenectady NY 12308-2503
> 518-393-3392
> clifford@quality.org
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Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 21:53:12 EDT
From: Dmhunterjr@aol.com
Subject: Re: ISO 14001 for Airports
With all due respects, I cannot think of a single reason why someone would be
concerned about a data system before trying to define the nature of the
environmental risks and developing techniques to manage those risks. In fact,
although I have only a limited exposure to FBO's, it would seem to me to be
more important to get your client to focus on ways of controlling noise
pollution and materials disposal problems than to try to get them to set up a
web page.
In any case, to me the benefit from an EMS comes more from the manner in which
it encourages the development of innovative ways of controlling environmental
risks than in developing information systems.
Dennis Hunter, Jr.,
The Derado Group
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Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 09:47:08 +0100
From: Anthony J Lambert
Subject: Re: ISO 14001 for Airports
Airports in the UK have been developing EMSs for a few years now, not least
because of the perceived benefit derived from being able to present a sound
environmental management profile to Public Inquiries held to provide or
deny permission for future development. Specifically:
1. Liverpool Airport has been seeking to expand, and therefore constructed
an EMS to present to the Public Inquiry held to determine whether its plans
would get permission.
2. Manchester Airport used its developing EMS as a factor in its
(eventually successful) campaign to get planning permission for a second
runway.
3. British Airports Authority plc is using EMS as a positive point in
seeking planning permission for a fifth terminal at Heathrow Airport.
As far as I am aware, though - and I would be delighted if anyone could
correct me on this - none of these is actually going as far as seeking
certification to ISO 14001.
Does this help at all?
Regards
Anthony J Lambert
The Rubicon
UK
>What is the status of ISO implementation at municipal airports ?
>
>We have airport facility managers here in upstate New York who are
>considering an EMS.
>Thanx in advance.
>
>Robert Clifford, Jr., Vice President
>ISO Environmental Consultancy, Inc.
>1103 Glenwood Blvd.
>Schenectady NY 12308-2503
>518-393-3392
>clifford@quality.org
Regards
Anthony J Lambert
The Rubicon
UK
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Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 06:37:28 -0400
From: HY BRAVERMAN
Subject: Re: ISO 14001 for Airports
For what its worth:
> With all due respects, I cannot think of a single reason why someone would > be concerned about a data system before trying to define the nature of the
> environmental risks and developing techniques to manage those risks.
How do you define environmental risks? Where do you put those
definitions? Do you use paper and pencil? Do you use loosleaf binders?
Do you use cabinets? How much space dose that take? How much time and
energy?
Could alternate data gathering and storage devices be used? Laptops
and/or Palmtops on a wireless INTRANET? Could you use existing
technology to your advantage? Many are? Why not you?
Could you use Information Technology to become more productive without
killing more trees? What if a vital/critical/strategic piece of paper
got lost. A well managed information system for environmental data has
advantages.
Another thing, "Command and Control" systems are REACTIVE approaches to
pollution prevention. You need to take PROACTIVE steps and design-out
the process that continually produce pollution. And that you need the
help of Information Technology along with a committment to the
environment.
Controlling risks is a nice idea, but eliminating them is even better,
and with the proper information system, you will know what you need to
know. I you can measure the size, weight, shape of pollution, you can
reduce or eliminate it. You just need the tools to do the measuring.
Adding devices to the end of pipes does not eliminate the pollution,
it's a lazy way to keep producing pollution and keeping an organization
uncompetitive because the costs of managing that process is expensive
and on-going. Real and creative environmental designers use technology
to get their organizations to become more competitive and
environmentally proactive.
If a company wants to play in todays market, they need to get on track
with the technologies that will allow them to compete. "End-of-Pipe"
methods are Jurassic approaches and no longer viable. There are ways to
eliminate the pollution, only the lazy and greedy will watch their
companys die, while those who look ahead and have the information will
succeed.
Hy Braverman
email: braveman@ziplink.net
> ..... it would seem to me to be more important to get your client to focus > on ways of controlling noise pollution and materials disposal problems than > to try to get them to set up a web page.
> In any case, to me the benefit from an EMS comes more from the manner in
> which it encourages the development of innovative ways of controlling
> environmental risks than in developing information systems.
> Dennis Hunter, Jr.,
> The Derado Group
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Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 10:57:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Bill Casti (System Admin)"
Subject: Non-member submission from ["Galli Miklos" ] (fwd)
NOTE: Respond *both* to the poster's address (see BELOW line reading
"Forwarded Message") and to the list's posting address, NOT to me.
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Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 05:12:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Galli Miklos"
To: iso14000@quality.org
Subject: Re: ISO 14001 for Airports
I fully agree with Denis.
An Information System can be a very useful tool in EMS, but I would
not say it is necessary in any means. Of course I can understand that
spreading this point of view is a way of marketing...
I hope I didn't hurt anybody's feelings...
Miklos Galli
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Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 10:56:22 -0400
From: "Robert Clifford, Jr."
Subject: Re: ISO 14001 for Airports
Yes ... your information [on EMS implementation at UK airports] does help.
One of the first things I see being done here in the States, when
considering an ISO 14001-conformant EMS, is for EHS managers to benchmark
their industry-sector. "Keeping up with the Jone's" is probably the
current #1 motivation for ISO. Therefore, the first question the airport
managers asked me after hearing a recent ISO presentation was, "Are any
other airports doing it ?" I thought there were sites in the UK, but I
couldn't name any off hand.
Are any members of this list, or any web sites (like GlobeNet, etc.),
maintaining a list of certified sites by industry sector ?
Robert Clifford, Jr., Vice President
ISO Environmental Consultancy, Inc.
1103 Glenwood Blvd.
Schenectady NY 12308-2503
518-393-3392
clifford@quality.org
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Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 12:52:59 -0400
From: rob
Subject: Re: ISO 14001 for Airports
There are several airports within Canada currently implementing ISO 14000.
The airports that I specifically know of are:
Pearson International Airport in Toronto (a GreenWare client)
Mirabel and Dorval, two Airports in Montreal area
There are probably more airports in Canada currently implementing ISO
14000. Although recently privatized, there is still a strong relationship
with the federal government, and since every federal department of the
government of Canada is implementing a SDS as part of a greening of
government initiative, the motivation is very strong.
The last that I spoke with the users of our products, there was serious
talk of requiring an ISO 14001 compliant ems of all airport tenants also.
The fueling companies at each of these facilities are also Greenware clients.
If anyone would like to contact me regarding this please feel free to do so.
Best regards
Robert
Robert Ganzhorn
Director of Marketing and Sales
GreenWare Environmental Systems Inc (http://www.greenware.ca)
Specialists in environmental management information systems
145 King Street East, Suite 200, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5C 2Y8
tel: (416)363-5577 ext.123; fax: (416)367-2653; email: rob@greenware.ca
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Date: Thu, 28 May 98 20:28:51 +0100
From:
Subject: ISO 14001 and IT
Let us say no more about ISO 14001 and information technology for a while.
Best wishes,
Richard Frey
Frey Environmental Associates Ltd.
http://www.frey.demon.co.uk
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Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 12:29:20 +1000
From: Martin Callinan
Subject: Information Technology
Information Technology V's Aspect ID and Risk Management
While information systems don't actually deal directly with the aspects you are trying to manage, they facilitate significantly better management of the said aspects
In my experience, an organization that has an intranet enables each employee to directly interact with the system (quality or environmental). If an employee notices something it is a simple matter for them to report it, in detail, immediately (This is fu
rther assisted by making such reporting part of everyone's job description). The system coordinator at the end of each day/week has many feedback reports to act upon. This direct and immediate information exchange is crucial if a system is to work to its
potential.
The other side of the coin is that a 'ten employee' foundry would be better served to have as its priority a more aspect/impact addressing approach. In this case a more personal communication manner will reap better results. (There is also a technology co
mpetency issue here)
I think it's a chicken and egg type argument. However the best approach is clearly dictated by the type of organization with which you are dealing. The tricky thing is to judge what will be the most effective. A system runs on information therefore the be
tter the information the better the system, this doesn't necessarily mean however that sophisticated information technology (intranet) is always required.
martin
Martin Callinan
Environmental Management System
Consultant
PhD Research
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The University of Melbourne
Parkville, 3052
Victoria
Australia
Ph. +61 03 9344 4955
e-mail m.callinan@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
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Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 16:58:14 EDT
From: JBSGS@aol.com
Subject: FYI: First SA 8000 Accreditation/Certification
For Immediate Release
SGS ICS FIRST CERTIFICATION FIRM
QUALIFIED TO AUDIT FOR SAFE AND DECENT WORKPLACES
World's Largest Certification Organization Receives Authorization to Audit The
Social Performance of Companies Around the World to a New Standard, SA8000
Rutherford, NJ, June 5, 1998---SGS International Certification Services (SGS
ICS), the world's largest international certification organization, has just
been named the first certification firm to be authorized to audit apparel,
sportswear, cosmetics, and other businesses' efforts to develop safe and
decent workplaces worldwide.
The new certification standard, Social Accountability 8000, has been
developed under the auspices of the Council on Economic Priorities
Accreditation Agency (CEPAA) to promote socially responsible production both
here and abroad. The newly founded CEPAA developed SA8000 in accordance with
12 International Labor Organization conventions and United Nations human
rights treaties. The SA8000 standard represents a consensus of
recommendations from the international business community, non-governmental
organizations, and labor organizations.
CEPAA accredits independent auditing firms to monitor conformity to the SA8000
Standard, applying the same criteria used for the well-established ISO 9000
and ISO 14000 quality and environmental management system standards.
"SGS ICS, the first such firm qualified to audit against SA8000, is the
world's largest and most highly respected certification body," said CEPAA
President, Alice Tepper Marlin. "CEPAA has thoroughly examined the procedures
and practices of SGS ICS according to internationally recognized accreditation
standards, and hereby recognizes SGS ICS' competence in the SA8000 program and
accords it the right to use the SA8000 mark," continued Marlin in remarks made
at The Council on Economic Priorities' Annual Corporate Conscience Awards
banquet held earlier this week.
"Independent certification is very important because today's consumers care
about more than price and quality," said John Brookes, Senior Vice President
of SGS ICS. "They want to know the items they buy are not made by children or
in a sweatshop."
"The increasing globalization of the economy has handed immense power to
business," said Jeffrey Horner, Corporate Director of SGS ICS. "But with
power comes responsibility. SA8000 will help companies worldwide put ethical
values at the heart of everything they do - and protect their reputation and
brand integrity in the face of increasingly vigilant consumers."
SA8000 is also designed to improve business competitiveness by:
o increasing customer recognition and loyalty;
o promoting a globally-recognized standard of business behavior;
o increasing the ability of businesses to trade internationally;
o removing the need for a business to undergo multiple audits and monitoring.
Avon Products' Suffern, New York manufacturing facility is the first site to
achieve independent SA8000 certification, awarded by SGS ICS..
To qualify for SA8000 certification, an organization must meet verifiable
standards in the areas of child labor, forced labor, health and safety,
freedom of association, discrimination, disciplinary practices, working hours,
compensation, and management systems.
SGS ICS is a member of the SGS Group, the world's largest international
inspection, testing, and certification organization. Founded in 1878, the SGS
Group operates in 140 countries with 354 subsidiaries, 365 laboratories, and
39,000 employees.
For further information, please contact SGS International Certification
Services
(USA)
201 Route 17 North
Rutherford, NJ 07070
Tel: (201) 935 - 1500
Fax: (201) 935 - 4555
(Rest of World)
SGS ICS Ltd., Corporate Office
SGS House
Portland Road
East Grinstead
West Sussex RH19 4ET
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: (44) 1342 410099
Fax: (44) 1342 305342
sgsicseur@aol.com
Or your local SGS ICS Office
Copies of the SA8000 Standard ($10.00) are available from:
CEPAA
30 Irving Place
New York, NY 10003
212 358 7697
info@cepaa.org
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Date: Sat, 6 Jun 1998 02:34:47 +0100
From: Anthony J Lambert
Subject: Re: FYI: First SA 8000 Accreditation/Certification
For Immediate Rebuttal
Perhaps this e-mail should be retitled:
"World's Largest Certification Organization Sets New Benchmark Against
Which Standards of Self-Promotion May be Measured."
Regards
Anthony J Lambert
The Rubicon
UK
>For Immediate Release
>
>
>SGS ICS FIRST CERTIFICATION FIRM
>QUALIFIED TO AUDIT FOR SAFE AND DECENT WORKPLACES
>
>World's Largest Certification Organization Receives Authorization to Audit The
>Social Performance of Companies Around the World to a New Standard, SA8000
>
>
> Rutherford, NJ, June 5, 1998---SGS International Certification
>Services (SGS
>ICS), the world's largest international certification organization, has just
>been named the first certification firm to be authorized to audit apparel,
>sportswear, cosmetics, and other businesses' efforts to develop safe and
>decent workplaces worldwide.
>
> The new certification standard, Social Accountability 8000, has been
>developed under the auspices of the Council on Economic Priorities
>Accreditation Agency (CEPAA) to promote socially responsible production both
>here and abroad. The newly founded CEPAA developed SA8000 in accordance with
>12 International Labor Organization conventions and United Nations human
>rights treaties. The SA8000 standard represents a consensus of
>recommendations from the international business community, non-governmental
>organizations, and labor organizations.
>
>CEPAA accredits independent auditing firms to monitor conformity to the SA8000
>Standard, applying the same criteria used for the well-established ISO 9000
>and ISO 14000 quality and environmental management system standards.
>
> "SGS ICS, the first such firm qualified to audit against SA8000, is the
>world's largest and most highly respected certification body," said CEPAA
>President, Alice Tepper Marlin. "CEPAA has thoroughly examined the procedures
>and practices of SGS ICS according to internationally recognized accreditation
>standards, and hereby recognizes SGS ICS' competence in the SA8000 program and
>accords it the right to use the SA8000 mark," continued Marlin in remarks made
>at The Council on Economic Priorities' Annual Corporate Conscience Awards
>banquet held earlier this week.
>
> "Independent certification is very important because today's
>consumers care
>about more than price and quality," said John Brookes, Senior Vice President
>of SGS ICS. "They want to know the items they buy are not made by children or
>in a sweatshop."
>
> "The increasing globalization of the economy has handed immense
>power to
>business," said Jeffrey Horner, Corporate Director of SGS ICS. "But with
>power comes responsibility. SA8000 will help companies worldwide put ethical
>values at the heart of everything they do - and protect their reputation and
>brand integrity in the face of increasingly vigilant consumers."
>
> SA8000 is also designed to improve business competitiveness by:
>
>o increasing customer recognition and loyalty;
>
>o promoting a globally-recognized standard of business behavior;
>
>o increasing the ability of businesses to trade internationally;
>
>o removing the need for a business to undergo multiple audits and
>monitoring.
>
>
>Avon Products' Suffern, New York manufacturing facility is the first site to
>achieve independent SA8000 certification, awarded by SGS ICS..
>
> To qualify for SA8000 certification, an organization must meet
>verifiable
>standards in the areas of child labor, forced labor, health and safety,
>freedom of association, discrimination, disciplinary practices, working hours,
>compensation, and management systems.
>
> SGS ICS is a member of the SGS Group, the world's largest international
>inspection, testing, and certification organization. Founded in 1878, the SGS
>Group operates in 140 countries with 354 subsidiaries, 365 laboratories, and
>39,000 employees.
>
>
>For further information, please contact SGS International Certification
>Services
>
>(USA)
>201 Route 17 North
>Rutherford, NJ 07070
>Tel: (201) 935 - 1500
>Fax: (201) 935 - 4555
>
>(Rest of World)
>SGS ICS Ltd., Corporate Office
>SGS House
>Portland Road
>East Grinstead
>West Sussex RH19 4ET
>UNITED KINGDOM
>Tel: (44) 1342 410099
>Fax: (44) 1342 305342
>sgsicseur@aol.com
>
>Or your local SGS ICS Office
>
>Copies of the SA8000 Standard ($10.00) are available from:
>
>CEPAA
>30 Irving Place
>New York, NY 10003
>212 358 7697
>info@cepaa.org
Regards
Anthony J Lambert
The Rubicon
UK
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Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 12:53:53 -0400
From: "Robert Clifford, Jr."
Subject: Benchmarking -- Again !
Seems as though "Keeping up with the Jone's" is becoming a significant
basis for U.S. organizations to consider ISO 14001 implementation.
What is the status of implementation in the environmental services sector,
specifically environmental energy (a $ 2-billion U.S. market), resource
recovery (a $13-billion U.S. market), hazardous waste management (a $
7-billion market), and solid waste management (a $ 31-billion U.S. market)
? I'm aware, for example, that Stablex is an integrated TSDF in Canada
that has registered to ISO 9001 and 14001. How about here in the States ?
Robert Clifford, Jr., Vice President
ISO Environmental Consultancy, Inc.
1103 Glenwood Blvd.
Schenectady NY 12308-2503
518-393-3392
clifford@quality.org
P.S. Thanks to all who responded to my inquiry about municipal airports.
If anyone missed the responses (from Canada, the UK, and Australia), I'd be
happy to forward them.
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Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 19:47:26 +0200
From: Francisco Serrano
Subject: councils with iso14000
Dear all:
I am looking for iso14000 experiences in citys or councils. Is there
any council certified? What should kind of things be analyzed in a
audit of a city?
Thanks.
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Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 20:19:56 +0200
From: "Goodman, Sally"
Subject: RE: councils with iso14000
I am aware of a couple of councils in the UK - Sutton and Herefordshire,
to the best of my recollection.
Sally L Goodman
Service Responsible - Accredited Environmental Systems Certification
DTP 325 Section for Certification
Det Norske Veritas
( Direct Line +47 67 57 8213
( Switchboard +47 57 67 99 00
Fax +47 57 67 97 05
* sally.goodman@dnv.com
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Francisco Serrano [SMTP:b200243303@abonados.cplus.es]
>Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 1998 7:47 PM
>To: iso14000@quality.org
>Subject: councils with iso14000
>
>Dear all:
>
> I am looking for iso14000 experiences in citys or councils. Is there
>any council certified? What should kind of things be analyzed in a
>audit of a city?
>
> Thanks.
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Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 16:50:00 -0400
From: "Bursley, Juanita M"
Subject: ISO-14001 Auditor Training
I am looking for a ISO-14001 training seminar in the U.S. that would
prepare me for either implementing an EMS that meets the standard
and/or
auditing a site's EMS against the standard. As I already have
numerous
years of experience as an environmental compliance auditor, I don't
want
a seminar that concentrates on teaching audit skills, i.e. setting up
an
audit program, preparing for an audit, interviewing skills, evaluating
evidence, report writing, etc. Most of the seminars I've seen
advertised
hit these topics heavily. I am mostly interested in the details as to
how the standards are interpreted, so that I can 1) help my company's
plants to redesign existing company EMS to meet the standard and/or 2)
perform "pre-audits" at our locations before they actually go through
the
process (and expense) of registration/certification. While I don't
mind
hearing from those of you working for companies that offer this type
of
training program, I hope to get feedback from any of you that have
taken
such training and would recommend the seminar you attended. If you
can
help me, please provide information as to the company offering the
training and a contact name & number, so that I can find out when and
where the course is offered.
Two side questions: 1) Should I be concerned and/or have preferences
about what type of organization sells the training services, i.e.
ASTM,
consulting firms, etc. 2) In case I want to become an "ISO certified
auditor", what is the process -- training requirements?, passing a
test?,
paying a fee?, etc.???
Thanks in advance for providing any information you have and are
willing
to take the time to share with me.
Juanita
Juanita.Bursley@UCAR.com
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