ISO 14001 sets out the criteria for an environmental management system and can be certified to. It maps out a framework that a company or organization can follow to set up an effective environmental management system.
Designed for any type of organization, regardless of its activity or sector, it can provide assurance to company management and employees as well as external stakeholders that environmental impact is being measured and improved.
There are more than 300,000 certifications to ISO 14001 in 171 countries around the world.
The term “greenwashing” has been around since the 1980s and was initially coined to refer to hotels that encouraged guests to reuse their towels and thereby “save the planet” – while in fact simply saving on the hotel’s laundry bills. The towels also deflected attention away from whatever the hotel’s overall environmental impact might be. We can assist on your journey to an improving your environmental impact. By joining ReverseMi all members can display the circular logo to illustrate they are part of a Reverse Logistics Network and have met criteria and standards
Since then, consumers have become increasingly interested in green products and companies have become increasingly adept at using claims of being environmentally friendly as fig leaves for their overall negative environmental impact. Today, “impact washing” has been added to the collection of words of those seeking to hold companies and in particular financial institutions to account for their green claims.
