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Indicator: HS-59 Number of ISO 14 000 certified organisations

Data

Organisations with ISO 14001 certifications – Australia 1997-2003

1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
137	352	708	1049	1370	1485	1250

Source: International Organisation for Standardisation 2004, The ISO Survey of ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001 Certificates - 2003, International Organisation for Standardisation, viewed 28 Nov 2005, http://www.iso.org/iso/en/iso9000-14000/pdf/survey2003.pdf, Abridged on-line version. p. 26.

Source: International Organisation for Standardisation 2005, The ISO Survey of ISO 9000 and ISO 14001 certificates, Twelfth cycle, 2002, viewed N/A, http://www.iso.org/iso/en/iso9000-14000/pdf/survey12thcycle.pdf, Abridged on-line version. p. 32.

• The ISO Survey of ISO 9000 and ISO 14001 Certificates: Twelfth Cycle (PDF - 475 KB) 
• The ISO Survey of ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001 Certificates - 2003 (PDF - 1294 KB) 

What the data mean

In 2002 there were 1485 organisations with ISO14000 certifications - a ten-fold increase over the five-year period from 1997-2002. In 2003, this number decreased to 1250 (a 16% decrease compared to a global increase of nearly 31%).

Data Limitations

The ISO survey is performed on an annual basis by Central Secretariat of the International Organisation for Standardisation. The data is provided by a variety of sources including ISO national member institutes, accreditation and certification bodies and certification databases. The responsiveness of certification bodies to requests for data varies. Not all submit data. Among those who do, the quantity and quality varies. In some cases, estimates have to be made.

Issues for which this is an indicator and why

Human Settlements — General responses provided to improve the environment - Environmental management systems 

The ISO 14000 certification of an internationally acknowledged standard that is primarily concerned with "environmental management systems", which assist organisations to:

• minimize harmful effects on the environment caused by their activities, and
• achieve continual improvement of their environmental performance.

This indicator shows the number of Australian organisations that have received ISO 140000 accreditation.

Other indicators for this issue:

• HS-60 Number of companies that publish sustainability reports 

Further Information

• International Organisation for Standardisation - Environmental Management