1. Environmental policy goals
1.1 Vocabulary
Environmental policy is a formal statement by an organization of its intentions and principles in relation to its overall environmental behavior, including performance, which provides a framework for action and sets out its environmental objectives and targets.
This declaration may take the form of a personal commitment on the part of the head of the organization, particularly in the case of small and medium-sized companies. In the case of multi-site companies or large industrial groups with several subsidiaries, it can take the form of guidelines or "environmental" charters which will enable each site or subsidiary manager to translate this declaration into specific objectives, while asserting their own personality in line with the guidelines...
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Legifrance :
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...Standards and norms
- Système de management de la qualité : exigences. - ISO 9001 - 2008
- Environmental management system – Requirements and guidelines for use. - ISO 14001 - 2004
- Lignes directrices relatives à la responsabilité sociétale. - ISO 26000 - 2010
- Occupational health and safety management systems – Requirements - OHSAS 18001 - 2007
Regulations
Regulation (EEC) no. 1836/93 of June 29, 1993, allowing voluntary participation by companies in the industrial sector in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (Official Journal no. L168 of July 10, 1993 p. 0001-0018).
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