There are several ISO certifications worldwide. ISO 9001
and ISO 14001 are two of those ISO standards. Here is a blog explaining you the
differences between these two ISO standards.
Though there are large number of ISO standards that are
available for the organization to follow, two of them all stand out from the
remaining. According to the recent results, ISO 9001:2015 stands as the world’s
popular standard with 878,664 valid certificates. Next comes the ISO14001:2015
with 307,059 valid certificates. In the third place goes to the ISO 22000:2005
and 2018 with just 32,120 valid certificates.
Most of the recognized organization are validate to ISO
9001 and ISO 14001 is because of the focus they represent. Quality management
for ISO 9001 and environmental management for 14001. These two areas play the
most significant importance in our globalized world.
Importantly, there are resemblance between the two. For
us , the most notable fact that both standards faces the risk of management
requirements. In order to implement and maintain a risk management regime both
of them require organization.
As there as resemblance, there are also differences
between them too, which are ultimately different. So if you need to consider
certificate, you should be appropriately sure that you can uptake a accurate
standard.
What actually is ISO 9001?
ISO 9001:2015 is an international standard for Quality
Management. You need to implement to meet customers requirements and enhance
customer satisfaction to set out policies and procedures.
ISO 9001 can demonstrate about the business that has
systems and also controls the requirements in place to meet the customer needs.
This also determines the processes and the resources that are required to
achieve your desired outcomes.
Whether it’s a large or small organization ISO certification would
help to sought out the requirements. Whether you are a small size organization
of five or a large size organization of five thousand, implementing them will
help.
Know more about ISO 14001
ISO 14001:2015 is the international standard for
Environmental Management. The main motto is to set out the policies and the
strategy that would be needed to implement to magnify your environmental performance.
ISO 14001 standards helps to identify your objectives and
determine the process and resources required to manage your environmental
impact. This is done by implementing an Environmental Management System (EMS).
Difference between ISO 9001 and ISO 14001
- Both 9001 & 14001 share the ten clauses from HLS but subject is different for ISO 9001 & ISO 14001. ISO 9001 focus on Quality Management and ISO 14001 focus on environmental management. Within the shared clauses, the requirements are different for both 9001 & 14001. This is one of the difference between ISO 9001 and ISO 14001.
- ISO 9001 is a Quality Management System(QMS) that provides organizations a systematic approach for meeting customer objectives & provides consistent quality.
- ISO 14001 is a Environmental Management System(EMS) that provides organizations a systematic approach for measuring & improving their environmental impact.
- In simple way we can describe as, 9001(Performance evaluation) requires organizations track customer satisfaction. They have to “monitor customers’ perceptions of the degree to their needs and expectations have been fulfilled or not”, this requirement is absent from 14001.
- In ISO 14001, number of requirements that are missing from 9001 are: In clause six 14001 has requirements for planning for environmental aspects & also planning for compliance obligations.
- The two ISO standards belongs to Two different group of standards set by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The ISO 14001 and its group of standards deals with environmental standards while the group of ISO 9001 deals with the quality management system.
- An example for ISO 9001 is, when you are applying for a business or in a manufacturing business specially when your product is for export, you must pass the standard being set to be able to get a license.
- An example for ISO 14001 is the quality of smoke or dust being emitted by a specific manufacturer or the quality of water being discharge by a manufacturer which can contribute adverse effect on the environment
These are some of the difference between ISO 9001 and
ISO 14001, needed to be known since these ISO standards are popular but
people need to know to which standard should they get certified for their
business.
