ISO 14001 Certification and India's Urbanization - Balancing Development with Environmental Protection
The urban transformation in India is driving huge demand for housing, transport, water systems, commercial facilities, manufacturing capacity, and public infrastructure. And the environmental impacts of that growth are just as big. The World Bank projects India’s urban population to grow from around 480 million in 2020 to 951 million in 2050. More than half the infrastructure, buildings, and urban services needed for this future growth still have to be built. This raises a practical problem of management: How can organizations support rapid development and at the same time control pollution, consumption of resources, waste, and environmental risks? ISO 14001 certification offers a structured answer at the organizational level. It offers businesses a framework for developing an environmental management system, identifying significant environmental aspects, meeting applicable obligations, setting objectives, monitoring performance, and continually improving environmental performance. Th...