Re: sustainable swag

>From Deborah 
<snip - other discussion?
> 
> So, does anyone know anything about or have experience working to ISO
> 14001 (which I believe is a U.K. standard)? A quickie search reveals
> lots of companies selling their "green your business" services
> relating to ISO 14001, but I didn't find any actual text for ISO 14001
> or any information about its rules & regulations governing print
> processes.

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Plentiful information about the standard:

http://www.iso-14001.org.uk/
is a good place to start.

I found a big range of useful material using my default search, which looks
at UK web only first. So I assume that this means that the standard
originated in the UK. But as it now has an ISO number, that means it's an
international standard. 

(Of course, there is a big difference between being an international
standard, and actually being adopted internationally).

I don't have any tactical information about applying it. It does look rather
similar to ISO 9001, which is an old friend for me. If you stick closely to
the spirit of ISO 9001 and scrupulously try to keep your paperwork (or
electronic equivalent) to a minimum, then it can be really helpful. Most
implementations I have seen definitely submerge the spirit under a ghastly
heap of forms, procedures, plans, and other bureaucracy.

Best
Caroline Jarrett
Twitter @cjforms
www.formsthatwork.com


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