14001 – Environmental Manual for Multi-Location Enterprises

Since introduction of ISO 14001 Standard for Environmental Management Systems the market has developed numerous practical models of Environmental Manuals for organizations with single sites. At the same time, formats for management system structures for multi-facility businesses are limited at best in technical publications. This paper discusses a model for structuring a top-level documentation that allows an organization with multiple sites to use common ISO 14001 Environmental Management System Manual. Discussed approach noticeably improves consistency of the organization\’s Environmental policies.