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Basics of Environmental Management & ISO 14000 - 9000
Basics of Environmental Management & ISO 14000 - 9000
Basics of Environmental Management & ISO 14000 - 9000
Management &
ISO 14000/9000
N.K.Agarwal
Environmental Management
• It is known that population growth and economic
development are affecting the environment
• It will not be possible to manage the environmental
crisis unless people
– Change their attitude, consumption pattern, manufacturing
and marketing practices, and
– Get into a technological world that is less intensive in its use
of materials and energy
• Economic growth can come in conflict with issues of
environmental concerns
– High economic growth means high rate of extraction,
transformation and utilisation of non-renewable resources
• Although higher rate of Gross National Product
(GNP) is important, equally is the rate of regeneration
of natural resources
Environmental Management
• Almost every organisation is paying some kind of
attention to natural environment
• Governments and their agencies, the non-
government organisations, the judiciary and now the
corporate sector also expressed a great concern on
matters relating to natural environment and
ecosystem
• Commendable efforts of International agencies like
United Nations Environmental Programme(UNEP) ,
World Bank, International Monetary Fund and United
Nationals Development Fund make a strong case for
the protection of environment and for maintaining a
sustainable society
Global Environmental Problems
• Environmental problems like air, water and land
pollution or municipal water disposal exist in every
economy
• Two global environmental problems are
– Global warming, and
– Ozone depletion
• Global warming
• Global warming means gradual increase in world
temperatures caused by greenhouse gases(GHGs)
• Main GHG is carbon dioxide: others are nitrous
oxide, CFCs, methane and some organochloride
compounds like PFCs and sulphuric fluoride
Global Environmental Problems
• GHGs come from various sources mostly from
burning of fossil fuels
• These gases trap the sun’s rays in the earth’s
atmosphere causing the temperature to rise resulting
in what is known as greenhouse effect or global
warming
• Deforestation is also responsible because the forest
cover absorbs carbon di oxide
• The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has
estimated that the earth’s temperature will rise from
1-3 degrees C in the next few decades, which is
believed to be causing
– Extreme weather changes, hurricanes, melting of ice on
polar caps and mountain peaks leading to vast areas getting
flooded etc. etc.
Global Environmental Problems