CSA PLUS 1162 (1st ed. pub 2001)

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This Special Publication addresses the current confusion about the relationship between the ISO 14000 series of voluntary environmental management standards and regulatory compliance.

Many of those involved in the development of the standards have argued that there is, and should be, no relationship between the two.

However, in the Canadian legal system, such a relationship is inevitable, and likely to strengthen with time.

Early signs of this process are already apparent.