ISO is an abbreviation of International Organization of Standardization, which was founded in 1974. ISO issues a set of globally accepted standards. In 1987, ISO, joining forces with IEC (International Electrical Committee), published the first authoritative quality management and assurance standard. ISO 14001, however, is the first internationally recognized environment management and protection standard.

Certification of ISO 9001 Quality Assurance System

ISO 9001 certification indicates that the holder of the certificate has obtained advanced quality management capability.
ISO is a network of the national standards institutes of 148 countries, on the basis of one member per country, with a Central Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland, that coordinates the system.
ISO is a non-governmental organization: its members are not, as is the case in the United Nations system, delegations of national governments. Nevertheless, ISO occupies a special position between the public and private sectors. This is because, on the one hand, many of its member institutes are part of the governmental structure of their countries, or are mandated by their government. On the other hand, other members have their roots uniquely in the private sector, having been set up by national partnerships of industry associations.
ISO 14001 Environmental management systems

Recently, in European countries and North America, it becomes a fashion that consumers only purchase ISO 14001 certified products. However, to the ears of China's consumers, ISO 14001 is a strange name.

In the eyes of businesses, ISO 14001 represents the highest level of enterprise management. Only those ISO 9001 qualified companies can submit applications of ISO 14001 environmental management system certification. In addition to its rulings in quality, stringent requirements regarding raw material purchase, manufacture process, usage of finished products place very high barrier to qualify. In western countries, ISO 14001 is always resourced as a non-tariff barrier to weaken the competitiveness of products made in developing countries. Therefore, ISO 14001 is often referred as "International passport" of manufacturers.

In the eyes of consumers, ISO 14001 means health. Take audio products as an example, it's known that premium audio speakers are made of high density poly boards. The benzene and phenol contained will volatilize into the ambient and thus cause chronic harm to human body. According to international standard, these high-density poly boards can be divided into A, B, C groups. ISO 14001 requires Class A high-density poly boards to be used on audio speakers. No adversary impacts will be made on the ambient. Secondly, speakers failed to pass strict tests will generate much residual sound waves. The ultrasonic and subsonic, which forms major portion of the residual waves, may harm human beings. For example, for military purposes, ultrasonic and subsonic weapons are already widely used. Just imagine, when a will-be mama takes antenatal training and never know that these residual sound waves are really hurting her baby. Only a audio product is manufactured under the guidance of ISO 14001, can people really enjoy "healthy music". ■