ISO 14001 is an environmental management system (EMS) standard that can benefit software development companies significantly, even though they may seem less environmentally impactful than manufacturing businesses. For Bitdefender, the main benefits of implementing an EMS are: cost savings through energy efficiency and waste reduction, enhanced reputation and competitive advantage with environmentally conscious clients, systematic compliance framework reducing legal and operational risks. Also, ISO 14001 can drive the development of more energy-efficient code and applications, as well as sustainable software architecture decisions that reduce computational resource requirements.
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