With the surging tide of global environmental protection, the international community has higher and higher requirements for environmental protection, and environmental protection is becoming an emerging non-tariff trade barrier, that is, "green trade barrier". Some developed countries wield the big stick of "green trade barriers" to prevent products from developing countries from entering their markets under the pretext of environmental protection. Since the International Organization for Standardization issued the ISO14000 series of environmental management standards in 1996, it has been widely recognized by the world.

With the surging tide of global environmental protection, the international community has higher and higher requirements for environmental protection, and environmental protection is becoming an emerging non-tariff trade barrier, that is, "green trade barrier". Some developed countries wield the big stick of "green trade barriers" to prevent products from developing countries from entering their markets under the pretext of environmental protection. Since 1996, when the International Organization for Standardization issued the ISO14000 series of environmental management standards, it has received widespread attention and response from countries around the world. For Chinese enterprises, extensive ISO14000 certification is not only an important condition for participating in international competition, but also an effective way for enterprises to achieve long-term development.

The ISO14000 series of environmental management standards formulated by the International Organization for Standardization in 1996 have been introduced and implemented in more than 120 countries. The ISO14000 certificate is equivalent to a pass for an enterprise to pass the green trade barriers. It can pass the obstacles set up for environmental protection and establish a foothold in the international market with the image of a green enterprise.

For Chinese enterprises, the significance of extensive ISOl4000 certification for their own development can be seen from the following aspects:

1. Establish a corporate image and improve the reputation of the company. According to the statistics of relevant departments of the United Nations, products with green signs are increasingly favored by consumers. Therefore, the establishment of ISO14000 environmental management system by enterprises can bring about changes in environmental performance, form a good image in the minds of the public, and improve the perception and recognition of enterprises and products. At the same time, corporate image and brand image will also have a great impact improvement.

2. Encourage enterprises to consciously abide by environmental laws and regulations, and consider their impact on the environment in their production and business activities. The ISO14000 standard requires companies to make commitments to comply with environmental laws and regulations, and at the same time requires companies to identify factors that have a significant impact on the environment in their activities and implement operational control measures to reduce the pressure on the environment from corporate activities. Therefore, through the promotion and implementation of ISO14000, enterprises can improve their awareness of independent law-abiding, change passive law-abiding to active law-abiding, and promote the implementation of my country's environmental laws, regulations and management systems.

3. If an enterprise obtains the ISO14000 certification, it is equivalent to obtaining a "green pass" for export, thereby avoiding the "green trade barriers" set up by developed countries.

4. Encourage enterprises to save energy, recycle waste, reduce operating costs, and support enterprises to implement cleaner production. The ISO14000 standard requires enterprises to make commitments to pollution prevention and continuous improvement of environmental behavior, and to formulate specific and feasible environmental goals and indicators for major environmental factors, and implement them through environmental management plans. According to the requirements of ISO14000, enterprises can gradually reduce energy consumption and recycle waste according to their own conditions. This not only reduces resource consumption, reduces pollution, but also reduces production and operation costs.

5. Encourage enterprises to strengthen environmental management. The ISO14000 environmental management system is a very scientific management system. The establishment and implementation of the system can significantly improve the environmental management of enterprises and produce environmental performance. At the same time, the organization and control ability of the enterprise's environmental management will be greatly improved. In addition, the requirements stipulated by the ISO14000 standard are extremely in line with the modern management organization theory, management process theory and management efficiency theory. There will be significant improvements. Therefore, the certification of the ISO14000 standard has a significant role in promoting other management in addition to the environmental management of enterprises.

6. Enhance the environmental awareness of employees. In view of the reality that the employees of enterprises in my country are generally not aware of the environment, and the relevant skills training is not enough, it is very necessary to cultivate employees' environmental awareness in accordance with the requirements of ISO14000 and consider environmental benefits in their work.

In short, only by mastering the weapon of ISO14000 can we truly break through the green barriers in international trade. This is required by the international situation, and it is also a powerful impetus for my country's environmental management and environmental protection work. It is also an effective way for Chinese enterprises to achieve rapid development. .