Q: What is ISO 14000?

A: The ISO 14000 series is a set of international standards and guidance documents for environmental management developed by the International Organization for Standardization.

"Environmental management" is the practice of managing the impact of an organization's activities on the environment. The ISO 14000 series provides a set of tools for determining the environmental aspects of an organization's activities, establishing goals and targets for those aspects, evaluating how well those goals and targets are being achieved, and continuously improving performance.

The series includes documents dealing with general principles, vocabulary, auditing, environmental assessment, labeling, performance evaluation and life cycle assessment.