ISO 14001 Eco is the first establishment in Kuwait to be "Self Declared as ISO 14001Complier" since June 1999. Dr. Faten Al-Attar is the first Kuwaiti to be a certified as Associate Environmental Auditor by IEMA, UK. What is ISO 14000? ISO is series of international Standards (technical and generic) set by a non governmental organization called the "International Organization for Standardization". In 1991 the International Standards Organization established a Strategic Advisory Group on Environment to investigate all areas of environmental management and to develop standards in order to be used as models for environmental management. The environmental standards family is as follows: ISO 4001: Environmental management systems. Specification with guidelines for use. ISO 14004: Environmental management systems. General guidelines on principles, systems and supporting techniques. ISO 14010: Guidelines for environmental auditing. General principals on environmental auditing. ISO 14011: Guidelines for environmental auditing. Auditing procedures. ISO 14012: Guidelines for environmental auditing. Qualification criteria for auditors. ISO 14015: Environmental site assessment. ISO 14020: Environmental labels and declaration. General principles. 1SO 14021: Environmental labeling-self declaration environmental claims. Terms and definitions. What is Environmental Management? Environmental management is the management of any firm activities that have or might have an impact on the environment. Environmental management tools include environmental Policies; EMS; environmental auditing; environmental indicators; eco-balances; life-cycle assessment; environmental labeling; environmental reporting and environmental charters. What is EMS? Number of interrelated elements functioning together to achieve the objective of effective environmental management.