Leading organizations monitor and continually improve their environmental performance by achieving and maintaining registration to recognized standards and/or programs such as the ones listed below:
- ISO 14001, an environmental management system (EMS) standard that assists companies in planning, monitoring and continually improving their competitive position and environmental performance.
- RC14001®, a technical specification that combines the environmental, health, safety and security elements of the American Chemistry Council's (ACC) Responsible Care® (RC) initiative with ISO 14001.
- RCMS, a technical specification document developed by the ACC, specifies an RC management process to effectively manage environmental, health, safety and security risks.
- External Verification of Environmental Reports, an increasing number of organizations are producing corporate environmental or sustainable development annual reports. These organizations, many with excellent environmental records and reputations, are seeking additional credibility for their reports from independent third parties.
- Verification of GHG Reports, a goal of earning a SAI Global Verification Statement concluding that your organization's GHG inventory is accurate, complete, consistent, relevant and transparent. This is realized through an assessment to identify any material discrepancies in the GHG data.
- Sunoco Contractor HES Management System Program, Sunoco Inc. requires contractors to implement a management system for health, environment and safety that addresses all requirements included in the Sunoco Contract Service Provider HES and OI Checklist
- Environmental Notes, Finding information to support the implementation, maintenance and continuous improvement required by ISO 14001, RC14001 and other Standards can be time intensive. The Environmental Notes section of SAI Global’s site can be used as a resource in your efforts to improve your management systems.
- BAN e-Stewards™, an environmental, health and safety management system (EHSMS) standard that assists organizations in the electronic waste recycling chain to manage the EHS effects of processing and exporting used and end-of-life electronic equipment.