NEN-EN-ISO 14001 specifies the requirements of an environmental management system that an organization can use to improve its environmental performance. This international standard is intended for use by an organization that wants to manage its environmental responsibilities in a systematic way that contributes to the environmental pillar of sustainability. This international standard helps an organization achieve the intended results of its environmental management system that are valuable to the environment, the organization itself and stakeholders. In accordance with the organization’s environmental policy, the intended results of an environmental management system include: – improving environmental performance; – meeting compliance obligations; – achieving environmental objectives. This international standard is applicable to any organization, regardless of size, type and nature, and applies to the environmental aspects of its activities, products and services that the organization determines it can control or influence, based on a life-cycle perspective. This international standard does not set specific criteria for environmental performance. All or part of this international standard can be used to systematically improve environmental management. Claims of compliance with this international standard can only be made if all of its requirements are included in an organization’s environmental management system and all of these requirements, without exception, are met.