INTRODUCTION
Till recent years, the emphasis to control industrial pollution was at the discharge points (end-of-the pipe).  Pollution  Control  was  considered  as  an  appendage to the overall production activities and attended in an isolated way. Since this approach has not yielded desired results, the emphasis has been shifted from pollution control to Environmental Management System (EMS). Environmental Management Systems such as ISO 14001 and Eco Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) have opened a new chapter in abatement of industrial pollution. ISO 14001 helps an industry to identify its environmental problems to reduce pollution and improve environmental performance gradually. It takes a holistic view of all the activities of an industrial unit (starting from quantity and quality of raw materials including water and energy usage, production and packaging processes to transportation of finished products) to identify the activities responsible for environmental degradation and to address these problems in a systematic manner. ISO 14001 is popularly known as EMS. Enterprises are responding positively because they get a number of direct and indirect benefits by obtaining ISO 14001 certification.