Our environmental management solutions for industry
To offer products and services with a lower environmental impact, food manufacturers need to be familiar with best practices in environmental management and demonstrate that they are implementing them.
Your needs
Do you work in the food industry in a role that involves environmental protection issues? We provide you with access to standards, market intelligence solutions, training, and audit-based recognition.
Obtain AFAQ ISO 14001 certification
A sign of international recognition.
Better management of water resources
Solutions for industry based on the ISO 46001 standard.
Apply for the food waste reduction certification
To reduce waste.
Apply for the Qualimétha certification
For those planning to launch anaerobic digestion projects.
AFNOR helps you define your needs
Why focus on environmental protection?
Why Adopt an Environmental Protection Approach?
To address the environmental challenges threatening our planet, there are two types of action: regulatory requirements and voluntary commitment. The Environmental Management System (EMS) falls into the second category. Implementing one is by no means mandatory, but it is recommended to improve efficiency, ensure nothing is overlooked, and sometimes even to win contracts. Especially in industry!
To this end, there is a universal guide: the voluntary ISO 14001 standard. It aims for continuous improvement in a company’s environmental performance by encouraging it to organize itself to reduce the impacts associated with its operations: raw materials, water, energy, waste… The ISO 14001 standard is based on the Deming Cycle and its four key steps (plan, do, check, act), aimed at the goal of continuous improvement. The ISO 14001 standard lists 18 requirements divided into six chapters:
- General requirements
- Environmental policy
- Planning
- Implementation of actions to meet the environmental policy
- Monitoring and corrective actions
- Management review
Source of figures: Ademe, ISO Survey, INSEE
