Análise da re-certificação da ISO 14001 em uma empresa de transporte de petróleo visando a redução dos riscos de acidentes ambientais.

Abstract

The model of road freight transportation in Brazil is responsible for leading the movement of hazardous products, as well as the index of environmental accidents related to the transportation of this type of product. In order to reduce the risk of these accidents, this paper presents an analysis for the re-certification of ISO 14001:2004 in a business of transporting oil. ISO 14001:2004 is based on continuous improvement methodology known as PDCA, in English Plan; Do; Check; and Act. In addition, ISO 1400:2004 is a voluntary standard and presents the requirements for an environmental management system (EMS) to enable a company to develop and implement policy and objectives which take into account legal requirements and information about significant environmental aspects. The overall objective of the standard is to balance environmental protection and pollution prevention with the socioeconomic needs of the company. The objective of this study was realize an evaluation in a process for re-certification of ISO 14001:2004 in a business of transporting oil. From this rating, was verify that the Company obtained positive returns in reducing accidents, knowledge about the law and the Pollution Prevention.