ISO launches website for the kids ISO 14000 programme

ISO has launched a website www.isq.org/kidsiso14000  promoting The Kids 

ISO 14000 Programme, which aims to harness the energy of children and 

young people around the world to tackle environmental challenges. 

The Kids ISO 14000 Programme was created and is operated by the 
Japanese non-profit, non-governmental organization ArTech., It employs a 
simplified version of the Plan-Do-Check-Act methodology used in ISOs highly 
successful ISO 14001 environmental management system standard. The 

website includes information on the programmes origins, objectives, how it 
works, the sort of results it achieves, and how schools and private and public 
sector organizations can participate. 

This educational programme has the following objectives:

• Develop environmental awareness among children and young people.

• Teach them to implement environmental management in their homes 
  and communities.

• Open them to the value of networking with young people in other schools, 
  communities and countries in order to bring the force of collective action 
  to global environmental issues. 

For enquires about implementing "Kids' ISO 14000 Programme": Contact :

Prof. Takaya Kawabe

Director General 

ArTech

Tel. + 81 3 3467 6250

Fax +81 3 3467 6277

Email : kawabe@artech.or.jp

Web : www.artech.or.jp

Source : Press release 895, 1 March 2004