OBSERVATION
A practice, while not in strict violation of EMS requirements, may constitute a poor practice that can lead to a nonconformance.

OECC
(Spanish acronym roughly meaning Spanish Office responsible for Climate Change) in charge of documentation, legislation etc.

ORGANIC
Compounds containing carbon, living or derived from living matter.

ORGANIC MATTER
Substances characterised by carbon-based structures, usually of animal or vegetable origin.

ORGANISATION
Company, corporation, firm, enterprise, authority or institution, or part or combination thereof, whether incorporated or not, public or private, that has its own functions and administration.

ORGANISM
In biology and ecology, an organism is a living complex adaptive system of organs that influence each other in such a way that they function in some way as a stable whole.

OSHAS
Ocupational Safety and Health Administration.

OZONE
Gaseous form of oxygen that constitutes less than one part per million of the gases in the atmosphere, yet absorbs most of the ultraviolet radiation whichhas been proven to be harmful to humans as well as other life forms on Earth.

OZONE LAYER
Layer of gaseous ozone in the stratospheric atmosphere that protects life on earth by filtering out harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun.

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