System Certification
INTRODUCTION
The ISO formed Technical Committee 207 on Environmental Management in 1993. The scope of the committee is: "standardization in the field of environmental management tools and systems." ISO/TC 207 does not set limit levels or performance criteria for operations or products; instead, its activities are based on the philosophy that improving management practices is the best way to improve the environmental performance of organizations and their products. ISO/TC 207 is the "umbrella" committee under which the ISO 14000 series of environmental management standards are being developed. The subcommittees (SC) and working groups (WG) of ISO/TC 207 are producing standards and guidance documents in the following areas:
| SC 1 | Environmental Management Systems (EMS) |
|---|---|
| SC 2 | Environmental Auditing & Related Investigations (EA & RI) |
| SC 3 | Environmental LAbeling (EL) |
| SC 4 | Environmental Performance Evaluation (EPE) |
| SC 5 | Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) |
| TCG | Terms and Definitions (T & D) |
| WG 1 | Environmental Aspects of Product Standards - Disband |
| WG 2 | Forestry - Disband |
| WG 3 | Design for the Environment (DFE) - Disband |
| WG 4 | Environmental Communications (EC) |
| WG 5 | Climate Change |
MEMBERSHIP
Membership in ISO/TC 207, like that of every ISO technical committee, is made up of Participating (P) members, Observing (O) members, and Liaison (L) organizations. As of March 2006 TC 207 had 66 "P" members, 27 "O" members, and 53 "L" organizations. Countries are usually represented by their respective national standards organizations. Republic of Korea is (P) member and KR has attended committee as member of representation of Korea for developing standards.
