The chemical industry is likely to be subject to significant pressure to implement ISO 14001. This pressure
should be resisted. Instead, the industry should concentrate on moving steadily up the staircase to cleaner
production and eventually industrial ecology. It is not necessary to have ISO 14001 certification to do this.
It IS necessary to have a good management system in place, but the system does not have to follow the ISO
specifications. However there is nothing wrong with the ISO management system elements and they certainly
could be used by companies that do not already have comprehensive management in place.