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What are your thoughts on BS 14001?
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Sarah Webster commented on Sarah Webster's blog post ISO 14001 - What's the take-up?"Hi Julie
Thanks so much for flagging this up. In fact, I'm pretty comfortable with my knowledge of BS8901, and was an early member of in the committee that got it off the ground, so I've been following its development with interest. To be…"
Julie Patel commented on Sarah Webster's blog post ISO 14001 - What's the take-up?"Hello Sarah,
I am the Education Planner at Positive Impact (Ray Myles mentioned earlier) - we provide education to the event industry on sustainability and use BS 8901 as a framework for this. We are actually running a free event in London June…"
Sarah Webster commented on Sarah Webster's blog post ISO 14001 - What's the take-up?"Sam - this is really interesting stuff, I certainly was one of the ignorant on the difference between accreditation and certification. Really valuable intelligence.
Thanks so much.
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Sam Wilson commented on Sarah Webster's blog post ISO 14001 - What's the take-up?"Hi Sarah
I agree that 14001 is currently a more robust standard and it's benefits are well established world-wide. But I also agree with Tim that there is a strong rationale behind the wider scope of 8901 to include social impacts and specific…"
Sarah Webster commented on Sarah Webster's blog post ISO 14001 - What's the take-up?"Hi Tim
This is extremely valuable feedback. Thanks so much for such a comprehensive comment. Lots to take on board."
Tim Sunderland commented on Sarah Webster's blog post ISO 14001 - What's the take-up?"Hi Sarah - I have worked on both ISO 14001 and BS 8901. As you may know, BS 8901 is being updated based upon experience from those who have been working with it. It is expected that this latest version will move to become an international standard…"
Sarah Webster commented on Sarah Webster's blog post ISO 14001 - What's the take-up?"Yes - I agree that for the events space, there are a lot of sustainability and CSR issues that constitute the Bigger Picture, John. In their defence, the company I am thinking about at the moment, provides a different set of services with fewer…"
"Sarah
This is an interesting one....
In our part of the market I can only think of two companies off the top my head that have gone through the iso 14001 accreditation process.
My question is whether an environmental standard is where the future…"
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ISO 14001 - What's the take-up?
Posted on February 23, 2009 at 11:24 12 Comments 0 Likes
As a maiden blogger on Event Crowd, it occurs to me that this might be the ideal forum for a little anecdotal research on ISO 14001. For those who haven't yet come across it, this is the accreditation that specifies requirements for an organisation's environmental management system, and is receiving similar attention to BS8901 - the newish standard developed specifically for the events industry.
My interest is sparked by the fact that I have a PR client that is currently going… Continue
My interest is sparked by the fact that I have a PR client that is currently going… Continue
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- At 12:24 on February 20, 2009,
Simon Burton said… - Welcome to Event Crowd, Sarah!
- At 17:26 on February 20, 2009, Simon Burton said…
- That's great Sarah. If you write the blog we'll promote to the community and beyond!
- At 17:49 on March 3, 2009, Simon Burton said…
- Let me know how you're getting on with the ISO blog - I'd like to publicise it in our next broadcast.
- At 16:57 on March 24, 2009,
John Sanders said…
- Hi Sarah
Remember me?!
Hope you are well.
John
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