Effectiveness of ISO 14001: 2015 implementation in small and medium enterprises (case study: A laundry machine industry SME in Bantul Yogyakarta)

Many companies globally apply ISO 14001 including in Indonesia. In there, most of the implementers are largely established companies in terms of quality, financial, infrastructure documentation, knowledge and understanding of the ISO. ISO 14001 was issued in 2015 to replace ISO 14001: 2004 and consider a risk-based approach in its application. This research examines the SMEs laundry machine industry in Yogyakarta that attempts to implement and achieve ISO 14001: 2015 certificate. Research results inform the implementation of ISO 14001: 2015 in the SMEs industry to achieved the extended result and applied the risk-based approach. The description of every step is expected to give understanding and model for implementing ISO 14001:2015 in this case study location. This study finds out that SMEs can be effective in some of the clauses of ISO 14001:2015. With implementation ISO 14001:2015 in SMEs expected to change the environment for better, especially in reducing the impact of the waste produced where the waste contributes to the formation of greenhouse gases which means accelerating the occurrence of global climate change.