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John Ragsdale on ISO 14000

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responsibly is that such behavior is admirable but is not cost effective. Dow Chemical officially takes the opposite view. As a matter of corporate policy, Dow Chemical conducts  its business within the framework provided by the Triple Bottom Line (TBL) business model that addresses not only the financial bottom line, but also the areas of corporate social responsibility  and long-term sustainability. In cost issues, Dows perspective that avoidance of the unnecessary costs of cleanup or damage control (i.e., Dow Consumers breast implants or Union Carbides Bhopal disaster)  in the long run is more costly than is avoiding these problems completely. Pace Chemicals is a mid-sized supplier of industrial chemicals and  gases to manufacturers and researchers. Its environmental manager, John Ragsdale, is new to the position, which in itself is a relatively new creation with the company. Pace does  not yet hold ISO 14000 certification, but it does intend to seek that certification within the next 12 to 18 months. Senior management  at Pace at first had no interest in securing ISO 14000 certification, and it certainly had no interest in the concept of the triple bottom line. When Ragsdale was  able to report that the worlds largest chemical company had been operating under both for a number of years, senior management agreed to hear more about each concept. Ragsdale  believes he made his case well, for Pace senior management has agreed to use Dow Chemical as a "best practices" benchmark against which to gauge Paces progress. ISO 14000  The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard 14000 formally went into effect in 1996, though a few organizations were certified in the standard in