4. Environmental policy development process

4.1 Basic rules

Drafting an environmental policy in line with the requirements of ISO 14001 is not an end in itself. Indeed, there's nothing simpler than taking the requirements of chapter 4.2 of the ISO 14001 standard and turning them into a policy that is compliant from a normative point of view, but which will lack "soul". The many audits carried out as part of the environmental management system certification process confirm this trend. There is a great deal of similarity between the policies examined,...