Subject: ISO 14000 News and Views Volume 2 # 10
ISO 14000 NEWS AND VIEWS VOLUME 2 ISSUE 10 will be available at:
http://www.lawinfo.com/law/ca/environmentallaw/
After 9:00 AM PST, Monday May 26 1997. Top Stories Include.
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HEADLINE: PUBLISHER OF ISO 14000 NEWS AND VIEWS JOINS THE LAW FIRM OF HIGGS FLETCHER & MACK
S. Wayne Rosenbaum, Publisher of ISO 14000 News and Views has joined the firm of Higgs, Fletcher & Mack as Special Counsel. Higgs, Fletcher & Mack is one of the oldest law firms in San Diego County. Formed in 1939, the firm has grown from two attorneys to more than forty attorneys.
HEADLINE: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONALS SPONSORS MAJOR ISO 14001 TRAINING WORKSHOP IN SAN DIEGO.
The National Association of Environmental Professionals, in cooperation with Business Development Associates, is sponsoring what may be the premier ISO 14001 training program of the year. The workshop will be held August 4 thorough 6 at Le Meridian San Diego, California.
HEADLINE: ENVIRONMENTAL LAWYERS ARE FINDING THE PRACTICE GLUTTED AT WORST, AND SIGNIFICANTLY ALTERED AT BEST.
Environmental law has been a red-hot practice area during the late '80s and early '90s. With guidance from U.S. News & World Report, students flooded those law schools with strong rankings for environmental law programs.
Has the flood saturated the market? Is environmental practice still the specialty niche it was developing into? Once, only those attorneys who represented environmentalists were considered environmental attorneys; can the moniker be used now by anyone who arranges for an environmental impact report?
Counsel Connect members joined in early January to discuss where the practice of environmental law stands today.
HEADLINE: BRITISH STANDARDS INSTITUTION EXPANDS NORTH AMERICA MARKET
British Standards Institution today announced its kickoff expansion into North American markets for ISO Certification.
With the appointment of George M. Cornecelli, the new U.S. Vice President/General Manager and new Corporate Headquarters just opened in Herndon, Virginia, BSI is positioning itself to become the Registrar of Choice in the USA. Within the last year and a half, BSI opened Area Manager's offices in Houston, Los Angeles, Detroit and Morristown, N.J. in preparation.
HEADLINE: GLOBAL PRODUCTS STANDARDS -ACCREDITATION BECOMES INTERNATIONAL ISSUE, WITH THE BLESSING OF MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUPS
An international accreditation system to monitor the registration process of those who issue certification for the International Organization for Standardization's guidelines is emerging under the auspices of the International Accreditation Forum.
Establishing a credible, accountable worldwide accreditation system that will watchdog the third-party registration process in a manner responsible to the needs of industry is a main goal of this organization in formation.
EDITORIAL: ABOLISHING CALIFORNIAS EPA
While we all understand that government is not always a model of consistency, Earth Day 1997 presented a particularly striking example in the environmental field. As 40,000 children and adults paid homage to our environment outside the Capitol, an Assembly Budget subcommittee chaired by Assemblyman Fred Keeley voted to abolish the California Environmental Protection Agency. A Senate subcommittee followed suit the next day.
HEADLINE: APEC PROGRAMMES SHOULD FOCUS ON ENTREPRENEUR & ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum programmes to develop small-and-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) should include thedevelopment of both entrepreneurs and enterprises, said the minister of international tradeand industry, Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz.
HEADLINE: SETTING THE STANDARD; EFFECTS OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION'S ISO 14001 ON POLLUTION INSURERS; INCLUDES RELATED ARTICLE ON ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES
ISO 14001: The newest environmental standard is cold comfort for pollution insurers in a hot market.
What if pollution underwriters could make coverage contingent on adherence to a strict code of environmental standards? Insurers might feel a lot more secure about underwriting such risks--the sometime bane of the commercial property/casualty insurance industry--perhaps at even more competitive rates.
HEADLINE: PT SURVEYOR INDONESIA TO AWARD ISO 14000 CERTIFICATES
PT Surveyor Indonesia (SI) in Batam island has started to conduct an initial diagnosis for
awarding ISO 14000 certificates to 10 companies in Batam, under its short-term programme ending in December 1997.
HEADLINE: JAPANESE FIRM GETS ISO 14000 CERTIFICATION FOR GREEN OUTLOOK
APART from having manufacturing procedures that ensure clockwork factory operation 24 hours a day, Matsushita Refrigeration Industries also has systems to recycle or reduce waste generated.
Because of its efforts, the company was awarded the ISO 14000 certification, the green equivalent of the ISO 9000 series for quality management.
HEADLINE: GLOBAL PRODUCTS STANDARDS PROGRESS ON A GLOBAL QUALITY STANDARD FOR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, SAFETY UNCERTAIN
Industries such as electronics, steel and chemicals that have opposed creation of additional international management system standards can take heart.
There will be no international occupational health and safety standard for the time being.On Jan. 27-28, the Technical Management Board of the International Organization for Standardization agreed not to initiate activity at this time in the field of occupational health and safety management system standards. The board also recommended against forming a Strategic Advisory Group on Management Systems at this time.
HEADLINE: RONALD BLACK JOINS MCLAREN/HART
McLaren/Hart, Inc. announced that Ronald Black has joined its Warren, New Jersey office as a Managing Principal for Environmental Management Services (EMS). Mr. Black holds a B.S. degree in Analytical Chemistry from La Salle University and an M.S. in Science Education from Temple University. He has over 25 years of experience in corporate and facility management of environmental safety and health programs, and development and implementation of environmental audit programs. Throughout his career, Mr. Black has worked in industry to strategically integrate environmental management into business and operations management systems. Highlights of his experience include:
HEADLINE: HIGH-LEVEL CHINESE COMMITTEE TO OVERSEE POLLUTION, ENVIRONMENT STANDARDS SET UP
China is expected to expand the use of the standards of the International Standards Organization (ISO) in environmental management, in a bid to get enterprises to put resources to rational use and protect the environment.
The State Council, China's highest governing body, has approved the establishment of a committee to promote this work. The committee, whose members are leading officials from some 30 central government departments, will be headed by the director of the State Bureau of Environmental Protection [SBEP].
HEADLINE: NEW STANDARD SENDS A MESSAGE: ISO 14000 SERIES CREATES FORMAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN
Rockwell Automation's electronics manufacturing facility in Twinsburg is on the vanguard of a new, voluntary environmental standard. The local operation of Milwaukee-based Rockwell Automation last October became one of the nation's first registrants of the ISO 14001 ''environmental managementsystems'' standard. Similar to its cousin, the ISO 9000 family designating quality standards met by manufacturing operations, the new ISO 14000 series - ISO 14001 is the firststandard - provides companies with a framework for controlling the impact they have on the environment by creating a formal environmental management system.
HEADLINE: INDUSTRIES URGED TO ADOPT ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY PRODUCTION PROGRAMS
Medan, May 1 (ANTARA) - Industrial companies in Indonesia should be able to implement environment- friendly production programs in line with the requirements stipulated in ISO14000, a senior official said.
"It is now high time to implement a 'clean' production program in Indonesia as such a program can cut production cost, enhance product quality and productivity and minimise the generation of polluting wastes," Director General for Forest and Agricultural Production Sujata said here Tuesday.
HEADLINE: AGENCY PREPARES COMPANIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGE
The worldwide quality assurance movement is picking up steam and it looks as though the environment will be the next major push.
"It's already happening," said John Lo, the chairman of the Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency.
"ISO 14000 was established at the beginning of 1997. We are now doing a lot of promotional work to make companies aware of the environmental trend, which is already gaining momentum in Europe."
HEADLINE: FOOD INDUSTRY MEETING THE ISO 14001 STANDARD
ISO 14000 promises to be an important up and coming environmental standard for the food packaging industry. As with ISO 9000, food companies are looking to this standard as an important requirement when choosing suppliers. "In a few more years I see [ISO 14000] as being a requirement from the commercial standpoint. The Coca-Colas and Heinekensof the world can not be filling products in dirty bottles. They will start requiring that their suppliers comply with ISO 14000 standards," said Bennie Hansen, director of environmental management, PLM Group.
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