ISO14000认证：打开市场的金钥匙
ISO14000 certification: the golden key to open the market
ISO14000认证通往国际市场的绿卡
ISO14000 certification to the international market.
ISO9000作为企业产品质量的系列标准已广为人知，几乎所有获得ISO9000标准认证的企业都以此为筹码进行广告宣传和促销活动。然而，近年来人们注意到在广交会、青交会等交易会上，有些客商会询问企业是否获得ISO14000标准认证。那么，什么是ISO14000呢？很多人可能并不了解。
ISO9000 as the enterprise product quality standard already well known, almost all ISO9000 standard certification of enterprises as the chips for advertising and promotional activities. However, in recent years, people noticed in the Canton Fair, Green Fair, fair, some customers will ask whether the enterprise to obtain ISO14000 certification standards. So, what is ISO14000? Many people may not know about.
ISO14000被形象地喻为“通往国际市场的绿卡”，它是由国际标准化组织（ISO）制定的目前世界上最为完善和系统的环境管理的国际化标准。ISO14000是从环境因素入手，通过制定一系列标准而形成的一个系统的、严密的、文件化的体系，该体系以使企业达到遵章守法、预防污染和持续改进为目的。
ISO14000 is vividly called" leading to the international market green card", it is by international organization for Standardization ( ISO ) developed the world's most perfect system and environmental management of international standard. ISO14000 is from environmental factors, through the development of a series of standards and the formation of a system, strict, documents of the system, the system to enable enterprises to achieve compliance, pollution prevention and continuous improvement for the purpose.
随着社会的发展，环境问题越来越突出，过去在许多国家，污染控制和环境保护主要是通过制定一系列严厉的环保法律法规，并通过组织完备和强有力的环保执法机构去实施和监督，必要时政府可以责令企业停业。ISO14000的出现是政府和工业界由“命令和控制”转换为“企业自律”管理模式的体现。它鼓励企业对环境因素进行自律，将环境问题纳入企业的商业战略和决策过程之中，借助市场的力量推动环境目标的实现。
With the development of society, environment problem is becoming more and more prominent, the past in many countries, pollution control and environmental protection is mainly through the development of a series of strict environmental laws and regulations, and through the organization of perfect and strong environmental protection law enforcement agencies to implement and supervision of the government, when necessary, may order the enterprise business. The emergence of ISO14000 is a government and industry by" command and control" into" enterprise self-discipline" management mode to reflect. It encourages enterprises to the environmental factors of self-discipline, environmental issues into the enterprise business strategy and decision-making process, use of market forces to promote environmental goals.
ISO14000系列标准颁布以来，立即引起世界各国的重视，掀起了认证热潮。日本各企业积极认证，目前获得认证的企业数为1091家，居世界第一。欧洲各国也积极认证，是推行ISO14000最活跃的一个洲。面对这股认证热潮，我国政府采取了积极的反应，1997年5月成立了“中国环境管理体系认证指导委员会”，开展ISO14000环境管理系列标准的认证工作。同时，国家环保总局于1997年上半年确定了厦门、深圳、北京、上海、天津、重庆、苏州、大连、成都等9城市作为ISO14000国家试点城市。目前我国有海尔电冰箱集团、厦门ABB开关有限公司、北京松下彩色显像管有限公司等50多家企业获得了ISO14000证书。有统计资料显示，截至1998年8月，各洲认证企业数为：亚洲1967家，欧洲2879家，美洲359家，大洋洲143家，非洲38家。
ISO14000 series since the standard is promulgated, immediately aroused the attention of world each country, lifted the upsurge of certification. Japanese companies active certification, the certification of enterprise to count is 1091, ranking first in the world. European countries are also actively carry out ISO14000 attestation, is one of the most active delta. In the face of the stock certificate craze, the Chinese government has adopted a positive reaction, in 1997 May set up a" China environmental management system certification Steering Committee", carry out ISO14000 series of standards on environmental management certification. At the same time, the State Environmental Protection Administration in the first half of 1997 in Xiamen, Shenzhen, Beijing were determined, Shanghai, Tianjin, Chongqing, Suzhou, Dalian, Chengdu City 9 as part of the ISO14000 national pilot city. At present our country Haier refrigerator group, limited company of Xiamen ABB switch, Beijing Panasonic color tube Limited company many 50 enterprise obtained the ISO14000 certificate. There are statistics, as of 1998 August, the delta enterprise certification number: 1967 Asian, 2879 European, America 359, Oceania 143, Africa 38.
ISO14000认证企业遇挑战也是契机
ISO14000 certification enterprises meet the challenge and chance
建立ISO14000环境管理体系无疑对全世界的环保工作产生积极的作用。但对企业来说，ISO14000又意味着什么呢？各路专家对此一直争论不休，一些学者和企业家认为，建立环境管理体系有利于企业节能降耗，改善企业形象，对企业和社会都有利。另一些人认为，建立体系的费用增加了企业负担，削弱了企业竞争力。但是ISO14000标准实施以来，越来越多的案例表明该标准的确有利于企业节约成本，提高竞争力。