May 22nd, 2003 Management and Staff of the Bucuti Beach Resort celebrate the news that they are believed to be the first in the Western Hemisphere to obtain the ultimate recognition in Environmental Management Systems, the ISO 14001 certification.
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies from more than 140 countries.
Tens of thousands of businesses are implementing ISO 9000, which provides a framework for quality management and quality assurance. The ISO 14000 series provides a similar framework for environmental management.
This 14001 standard is applicable to any organization that wishes to:
- implement, maintain and improve an environmental management system
- assure itself of its conformance with its own stated environmental policy
- demonstrate conformance and make a self-determination of conformance
- ensure compliance with environmental laws and regulations
- seek certification of its environmental management system by an external third party organization
- make a self-determination of conformance
Almost a year in preparation, the Bucuti ‘Green Team’ built upon their successful Green Globe 21 Certification standards to accomplish this monumental achievement.
