WHAT DOES ISO 14001 MEAN FOR OUR CUSTOMERS?

REPUTATION
Thompson Pump is committed to caring for the environment.  Achieving ISO 14001 certification demonstrates our commitment to this aim.  ISO 14001 enhances our corporate reputation by demonstrating a commitment to environmental responsibility.

CONTEXT OF THE ORGANIZATION
Thompson Pump determines the external and internal issues that are relevant to its purpose and that affect its ability to achieve the intended outcomes of its environmental management system.  Such issues include environmental conditions being affected by or capable of affecting the organization.  Thompson Pump determines the needs and expectations of interested parties.  

LEADERSHIP
Thompson Pump demonstrates leadership and commitment with respect to its environmental management system including promoting continual improvement and taking accountability for the effectiveness of the environmental management system.

SUPPORT
Thompson Pump determines and provides the resources needed for the establishment, implementation, maintenance, and continual improvement of the environmental management system. 

OPERATIONAL PLANNING AND CONTROL
Thompson Pump determines the aspects of its business that have or can have a significant environmental impact and takes steps to control these processes to reduce or eliminate adverse effects.  

COMPLIANCE OBLIGATIONS
Thompson Pump determines the compliance obligations related to its environmental aspects and takes these compliance obligations into account when establishing, implementing, maintaining, and continually improving its environmental management system.

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
Thompson Pump establishes, implements, and maintains the processes needed to prepare for and respond to potentially emergency situations including those that can have an environmental impact.

LIFE CYCLE PERSPECTIVE
Thompson Pump strives to maximize the life of its products and ensure that they are dealt with ethically and efficiently at end of life.  Thompson Pump promotes the use of ethically sourced materials during manufacturing including using recycled materials wherever possible.

OUTSOURCED PROCESSES
Thompson Pump ensures that any outsourced processes are controlled or influenced.

ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITS
Periodic internal audits are conducted, in addition to the regularly scheduled registration audits, to check and verify our environmental system and to ensure that our system is effective.

MANAGEMENT REVIEW
Thompson Pump reviews its environmental management system at planned intervals to ensure its continuing suitability, adequacy, and effectiveness.

IMPROVING OUR SYSTEM
Thompson Pump maintains a documented system to analyze, prevent, and correct problems and to continuously improve its environmental system.