E-Structors received their ISO 14001:2004 certification in January of 2010. The founding principles of this certification are listed below.

ISO 14001:2004 was put in place to help organizations to:

• Identify and control the environmental impact of its activities, products or services
  
• Improve its environmental performance continually
  
• Implement a systematic approach to setting environmental objectives and targets, to achieving these and to demonstrating that they have been achieved

ISO 14001:2004 is a tool that can be used to meet internal objectives:

• Provide assurance to management that it is in control of the organizational processes and activities having an impact on the environment
  
• Assure employees that they are working for an environmentally responsible organization

ISO 14001:2004 can also be used to meet external objectives:

• Provide assurance on environmental issues to external stakeholders – such as customers, the community and regulatory agencies
  
• Comply with environmental regulations
  
• Support the organization's claims and communication about its own environmental policies, plans and actions
  
• Provides a framework for demonstrating conformity via suppliers' declarations of conformity, assessment of conformity by an external stakeholder - such as a business client - and for certification of conformity by an independent certification body

Read more about ISO 14001:2004 on the ISO Website.