BS 8555:2003

• Quality management
• Environmental management
• Health and safety
• Integrated management
• Process improvement
• Contact the MCR
• Customer feedback
• Become a registered consultant

Environmental management systems. Guide to the phased implementation of an environmental management system including the use of environmental performance evaluation

BS 8555 is a six-phase approach to environmental management. The phases are:

• Phase 1 - Commitment and establishing the baseline
• Phase 2 - Identifying and ensuring compliance with legal and other requirements
• Phase 3 - Developing objectives, targets and programmes
• Phase 4 - Implementation and operation of EMS
• Phase 5 - Checking, audit and review
• Phase 6 - Acknowledgement of the EMS

Organisations can complete, and have progress acknowledged for, as many phases as they wish but completion of Phase 6 means that the organisation will be in a position to apply for ISO 14001 and/or EMAS certification