The ISO 14001:2015 Implementation Handbook: Using the Process Approach to Build an Environmental Management System

This book explains how an organization can use a management system to both control and improve its environmental performance. It provides guidance in building the environmental management system (EMS) in support of the organization s operations---linking the management system to the requirements of ISO 14001 to support third-party certification to ISO 14001:2015.

Included in the text are best practices as well as common pitfalls and weaknesses the author has observed in various organizations. He is an environmental auditor and EMS internal auditor trainer and consultant. He has audited EMSs of over 100 companies to ISO 14001.

For those organizations already certified to ISO 14001:2004, the book highlights the changes required to upgrade to the new 2015 version.

In addition, included on an accompanying CD are comprehensive check sheets to be used by internal auditors in auditing an EMS's conformance to ISO 14001:2015.

Milton P. Dentch is a consultant at MPD Consulting, where he provides consulting, training, and auditing related to the ISO requirements for quality, environmental, and safety management systems. He has conducted over 500 audits for large and small companies on a worldwide basis, with clients as diverse as a floating oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico to an electronics manufacturer in the Ukraine with 4,000 employees. Previously he worked in the paper industry, as an engineer and manager at the Polaroid Corporation, and as a manager of the custom coating and laminating plant for the Furon Corporation. Dentch holds a BS in mechanical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and MS in Total Quality Systems from the National Graduate School of Quality Management. He is an Exemplar Global lead auditor (QMS and EMS) and also the author of Fall of an Icon: Polaroid After Edwin H. Land (RiverHaven Books, 2012).