ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARD- ISO 14000: The

International Standard Organisation (ISO) took up the

responsibility for drawing up a new environmental standard series
ISO 14000 with the help of Technical committee, TC 207.India is a
member of TC 207. BIS represents India in this committee. This
committee works through sub committees each on:

Environmental management system (EMS)

Environmental auditing
Environmental labeling
Environmental evaluation
Life cycle assessment
Definition and terminology

ISO 14000 IS THE RESPONSE OF INDUSTRY TO INTEREST IN

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTPRECIPITATED BY RIO, 1992.
ISO is created 14000 in collaboration with
national governments of many countries i.e., with their national
standard agencies. Most of the collaboration was from the countries of
north with a few exceptions from the developing world.