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Read the following eight statements regarding the ISO 14000 series of standards. Carefully justify your answer as True (T) or False (F).

1 ISO 14000 standards are based on a principle assumption that better environmental management will lead to better environment performance, increased efficiency, and a greater return on investment. The standards do not explicitly indicate how to achieve these goals, nor prescribe what environmental performance standards an industry must achieve.

2 ISO 14000 standards are regulatory standards developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

3 ISO 14000 standards are market driven and therefore are based on voluntary involvement of all interests in the marketplace.

4 The adoption of ISO 14000 is a one‐time commitment. The company, however, needs to renew the certificate yearly.

5 A main driving force of ISO 14000 standards is the need of the EPA for the replacement of an obsolete regulatory system.

6 A minimum education requirement for an auditor with five years “appropriate work experience” is a high school diploma or equivalent.

7 Companies can only demonstrate compliance through third‐party registration.

8 A single ISO certificate can cover several sites or facilities or portions of sites or facilities within a single company.